# Samuel Sanders

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'''Samuel Sanders''' (June 27, 1937{{spaced ndash}}July 9, 1999) was an American classical collaborative pianist and pedagogue.

He was born with a congenital heart condition that required him to undergo surgery at the age of nine.<ref>Dan Rodricks, "A former 'blue baby' touches the heartstrings of Dr. Taussig," <em>The Evening Sun</em>, May 21, 1986, 4.</ref> His first piano teacher was Hedwig Kanner-Rosenthal.<ref>Malcolm Miller, "Music and Drama," <em>Knoxville Journal</em>, December 6, 1953, 11-D.</ref> He studied at [Hunter College](/source/Hunter_College) and later received a master's degree at the [Juilliard School](/source/Juilliard_School), where he studied solo piano with [Irwin Freundlich](/source/Irwin_Freundlich) and [Martin Canin](/source/Martin_Canin).<ref>David Dubal, <em>The Art of the Piano</em> (Pompton Plains, NJ: Amadeus Press, 2004), 314.</ref> While at Juilliard, he also studied accompanying with [Sergius Kagen](/source/Sergius_Kagen).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/samuel-sanders-7-15-1985 | title=Concert Grande - Samuel Sanders, 7-15-1985 | date=15 July 1985 }}</ref>

As a collaborative pianist, he worked with many important classical musicians including [Joshua Bell](/source/Joshua_Bell), [Håkan Hagegård](/source/H%C3%A5kan_Hageg%C3%A5rd), [Yo-Yo Ma](/source/Yo-Yo_Ma), [Jessye Norman](/source/Jessye_Norman), [Itzhak Perlman](/source/Itzhak_Perlman), [Rachel Barton Pine](/source/Rachel_Barton_Pine), [Leonard Rose](/source/Leonard_Rose), [Beverly Sills](/source/Beverly_Sills), and [Robert White](/source/Robert_White_(tenor)).<ref>Allan Kozinn, "Samuel Sanders Is Dead at 62; Accompanied Noted Performers", ''New York Times'', July 12, 1999 [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/12/arts/samuel-sanders-is-dead-at-62-accompanied-noted-performers.html]</ref> With Perlman, he won two [Grammy Awards](/source/Grammy_Awards) in 1981 for "The Spanish Album" and "Music for Two Violins."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://grammy.com/artists/itzhak-perlman/15774|title=Itzhak Perlman &#124; Artist|website=Grammy.com}}</ref> With Chilean cellist [Andrés Díaz](/source/Andr%C3%A9s_D%C3%ADaz_(cellist)), Sanders formed the Díaz-Sanders Duo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/a.asp?a=A1456|title=Samuel Sanders (piano) on Hyperion Records|website=Hyperion-records.co.uk}}</ref>

Sanders was the founder and artistic director of the Cape and Islands Chamber Music Festival in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://capecodchambermusic.org/about/ | title=About &#124; Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival|website=Capecodchambermusic.org}}</ref> He received honorary doctorates from [Lehman College](/source/Lehman_College) and the St. Louis Conservatory of Music.<ref name=hyperion>{{cite web | url=https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/a.asp?a=A1456 | title=Samuel Sanders (Piano) |website=Hyperion-records.co.uk}}</ref> He taught at the [Juilliard School](/source/Juilliard_School) and the [Peabody Institute](/source/Peabody_Institute), creating accompanying programs at both schools.<ref name=hyperion/>

Samuel Sanders died from [liver failure](/source/liver_failure) at New York Presbyterian Hospital in 1999. He was 62 and lived in Manhattan.<ref>Kozinn, "Samuel Sanders Is Dead at 62." <em>The New York Times</em></ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://archive.org/details/samuel-sanders-7-15-1985 Concert Grande - Interview with Samuel Sanders, July 15, 1985]

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Category:1937 births
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Category:Classical accompanists
Category:American male classical pianists
Category:20th-century American classical pianists
Category:20th-century American male pianists

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