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Walter CosandArea: MusicCategory: Faculty Title: Professor Office: MUSIC-W254 Phone: 480-965-4254 Fax: 480-965-2659 Specialty: Performance, Keyboard Email: walter.cosand@asu.edu WebPage: http://www.waltercosand.com |
| Bio: Walter Cosand, pianist and Professor of Music at Arizona State University, studied at Eastman School of Music with Cecile Genhart and Barry Snyder. He also studied with Joerg Demus in Europe on a grant
from the DAAD. He has won several significant awards including the
Eastman Concerto Competition, the grand prize from the International
Piano Recording Competition and grants from the National Endowment for
the Arts.
He has been favorably reviewed in the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Arizona Republic, and several music periodicals. In addition to playing throughout the United States, he has performed in Australia, Asia, Canada, Russia and Europe. An experienced recitalist and chamber music performer, he has also performed thirty different concertos. He has commissioned new music from William Albright, William Bolcom, David Diamond and Rodney Rogers. He has been heard on National Public Radio, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Korean Cable Television, AMD-TV Beijing and Sverdlovsk Radio. In 2004 he played in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York City. He performed and taught classes at Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China, in 2006. In summers he is on the faculty of MasterWorks Festival, Winona Lake, Indiana. He can be heard on ACA Digital, Advance, ARF, Canyon, Centaur, DPS, JIGU, Koch and Summit recordings. Mr. Cosand is married to violist Patricia Cosand and they have three sons: David, Michael and Steven. Mr. Cosand's former students have won competitions and appeared in concert all around the world. Mr. Cosand is a Steinway Artist. For Walter Cosand's music samples visit School of Music Faculty Audio Samples |
