Lamar Crowson

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* John Lamar Crowson (May 27, 1926 – August 25, 1998) was an American concert pianist and a chamber musician born in Tampa, Florida. * His early education was in Portland, Oregon, with noted pedagogue Nellie Tholen, who attended Reed College (1943-1948), majoring in art, history, and literature. * He later studied piano under Arthur Benjamin, who invited him to study at the Royal College of Music in 1948, and was appointed to the faculty in 1957. * During the 1950s, he gained several major awards, including the Chappell Gold Medal, the Dannreuther Prize, and the Harriet Cohen International Medal. He was Laureate in the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels in 1952. Among other performers, Sir John Barbirolli, Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boult, Sir Adrian Boult, Sir Colin Davis, and Pierre Monteux were among others who appeared in the Melos Ensemble for many years. "Because you walk on to a stage with someone of his artistic credibility, you have nothing but complete confidence." * The Beethoven, as well as the Mozart quintets for piano and wind, Johann Nepomuk Hummel's Quintet and Septet, as well as Schubert's "Touch" Quintet, are among his Melos Ensemble recordings. * The New York Times praised his recording of the Fauré Piano Quartet with the Pro Arte Quartet. * He performed and recorded with Pro Arte Piano Quartet, Kenneth Sillito (violin), Cecil Aronowitz (viola), and Terence Weil (cello). * He performed the European premieres of Sonata for clarinet and piano, as well as Copland's Fantasy. * Crowson appeared in Peter Racine Fricker's Twelve Studies for the first time in Cheltenham in 1961, and the composer dedicated the work to him. Crowson was "one of the finest chamber music pianists of our time" in 1981, according to Alfred Brendel of Cape Town, who lectured at the University of Cape Town from 1965 to 1968. * In 1972, he settled in South Africa permanently, where he became a leading concert performer and contributed significantly to the country's cultural life while still maintaining his international links. * He was appointed a music professor at UCT in 1980, from which he was awarded an honorary doctorate in 1996. * He has worked at the British Academy, Dartington, the University of Queensland, James Cook University, Townsville, and other places. * He was also one of Australia's most celebrated pianists in the early years of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music, which later took place in Townsville, Australia. Clifford Benson, Ian Brown of Crowson, Niel Immelman, Jan Latham-Koenig, Gwenneth Pryor, Roucher du Toit, Melanie Horne, Steven De Groote, and Ryan Daniel were among Crowson's students. "Records are deleted; critics die; but academics, like children and grandchildren, persevere" Crowson was married three times and had two sons by his first marriage, John and Paul. He died in Johannesburg, South Africa, at the age of 72. "Despite being little known in the United States, [he] was regarded by many colleagues as one of the finest chamber musicians of his time," the New York Times wrote in his obituary.

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