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Dr. Grossman holds degrees from California State University-Long Beach, the Cleveland Institute of Music and Indiana University at Bloomington. Since 1978, Grossman has served as a Professor of Piano at the Edinburg campus of The University of Texas. As a soloist, Grossman has appeared with the Orange County (California) Symphony, San Antonio and Valley Symphony's and South Texas Chamber Orchestra in concertos of Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Saint-Saens and Gershwin. As “assisting artist” Grossman has appeared with Metropolitan Opera stars Carole Farley and Gene Boucher as well as the Master Classes of Pierre Bernac. Overseas, he has appeared as accompanist in a well-reviewed Leider-Abend recital in Graz, Austria and a benefit concert for the Israeli ambulance service in Hannover, Germany. His book, “The Rachmaninoff Reader: Visions & Revisions” is currently in preparation and is expected for publication in 2006. Grossman has studied with a number of pianists of note including: Earle C. Voorhies (a pupil of Joseph Lhevinne); Edith Knox (a student of Rachmaninoff’s cousin, Alexander Siloti); and Vronsky and Babin. At Indiana University, Grossman’s principal teacher was Sidney Foster (a student of Isabelle Vengerova) and two pupils of Josef Hoffman: (1) Jorge Bolet and (2) Abbey Simon. Studies with John Ogdon (1977-78) followed Mr. Foster’s sudden and unexpected passing in Grossman’s final year at Indiana University. |
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