Andre-Michel Schub
American musician
Andre-Michel Schub (born 26 December 1952, in Paris) is a classical pianist.
Biography
Schub came to New York City with his family, when he was eight months old. He began his piano studies with his mother when he was four, and later continued his work with Jascha Zayde. He graduated from Midwood High School in Brooklyn, New York, and attended Princeton University, and then transferred to the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Rudolf Serkin, from 1970 to 1973. He judged the 1997 Hilton Head Competition.
He has taught at the Manhattan School of Music, since 2006.
Prizes
In 1974 Schub took first prize at the Naumburg Competition. In 1977 he received the Avery Fisher Prize. In 1981 he won the Gold medal at the Van Cliburn International Competition
Concert career
His New York debut at Alice Tully Hall on May 13, 1974, was reviewed by The New York Times as an "impressive debut". In 1979, he became the pianist for the New York Chamber Music Society.
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