Monte Hill Davis
pianist
Monte Hill Davis (May 24, 1932 – June 2, 2018) was an American classical pianist.
Concert career
Davis toured and performed in Europe, Brazil, Peru, Balzano, Italy (the Busoni), Geneva, Switzerland, and Munich, Germany. Davis won first prize in the International Piano Competition in Munich in 1955. She won second place in the 1953 Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition. Davis also performed with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Dallas Pops Orchestra directed by Arthur Fiedler, the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Howard Mitchell, and the Boston Pops.
Selected awards
1949 — Gold Medal, G. B. Dealey Memorial Award, Dallas (co-winner with Mary Nan Hudgins)
October 1952 – Silver Medal, Geneva International Music Competition, Switzerland
Teaching career
Davis began teaching piano at Southern Methodist University in 1962.
Education
Davis began studying piano when she was five years old. She appeared with the Houston Symphony Orchestra, playing Mozart's Piano Concerto in D major, when she was nine years old. Three years later, on the recommendation of Ernst Hoffmann, she was sent to Denton, Texas, to study with Isabel and Silvio Scionti. She stayed in Denton through high school and went on to the University of North Texas where in 1952 she earned a Bachelor of Music in piano and in 1957 she earned a Master of Music in piano.
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