Harriet Serr
Harriet Serr (born 1927 in New York City , † April 30, 1989 in Caracas , Venezuela ) was an American pianist and music teacher.
Serr made her debut as a pianist at the New York Masters Institute Hall at the age of nine with works by Handel, Scarlatti, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven and her own composition. She was a student of Isabelle Vengerova at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where she earned a Bachelor of Music degree in 1951 .
She received numerous prizes in the following years, including first the prize for students, later the prize for artists of the Pennsylvania Federation of Music Clubs , the prize of the Philadelphia Musical Society , the prize for young musicians of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra and the special prize for pianists at the Steinway Competition. She has performed in North and South America with symphony orchestras under conductors such as Eugene Ormandy , Mishel Piastro , Frieder Weiszman , Joseph Barone , Mario Dicecco , Angel Sauce , Antonio Lauro , Primo Casale , Gonzalo Castellanos , Jacques Singer , Václav Smetáček , Hans Priem-Bergrath , Victor Tevah , Eduardo Rhan , Jorge Mester , Stanisław Wisłocki and Eduardo Marturet .
Among her international appearances are especially her trips to New Zealand , where she performed with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra , made radio recordings and gave piano courses.
In addition to her work as a concert pianist, Serr devoted herself intensively to teaching. She worked as an assistant to Isabelle Vengerova and was 1953-1955 Piano Professor at Douglas College of Rutgers University in New Brunswick. In 1955 she was entrusted by the Venezuelan Ministry of Education with the implementation of special courses for piano in Caracas. For her services to the development of piano music, she was awarded the Order of Andres Bello by the Venezuelan government . After her death, a Venezuelan piano competition, the Concurso Nacional de Piano Harriet Serr , was named after her.
Serr's students included a. Ramón Humet , Monique Duphil , Victor Hugo Alvarez , Arnaldo Pizzolante and Karine Gil .
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| SURNAME | Serr, Harriet |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American pianist and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 30, 1989 |
| Place of death | Caracas , Venezuela |