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Roger Charles Peltzman (born in 1961) is an American pianist<ref>{{Cite web |title=CHOPIN Piano Works |url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/reviews/review?slug=chopin-piano-works-75 |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=Gramophone |language=en}}</ref> , teacher<ref>{{Cite web |title=The power of music - 19 May 2023 - Pianist Magazine - Readly |url=https://gb.readly.com/magazines/pianist-magazine/2023-05-19/6462872b11a5b9d663e7adc5 |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=gb.readly.com |language=en}}</ref>, playwright, actor, and film director<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-15 |title=A virtuoso dies young, inspiring his nephew to carry on the legacy |url=https://www.concordmonitor.com//Inspired-by-his-uncle-who-died-at-Auschwitz-Roger-Peltzman-plays-on-50173935 |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=Concord Monitor |language=en}}</ref> based in New York City. He is best known for his one-person play about his pianist uncle who was killed by the nazis during the Holocaust.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Richter |first=Katrin |date=2024-02-22 |title=Widmung an den Onkel |url=https://www.juedische-allgemeine.de/unsere-woche/widmung-an-den-onkel/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=Jüdische Allgemeine |language=de}}</ref> The film version of the play has been selected and shown by ten film festivals (<ref>{{Cite web |last=jewishfilmfests |title=Dedication |url=https://jewishfilmfestivals.org/films/2022/dedication/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=Jewish Film Festivals |language=en-US}}</ref>,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Online Program – Ukraine Fringe |url=https://www.ukraine-fringe.com/online-program/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |language=uk}}</ref>,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Online Program – Ukraine Fringe |url=https://www.ukraine-fringe.com/online-program/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |language=uk}}</ref>) He also released a CD of all Chopin selections also entitled "Dedication" in 2014 (Astre Recordings). |
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Roger Charles Peltzman (born in 1961) is an American pianist<nowiki><ref>https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/chopin-piano-works-75</nowiki><nowiki><ref>, teacher<ref>https://gb.readly.com/magazines/pianist-magazine/2023-05-19/6462872b11a5b9d663e7adc5</nowiki><nowiki><ref>, playwright<ref>https://www.timesofisrael.com/piano-prodigy-norbert-stern-was-slain-at-auschwitz-nephews-</nowiki> |
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play-revives-his-genius/<nowiki><ref>, actor, and film director (4) based in New York City (5). He is best known for his one-person</nowiki> |
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Roger Charles Peltzman was born in New York City. As a child, he grew up in Blauvelt NY. The son of Nils Peltzman, pharmacist and Beatrice (Stern) Peltzman, social worker and Holocaust survivor. Peltzman showed in early interest in filmmaking and music. He attended State University of Binghamton where is received degrees in Music and Cinema (12). He was awarded honors from both departments. He studied piano with famed pedagogue, Seymour Fink. He received a Masters Degree in piano performance from Manhattan School of Music. There he studied with Zenon Fishbein. After graduating from Mahattan School, Peltzman worked in recording. He was chief engineer at legendary Water Music Recorders in Hoboken, NJ. He also produced critically acclaimed albums such as Lee Feldman’s Living It All Wrong Pure/Mercury (13). In 2002 he joined the faculty of the nation’s oldest community music school – The Third Street Music Settlement. (14) He also teaches piano privately. |
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play about the Holocaust (6), second-generation trauma (7) and music (8) Dedication. The film |
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version of the play has been selected and shown by ten film festivals (9,10,11) He also released a |
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CD of all Chopin selections also entitled Dedication in 2014 (Astre Recordings).Life |
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Roger Charles Peltzman was born in New York City. As a child, he grew up in Blauvelt NY. |
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The son of Nils Peltzman, pharmacist and Beatrice (Stern) Peltzman, social worker and |
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Holocaust survivor. Peltzman showed in early interest in filmmaking and music. He attended |
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State University of Binghamton where is received degrees in Music and Cinema (12). He was |
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awarded honors from both departments. He studied piano with famed pedagogue, Seymour |
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Fink. He received a Masters Degree in piano performance from Manhattan School of Music. |
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There he studied with Zenon Fishbein. After graduating from Mahattan School, Peltzman |
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worked in recording. He was chief engineer at legendary Water Music Recorders in Hoboken, |
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NJ. He also produced critically acclaimed albums such as Lee Feldman’s Living It All Wrong |
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Pure/Mercury (13). In 2002 he joined the faculty of the nation’s oldest community music school |
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– The Third Street Music Settlement. (14) He also teaches piano privately. |
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Playwright and solo performer |
Playwright and solo performer |
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In 2022 Roger Peltzman first performed his play Dedication during a three week run at the |
