Grammy Award-Winning Pianist. A chamber music specialist, he was known for performing the works of Beethoven as well as those of modern composers. Born to Polish immigrant parents, he studied at Philadelphia's Curtis Institute from around age 12 and made his 1944 bow with the Philadelphia Orchestra performing Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No.1. Lateiner was first heard at New York's Carnegie Hall in 1948 then spent three years in the US Army before returning to New York. He gave his 1954 New York Philharmonic debut with Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto under the baton of Franco Autori. During the 1960s he frequently played and recorded (for RCA) with Violinist Jascha Heifetz and cellist Gregor Piatigorsky, with the ensemble capturing a 1965 Grammy Award for their reading of the Beethoven Piano Trio Op.1 No.1. Lateiner gave the world premiere of Roger Sessions' 1965 Third Piano Sonata and was to commission Elliott Carter's Piano Concerto, performing the January 6, 1967, Boston premiere under Maestro Erich Leinsdorf, and later recording the piece for RCA. A long time teacher at Mannes College the New School of Music, he held a professorship at the Juilliard School from 1966 until his death. His 'official' birthday is May 31, the error being caused by a delay in recording his birth.
Grammy Award-Winning Pianist. A chamber music specialist, he was known for performing the works of Beethoven as well as those of modern composers. Born to Polish immigrant parents, he studied at Philadelphia's Curtis Institute from around age 12 and made his 1944 bow with the Philadelphia Orchestra performing Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No.1. Lateiner was first heard at New York's Carnegie Hall in 1948 then spent three years in the US Army before returning to New York. He gave his 1954 New York Philharmonic debut with Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto under the baton of Franco Autori. During the 1960s he frequently played and recorded (for RCA) with Violinist Jascha Heifetz and cellist Gregor Piatigorsky, with the ensemble capturing a 1965 Grammy Award for their reading of the Beethoven Piano Trio Op.1 No.1. Lateiner gave the world premiere of Roger Sessions' 1965 Third Piano Sonata and was to commission Elliott Carter's Piano Concerto, performing the January 6, 1967, Boston premiere under Maestro Erich Leinsdorf, and later recording the piece for RCA. A long time teacher at Mannes College the New School of Music, he held a professorship at the Juilliard School from 1966 until his death. His 'official' birthday is May 31, the error being caused by a delay in recording his birth.
Bio by: Bob Hufford
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