Studying With Macario Kastner A Half-Century Ago
STUDYING WITH MACARIO KASTNER A HALF-CENTURY AGO by Joan Benson Traveling to Professor Kastner in Lisbon proved an adventure. In May 1960 I set out from Freiburg im Breisgau, where Continue Reading →
The Clavichord in 20th Century America
The Clavichord in 20th Century America By Joan Benson Originally published in “Livro De Homenagem a Macario Santiago Kastner”, Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, Servico de Musica; Lisboa, 1992 During the American Continue Reading →
Recollections of Edwin Fischer
Recollections of Edwin Fischer by Joan Benson (as told to Timothy Tikker) Journal of the American Liszt Society; Volume 21/January-June 1987 “Edwin Fischer was born in Basel on 6 October Continue Reading →
Qigong for Pianists
Qigong for Pianists by Joan Benson Piano and Keyboard; September/October, 1998 On a bitterly cold December day I was scheduled to record a disk of Fanny Mendelssohn’s music on an Continue Reading →
Piano to Clavichord (1925-1962)
Piano to Clavichord (1925-1962) by Joan Benson Clavichord International – Volume 10, Number 2, November 2006 When I was born in 1925, there was a piano in nearly every parlor. Continue Reading →
Joan Benson visits Indiana University
Joan Benson visits Indiana University Tangents/The Bulletin of the Boston Clavichord Society, Fall 2007 by Wendy Gillespie, Chair of Early Music Indiana University In early October, at the invitation of Continue Reading →
Clavichord Technique in the Mid-Twentieth Century
Clavichord Technique in the Mid-Twentieth Century by Joan Benson Proceedings of the International Clavichord Symposium, Atti del Congresso Internazionalie sul Clavicordo, Magnano, 1993 A hundred years ago Arnold Dolmetsch restored, Continue Reading →
Clavichord Perspectives from Goethe to Pound
Clavichord Perspectives from Goethe to Pound by Joan Benson De Clavicordio VI; Proceedings of the VI International Clavichord Symposium; September, 2003; Bruachli, Galazzo, and Moody, ed; The International Center for Continue Reading →
Bach and the Clavier
Bach and the Clavier by Joan Benson Clavier, Volume 29, No. 2, February 1990 In the world of Johann Sebastian Bach, as in the world of this magazine, the word Continue Reading →
An Interview with Clavichordist Joan Benson
An Interview with Clavichordist Joan Benson by Richard Troeger The Boston Clavichord Society Newsletter, Number 7, Fall, 1999 Richard Troeger: What originally brought you to the clavichord? Joan Benson: I Continue Reading →
A Conversation with Joan Benson
A Conversation with Joan Benson by Penelope Mathiesen Continuo, The Magazine of Old Music; Ontario Arts Council; April, 1988 How does a performer develop a career? And where does a Continue Reading →