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Jacques
Linder received his undergraduate degree in music at
the University of Evansville and his graduate degree
in piano at the University of Illinois. He
subsequently studied with concert pianist Harriet Shirvan, a student of Isabella Vengerova at Curtis,
and with Gabriel Chodos of the New England
Conservatory of Music. Mr. Linder was adjunct
Assistant Professor of Piano at Clark University in
Worcester, Massachusetts from 1974-1990. From 1990
to 2000 he was Director of the Community Music
Division and head of that division's piano program
at the University of South Florida.
Students of Mr. Linder have been awarded
scholarships in piano at such institutions as The
New England Conservatory of Music, Oberlin College
Conservatory of Music, The Cleveland Institute of
Music and Emory College. His students have also won
numerous awards and prizes including those from the
following: The Florida Orchestra Young Artists
Competition (winners); The Blount Competition at
Montgomery, Alabama (third prize); The Yamaha Piano
Competition, both state and regional (winners): The
Central Florida Orchestra Young Artists Competition
(winners); The Orlando Symphony Young Artists
Competition (winner); The Gilmore Prize (finalist);
and the National Arts Foundation Scholarship
(winner).
Mr. Linder lives in St. Petersburg and teaches
private lessons to intermediate and advanced piano
students, including adults, in St. Petersburg and
Tampa, (Telephone 727-821-8705). He performs solo
and chamber recitals frequently and has recorded for Neuma (Massachusetts), Capstone (New York), and 3-D
Classics (Paris, France) labels.
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