Ralph Berkowitz
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| Ralph Berkowitz | |
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| Born | January 1, 1910 New York City, USA |
| Genre(s) | Classical |
| Occupation(s) | composer, arranger |
| Instrument(s) | Piano |
| Years active | fl. ca. 1927-present |
Ralph Berkowitz (b. 1910) is an American composer, classical musician, and painter.
[edit] Biography
Ralph Berkowitz was born in New York City, New York in 1910. In 1927, he enrolled at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia where he later became staff. In 1940, he became accompaniest for Gregor Piatigorsky, with whom he appeared until the cellists death in 1972.
From 1946 to 1951, Berkowitz served as an executive assistant to Serge_Koussevitzky at Tanglewood and later became Dean of the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood in 1951. Berkowitz composed A Telephone Call, for singer and orchestra.
