Irwin Gage
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Irwin Gage is an American Collaborative Pianist.
, musicology
and literature
at the University of Michigan
and Yale
, and later with Erik Werba at the Vienna Music Academy. He performed as a soloist, but above all sought as a collaborator with singers such as Elly Ameling
, Gundula Janowitz
, Christa Ludwig
, Walter Berry, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
, Peter Schreier
, Brigitte Fassbaender
and Jessye Norman
. From his work with such international elite singers numerous award-winning recordings have emerged.
From 1979 to 2005 Gage headed a song interpretation class at the Academy of Music and Theater in Zurich. In 2001 he was also appointed to a professorship for song interpretation at the Saarbrücken Music Academy, where he initiated a nationally unique program entitled "Song Duo."
Irwin Gage gives master classes in Europe, Japan and the USA. He is a consultant and artistic director of concert series at various houses, including the Cologne Philharmonic. He sits on many juries for singing, song duo, chamber music and solo piano at international music competitions.
Biography
Gage studied pianoPiano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, musicology
Musicology
Musicology is the scholarly study of music. The word is used in narrow, broad and intermediate senses. In the narrow sense, musicology is confined to the music history of Western culture...
and literature
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
at the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
and Yale
YALE
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, and later with Erik Werba at the Vienna Music Academy. He performed as a soloist, but above all sought as a collaborator with singers such as Elly Ameling
Elly Ameling
Elisabeth Sara "Elly" Ameling is a Dutch soprano.-Career:Ameling was born in Rotterdam. She studied with Bodi Rapp, Jo Bollekamp, Sem Dresden and Jacoba Dresden-Dhont and later French art song with Pierre Bernac...
, Gundula Janowitz
Gundula Janowitz
Gundula Janowitz is an Austrian lyric soprano singer of operas, oratorios and concerts. She is one of the most renowned opera singers of the 20th century and was pre-eminent in the 1960s and 1970s.-Career:...
, Christa Ludwig
Christa Ludwig
Christa Ludwig is a retired German mezzo-soprano, distinguished for her performances of opera, Lieder, oratorio and other major religious works like masses and passions, and solos contained in symphonic literature...
, Walter Berry, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau is a retired German lyric baritone and conductor of classical music, one of the most famous lieder performers of the post-war period and "one of the supreme vocal artists of the 20th century"...
, Peter Schreier
Peter Schreier
Peter Schreier is a German tenor and conductor.-Early life:Schreier was born in Meissen, Saxony, and spent his first years in the small village of Gauernitz, near Meissen, where his father was a teacher, cantor and organist...
, Brigitte Fassbaender
Brigitte Fassbaender
Brigitte Fassbaender , is a mezzo-soprano opera singer, a stage director and since 1997 Intendant of the Tiroler Landestheater in Innsbruck, Austria...
and Jessye Norman
Jessye Norman
Jessye Norman is an American opera singer. Norman is a well-known contemporary opera singer and recitalist, and is one of the highest paid performers in classical music...
. From his work with such international elite singers numerous award-winning recordings have emerged.
From 1979 to 2005 Gage headed a song interpretation class at the Academy of Music and Theater in Zurich. In 2001 he was also appointed to a professorship for song interpretation at the Saarbrücken Music Academy, where he initiated a nationally unique program entitled "Song Duo."
Irwin Gage gives master classes in Europe, Japan and the USA. He is a consultant and artistic director of concert series at various houses, including the Cologne Philharmonic. He sits on many juries for singing, song duo, chamber music and solo piano at international music competitions.