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Professor (Adjunct) of Music. During one of the most distinguished careers of any pianist, Claude Frank has repeatedly appeared with the world’s foremost ensembles, at major festivals, and in major recital halls around the globe.
Born in Nuremberg, Mr. Frank studied at the Paris Conservatoire, and also worked in New York with Artur Schnabel, for whom he first played in Europe. He studied composition and conducting at Columbia University. At Tanglewood he studied with Serge Koussevitzky. He has performed worldwide as a soloist with distinguished orchestras, touring the Far East, Australia, Europe, Israel, and South America, and in chamber music concerts.
A milestone in his career was RCA’s release of his recordings of the thirty-two Beethoven sonatas and his worldwide performances of the cycle. He has appeared in joint concerts with his wife, pianist Lillian Kallir, and with his daughter, the renowned violinist Pamela Frank.
Mr. Frank serves on the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and presents master classes at Yale University, Duke University, the University of Kansas, and the North Carolina School of the Arts, among many other institutions. He has been on the piano faculty of the Yale School of Music since 1973.