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A month before the 1987 Casadesus Competition, Steve Glaser’s hand was injured in an accident. He told a reporter he was relieved. “‘Psychologically it’s released me from the pressure of […]

In the last blog post, you saw how things got rocky between the founders of the competition and the newly formed Friends of the Competition in the early 1990s. While […]

Karen Knowlton had been the primary organizer and executive director of the Robert Casadesus International Piano Competition since the late 1980s. She was not a voting member of any board […]

By Suzanna Feldkamp “Competitions have always been wild and crazy things. This year’s Casadesus seemed to exist in outer space.” At least it did according to Donald Rosenberg, music critic […]

By Suzanna Feldkamp Two famous pianists sit in a cafe, sipping espresso and reminiscing. It’s 1974 in New York City. One, Grant Johannesen, then Music Director of the Cleveland Institute […]

By Suzanna Feldkamp When William Eves showed up to his piano lesson at Fontainebleau a little worse for the wear, his teacher simply smiled and said, in his thick French accent, […]