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David Saperton

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American pianist

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According to Wikipedia, David Saperton was an American pianist known especially for being the first pianist to play the entire original compositions as well as the complete transcriptions of his father-in-law, Leopold Godowsky. He also recorded a number of Godowsky’s Studies on Chopin's Études as well as other pieces. His students at the Curtis Institute of Music and later include Jacques Abram, Jeanne Behrend, Jorge Bolet, Shura Cherkassky, Sidney Foster, Julius Katchen, Seymour Lipkin, William Masselos, John Simms, Abbey Simon, Eleanor Sokoloff, Dorothy Wanderman, Alan Weiss, and Frances Ziffer. As a pianist he is regarded as a great dramatist, a sensitive poet, and superb colorist.

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