专家介绍--兰德尔•本韦[美]（美国音乐公开赛主席）

美国音乐公开赛组委会

                          专家介绍--兰德尔•本韦[美]（美国音乐公开赛主席）

    兰德尔•本韦 (Randal Benway) 出生于俄亥俄州克利夫兰市，在他10岁时，就被提奥多.列文收为最年轻的钢琴学生，后来又从师阿瑟•莱塞及尤妮斯•波蒂丝。 在克利夫兰市期间，本韦先生也同时从师斯达琳•卡姆沃茨学习作曲。16岁时，他曾和指挥家詹姆斯•莱文及罗伯特•肖合作演奏钢琴协奏曲。

    本韦先生本科毕业于康乃狄格州西哈特福德市哈特音乐学院。在密西根大学获得音乐（钢琴）硕士学位；期间，他师从乔治.桑德及路易斯•纳高学习钢琴演奏，师从威廉•博尔科姆学习作曲。

    本韦先生用了相当的时间游历欧洲，在伦敦期间，他又拜巴林特•瓦兹索尼为师继续学习钢琴；在法国枫丹白露市，他在作曲方面，又得到纳迪亚•布朗热的真传。他还是学生的时候，就参与艺术大师班并和欧洲的一些艺术大家一起演奏，这些大师包括纳迪亚•布朗热、克利幅德•柯曾、约翰•奥格登、让•玛利•达尔、尼基塔•马加洛夫和索利马•斯特拉文斯基。此外，他分别在美国和瑞士获得两次钢琴比赛的优胜者。

   本韦先生在美国和欧洲表演了钢琴独奏及和管弦乐队合作室内乐等并被国家公共广播电台现场直播。他也是红木三人组的创始人之一，他们的小组常常在美国旧金山湾区巡回演出。他们最近的演出了德沃夏克的杜姆卡钢琴三重奏、门德尔松D小调钢琴三重奏、勃拉姆斯G小调四重奏曲、舒曼鋼琴五重奏、勃拉姆斯抒情曲、贝多芬三重协奏曲、格里格钢琴协奏曲、拉赫曼尼诺夫:帕格尼尼主题狂想曲及勃拉姆斯第一钢琴协奏曲。

Randall Benway is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, where at the age of 10 he was accepted as the youngest piano student of Theodore Lettvin and later as a student of Arthur Loesser and Eunice Podis. While in Cleveland Mr. Benway also studied composition with Starling Cumberworth..At 16 Mr. Benway collaborated in piano concerto performances with conductors James Levine and Robert Shaw.

Mr. Benway was an undergraduate student at Hartt College of Music in West Hartford, Connecticut, and received a Master of Music (Piano) degree from the University of Michigan where he studies piano with Gyorgy Sandor and Louis Nagel and composition with William Bolcom.

Mr. Benway spent considerable time in Europe, including living in London while studying piano with Balint Vazsonyi, and living in Fontainebleau, France, while studying composition with Nadia Boulanger. As a student, Mr. Benway attended and performed in master classes of some of the great European artists, including Balint Vazsonyi, Clifford Curzon, John Ogden, Jean-Marie Darre, Nikita Magaloff, and Soulima Stravinsky. In addition Mr. Benway was the winner of two piano competitions, one in the United States and one in Switzerland.

Mr. Benway has performed in the United States and Europe as soloist, soloist with orchestra, and chamber musician, including live radio broadcast on National Public Radio. He is a founding member of the Redwood Trio, which performs frequently throughout the Bay Area.Recent performances include Dvorak’s Dumky Trio; Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D Minor; Brahms G Minor Piano Quartet; Schumann Piano Qintet; Brahms Lieder; Beethoven Triple Concerto; Grieg Piano Concerto；Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1.
Mr. Benway is a sought-after accompanist and coach for pianists, opera singers, and instrumentalists.