Jacques Abram

Jacques Abram ( Jack Gregory Abram ; born August 6, 1915 in Lufkin , Texas , † October 5, 1998 in Tampa ) was an American pianist and music teacher.

As a child Abram took piano lessons from Mildred Foster , Hu T. Huffmaster and Ruth Burr in Houston. At the age of six he played a piano concerto by Mozart with the Houston Symphony Orchestra and was then sponsored by Ima Hogg , with whom he was friends until her death in 1975. From the age of twelve he studied at the Curtis Institute of Music with David Saperton , and later at the Juilliard School with Ernest Hutcheson .

In 1937 he won the Schubert Memorial Award , and the following year he made his professional pianist debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy in Philadelphia and at Carnegie Hall . During World War II, he served in the Army Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) and the United States Army Air Corps . After the war, he toured the USA, Latin America and Europe. In 1949 he played the American premiere of Benjamin Britten's Piano Concerto and recorded the work on His Master's Voice . In the 1950s Abram taught at the University of Toronto and at the Royal Conservatory of Music . From 1963 he lived in Tampa and taught at the University of South Florida until his retirement in 1987 .

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SURNAME	Abram, Jacques
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Abram, Jack Gregory
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American pianist and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	August 6, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lufkin , Texas
DATE OF DEATH	October 5, 1998
Place of death	Tampa