In 2022 Roger Peltzman first performed his play Dedication during a three week run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Receiving 4 star reviews and critical acclaim. (15, 16,) It also won the Derek Award for Best Overseas Play (17) |
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Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Receiving 4 star reviews and critical acclaim. (15, 16,) It also won |
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the Derek Award for Best Overseas Play (17) |
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Synopis: |
Synopis: |
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Dedication is a 65-minute, one-person performance piece that combines monologue, live piano performance, visual imagery, and humor to tell the story of Peltzman’s mother’s family before the war and her harrowing escape from the Nazis who invaded the attic in which she and her family were hiding. It also relates the tragic journey of my uncle—a gifted piano prodigy—from Brussels to the gas chambers at Auschwitz. As the story unfolds, family photos, letters, documents, (which miraculously survived the war) are projected onto a screen. Drawn into the story of people he never knew, Peltzman develops a “relationship” with his uncle, Norbert Stern, a brilliant pianist who was murdered in Auschwitz at age 21. Learning that Holocaust trauma can be inherited, Peltzman recounts his coming to terms with second generation survivor trauma and the role of music in helping to manage wounds that will never fully heal. In June of 2023 Dedication had a 3 week run at London’s Marlyebone Theatre. (18) Again, the show was a critical success receiving four star reviews. ‘…remarkable and riveting…’ Reviews Hub (19). 4 stars. “An amazing story told with charm humor and wisdom” – Spectator. (20) 4 stars - frost magazine (21) Since then, Dedication has been performed in the US (22), Brussels (23) and Berlin (24). The film version of Dedication is distributed by Menemsha (25) Dedication the CD, and concerts in 2013 Peltzman recorded a CD of all Chopin works for Astre Recordings (26). The disc was dedicated to the memory of Norbert Stern, Peltzman’s uncle. Stern was a talented pianist who was murdered in Auschwitz at age 21. It was recorded at The Brussels Conservatory of Music where Stern performed and won competitions. (27) Peltzman has performed at venues such as Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall (28), Brooklyn Academy of Music (29) and cutting edge NYC club – Le Poisson Rouge (30). |
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Dedication is a 65-minute, one-person performance piece that combines monologue, live piano |
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performance, visual imagery, and humor to tell the story of Peltzman’s mother’s family before |
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the war and her harrowing escape from the Nazis who invaded the attic in which she and her |
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family were hiding. It also relates the tragic journey of my uncle—a gifted piano prodigy—from |
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Brussels to the gas chambers at Auschwitz. As the story unfolds, family photos, letters, |
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documents, (which miraculously survived the war) are projected onto a screen. Drawn into the |
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story of people he never knew, Peltzman develops a “relationship” with his uncle, Norbert Stern, |
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a brilliant pianist who was murdered in Auschwitz at age 21. Learning that Holocaust trauma can |
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be inherited, Peltzman recounts his coming to terms with second generation survivor trauma and |
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the role of music in helping to manage wounds that will never fully heal. |
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In June of 2023 Dedication had a 3 week run at London’s Marlyebone Theatre. (18) Again, the |
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show was a critical success receiving four star reviews. ‘…remarkable and riveting…’ Reviews |
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Hub (19). 4 stars. “An amazing story told with charm humor and wisdom” – Spectator. (20) 4 |
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stars - frost magazine (21) |
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Since then, Dedication has been performed in the US (22), Brussels (23) and Berlin (24). |
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The film version of Dedication is distributed by Menemsha (25) |
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Dedication the CD, and concerts |
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In 2013 Peltzman recorded a CD of all Chopin works for Astre Recordings (26). The disc was |
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dedicated to the memory of Norbert Stern, Peltzman’s uncle. Stern was a talented pianist who |
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was murdered in Auschwitz at age 21. It was recorded at The Brussels Conservatory of Music |
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EXTERNAL LINKS |
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where Stern performed and won competitions. (27) Peltzman has performed at venues such as |
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www.rogerpeltzman.com |
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Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall (28), Brooklyn Academy of Music (29) and cutting edge NYC club – |
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Le Poisson Rouge (30). |
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Roger Charles Peltzman (born in 1961) is an American pianist[1] , teacher[2], playwright, actor, and film director[3] based in New York City. He is best known for his one-person play about his pianist uncle who was killed by the nazis during the Holocaust.[4] The film version of the play has been selected and shown by ten film festivals ([5],[6],[7]) He also released a CD of all Chopin selections also entitled "Dedication" in 2014 (Astre Recordings).
