Malcolm Frager
Malcolm Frager - pianist
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Genres: American classical pianist
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About Malcolm Frager
Malcolm Frager (January 15, 1935 – June 20, 1991) was an American piano virtuoso and recording artist. Frager was born in St. Louis, Missouri and studied with Carl Friedberg in New York City from 1949 until Friedberg's death in 1955. In 1957 he graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia University with a major in Russian. He won the Piano Competition in Geneva (1955), the Michaels Memorial Award in Chicago (1956), the Leventritt Competition in New York (1959), and the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Brussels (1960). He made his Carnegie Hall debut in November 1960, performing Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 6. His Grammy-nominated debut recording with RCA Victor Red Seal was Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16 and Haydn's Sonata No. 35 in E-flat. He recorded music by Mozart, Haydn, Chopin, Schumann, Beethoven, Brahms and Prokofiev. Frager regularly programmed the two piano concertos and numerous solo works by Carl Maria von Weber, as well as the keyboard compositions of C. P. E. Bach. He completed acclaimed musical tours of Southern Africa in 1976 and 1978
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Malcolm Frager — Top 15 songs
| Artist | Song title | Like / Dislike | |
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| Malcolm Frager | Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise, Op22 | ||
| Malcolm Frager | Piano Sonata Op58, III Largo | ||
| Malcolm Frager | Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise for piano & orchestra, Op. 22 | ||
| Malcolm Frager | Polonaise, Op53 'Heroic' | ||
| Malcolm Frager | Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise, Op22 | ||
| Malcolm Frager | Mazurkas, Op6 | ||
| Malcolm Frager | Piano Sonata Op58, I Allegro maestoso | ||
| Malcolm Frager | Variations Brillantes on an Aria from Ludovic by Herold, Op12 | ||
| Malcolm Frager | Mazurkas, Op6 | ||
| Malcolm Frager | Piano Sonata Op58, III Largo | ||
| Malcolm Frager | Piano Sonata Op58, IV Finale: Presto non tanto | ||
| Malcolm Frager | Variations Brillantes on an Aria from Ludovic by Herold, Op12 | ||
| Malcolm Frager | Andante Spianato Et Grande Polonaise Brillante | ||
| Malcolm Frager | Piano Sonata Op58, IV Finale: Presto non tanto | ||
| Malcolm Frager | Polonaise, Op53 'Heroic' |