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unusual facts about Curtis Institute



Adele T. Katz

For a single season (1928-1929), she was also a student at the Curtis Institute where she studied composition with Rosario Scalero.

Eugene Istomin

His earliest public performances began at age six with his mother, and at 12 he entered the Curtis Institute, having had earlier advice from Alexander Siloti and his daughter Kyriena.

New England Conservatory

The conservatory has served as a training ground for orchestral players to fill the ranks of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, much like the Curtis Institute serves as a training ground for the Philadelphia Orchestra, although composers, pianists, and singers are offered courses of study as well.

Nicolas Chumachenco

Nicolas left Argentina to study in the United States at the University of Southern California with Jascha Heifetz and later at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia with Efrem Zimbalist and won awards at the International Tchaikovsky Competition and the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition.


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David Saperton

When Hofmann had a falling out with Mrs. Mary Louise Curtis Bok (later Zimbalist), the founder and president of the Curtis Institute, Saperton was dismissed from the Institute together with Hofmann.

Martial Singher

Later in his life, he became an accomplished music teacher at Curtis Institute in Philadelphia and at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal, influencing the careers of such artists as James King, Donald Gramm, Jeannine Altmeyer, Benita Valente, John Reardon, Louis Quilico and Judith Blegen.

Westmount High School

Jeffrey Khaner, Principal Flutist, Philadelphia Orchestra, Flute Professor Juilliard School and Curtis Institute