Donald Pippin (opera director)
For the Broadway show director, see Donald Pippin (Broadway director).
Donald Pippin (Zebulon, North Carolina, 1925) is an American pianist, and founder of Pocket Opera.[1][2]
Pippin was educated at Harvard University, and began his musical career as an accompanist at George Balanchine's School of American Ballet in New York City. In 1952 he moved to San Francisco. He was also involved with new music in California, recording with Harry Partch.[3]
References
- ↑ High Fidelity 1980 "When it opened its 1979 season in a new theater, Pippin scurried on stage, quickly surveyed the surroundings, and quipped with eyes slightly popping: "Is Pocket Opera becoming fancy, is it putting on airs? The answer is, you bet!" But fancy only in the perspective ... He took a degree at Harvard and penned what he now describes as some "pretty dismal stuff." He returned to music in the late 1940s as a ..."
- ↑ http://www.sfgate.com/performance/article/PROFILE-DONALD-PIPPIN-Piano-man-makes-opera-2848215.php
- ↑ William Duckworth Talking music: conversations with John Cage, Philip Glass, - 1995 p135 "By that time Donald Pippin was out there."