Life
Roger Charles Peltzman was born in New York City. As a child, he grew up in Blauvelt NY. The son of Nils Peltzman, pharmacist and Beatrice (Stern) Peltzman, social worker and Holocaust survivor. Peltzman showed in early interest in filmmaking and music. He attended State University of Binghamton where is received degrees in Music and Cinema (12). He was awarded honors from both departments. He studied piano with famed pedagogue, Seymour Fink. He received a Masters Degree in piano performance from Manhattan School of Music. There he studied with Zenon Fishbein. After graduating from Mahattan School, Peltzman worked in recording. He was chief engineer at legendary Water Music Recorders in Hoboken, NJ. He also produced critically acclaimed albums such as Lee Feldman’s Living It All Wrong Pure/Mercury (13). In 2002 he joined the faculty of the nation’s oldest community music school – The Third Street Music Settlement. (14) He also teaches piano privately.
Playwright and solo performer
In 2022 Roger Peltzman first performed his play Dedication during a three week run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Receiving 4 star reviews and critical acclaim. (15, 16,) It also won the Derek Award for Best Overseas Play (17)
Synopis:
Dedication is a 65-minute, one-person performance piece that combines monologue, live piano performance, visual imagery, and humor to tell the story of Peltzman’s mother’s family before the war and her harrowing escape from the Nazis who invaded the attic in which she and her family were hiding. It also relates the tragic journey of my uncle—a gifted piano prodigy—from Brussels to the gas chambers at Auschwitz. As the story unfolds, family photos, letters, documents, (which miraculously survived the war) are projected onto a screen. Drawn into the story of people he never knew, Peltzman develops a “relationship” with his uncle, Norbert Stern, a brilliant pianist who was murdered in Auschwitz at age 21. Learning that Holocaust trauma can be inherited, Peltzman recounts his coming to terms with second generation survivor trauma and the role of music in helping to manage wounds that will never fully heal. In June of 2023 Dedication had a 3 week run at London’s Marlyebone Theatre. (18) Again, the show was a critical success receiving four star reviews. ‘…remarkable and riveting…’ Reviews Hub (19). 4 stars. “An amazing story told with charm humor and wisdom” – Spectator. (20) 4 stars - frost magazine (21) Since then, Dedication has been performed in the US (22), Brussels (23) and Berlin (24). The film version of Dedication is distributed by Menemsha (25) Dedication the CD, and concerts in 2013 Peltzman recorded a CD of all Chopin works for Astre Recordings (26). The disc was dedicated to the memory of Norbert Stern, Peltzman’s uncle. Stern was a talented pianist who was murdered in Auschwitz at age 21. It was recorded at The Brussels Conservatory of Music where Stern performed and won competitions. (27) Peltzman has performed at venues such as Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall (28), Brooklyn Academy of Music (29) and cutting edge NYC club – Le Poisson Rouge (30).
EXTERNAL LINKS
www.rogerpeltzman.com
References
- ^ "CHOPIN Piano Works". Gramophone. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ^ "The power of music - 19 May 2023 - Pianist Magazine - Readly". gb.readly.com. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ^ "A virtuoso dies young, inspiring his nephew to carry on the legacy". Concord Monitor. 2023-03-15. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ^ Richter, Katrin (2024-02-22). "Widmung an den Onkel". Jüdische Allgemeine (in German). Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ^ jewishfilmfests. "Dedication". Jewish Film Festivals. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ^ "Online Program – Ukraine Fringe" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ^ "Online Program – Ukraine Fringe" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-03-26.