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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).
Roger 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>) He also released a CD of all Chopin selections entitled "Dedication" in 2014 (Astre Recordings).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roger Peltzman’s Chopin Tribute - Classics Today |url=https://www.classicstoday.com/review/roger-peltzmans-chopin-tribute/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=www.classicstoday.com}}</ref>


Life
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.
Roger Charles Peltzman was born in New York City. As a child, he grew up in Blauvelt NY. The son of Nils Peltzman, a pharmacist and Beatrice (Stern) Peltzman, a social worker and Holocaust survivor. Peltzman showed an early interest in filmmaking and music. He attended State University of Binghamton where is received degrees in Music and Cinema.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Binghamton University - Magazine: Robert Frank’s beat is the super rich |url=https://www.binghamton.edu/magazine-archive/index.php/magazine/feature/remembering-%20norbert |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=www.binghamton.edu}}</ref> He studied piano with renowned pedagogue, Seymour Fink. He received a Masters Degree in piano performance from Manhattan School of Music where 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tribune |first=Chicago |date=1998-01-18 |title=PIANO MAN |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1998/01/18/piano-man-4/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2002 he joined the faculty of The Third Street Music Settlement.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-08-06 |title=Third Street Beat: Spring 2014 by Third Street Music School - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/thirdstreetmusicschool/docs/third_street_beat_spring_2014 |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref>


Playwright and solo performer
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)
In 2022, Mr. Peltzman first performed his play "Dedication" during a three week run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, receiving 4 star reviews and critical acclaim.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Wee Review |url=https://theweereview.com/review/dedication |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=theweereview.com}}</ref> It also won the Derek Award for Best Overseas Play.


Synopis:
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).
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 World War II 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 his 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marylebone Theatre {{!}} About Us |url=https://www.marylebonetheatre.com/about-us#Team |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=www.marylebonetheatre.com}}</ref> Again, the show was a critical success receiving four star reviews. ‘…remarkable and riveting…’ Reviews Hub. <ref>{{Cite web |last=London |first=The Reviews Hub- |date=2023-06-10 |title=Dedication – Marylebone Theatre, London |url=https://www.thereviewshub.com/dedication-marylebone-theatre-london/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=The Reviews Hub |language=en-GB}}</ref> ... “An amazing story told with charm humor and wisdom” – Spectator.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Lloyd |date=2023-06-14 |title=Like attending a joyous religious service: We Will Rock You, at the Coliseum, reviewed |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/like-attending-a-joyous-religious-service-we-will-rock-you-at-the-coliseum-reviewed/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=The Spectator |language=en-US}}</ref> Since then, Dedication has been performed in the US<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-28 |title=Maude Adams Theater Hub Catskill Mountain Foundation presents DEDICATION by Roger Peltzman |url=https://www.hudsonvalley360.com/artsandlife/thescene/maude-adams-theater-hub-catskill-mountain-foundation-presents-dedication-by-roger-peltzman/article_fc87c1a1-9ccc-5da9-b910-6add5516230e.html |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=HudsonValley360 |language=en}}</ref>, Brussels<ref>{{Cite web |title=Norbert Stern, door de nazi’s vermoorde pianovirtuoos: ‘Nog duizend jaar vertellen' |url=https://www.bruzz.be/select/podium/norbert-stern-door-de-nazis-vermoorde-pianovirtuoos-nog-duizend-jaar-vertellen-2024 |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=www.bruzz.be |language=nl}}</ref> and Berlin.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Berlin Bühnen – Event – Dedication |url=https://www.berlin-buehnen.de/en/schedule/dedication/events/298045/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=www.berlin-buehnen.de}}</ref> The film version of Dedication is distributed by Menemsha.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dedication {{!}} Menemsha Films |url=https://www.menemshafilms.com/dedication |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=menemsha |language=en}}</ref>

Dedication Recording and concerts

In 2013 Peltzman recorded a CD of all Chopin works for Astre Recordings.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mancuso |first=Christina |title=Astre Records to Celebrate the Release of DEDICATION: ROGER PELTZMAN PLAYS CHOPIN with Concert, 1/5 |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwclassical/article/Astre-Records-to-Celebrate-the-Release-of-DEDICATION-ROGER-PELTZMAN-PLAYS-CHOPIN-with-Concert-15-20131203 |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en}}</ref> 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. "Dedication" was recorded at The Brussels Conservatory of Music where Stern performed and won competitions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Norbert Stern |url=https://holocaustmusic.ort.org/places/camps/death-camps/auschwitz/norbert-stern/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=holocaustmusic.ort.org |language=en-GB}}</ref> Peltzman has performed at venues such as Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ann |first=Leslie AnnLeslie |date=2014-01-09 |title=Pianist Roger Peltzman Combines Holocaust History With Beautiful Music in Cooperstown January 11th [Audio] |url=https://bigcat921.com/pianist-roger-peltzman-combines-holocaust-history-with-beautiful-music-in-cooperstown-january-11th-audio/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=92.1 Big Cat |language=en}}</ref>, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and cutting edge NYC club – Le Poisson Rouge.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dedication: Roger Peltzman Plays Chopin |url=https://lpr.com/lpr_artists/roger-peltzman-plays-chopin/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=LPR |language=en-US}}</ref>


EXTERNAL LINKS
EXTERNAL LINKS

Revision as of 02:29, 26 March 2024

Roger 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]) He also released a CD of all Chopin selections entitled "Dedication" in 2014 (Astre Recordings).[7]

Life

Roger Charles Peltzman was born in New York City. As a child, he grew up in Blauvelt NY. The son of Nils Peltzman, a pharmacist and Beatrice (Stern) Peltzman, a social worker and Holocaust survivor. Peltzman showed an early interest in filmmaking and music. He attended State University of Binghamton where is received degrees in Music and Cinema.[8] He studied piano with renowned pedagogue, Seymour Fink. He received a Masters Degree in piano performance from Manhattan School of Music where 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.[9] In 2002 he joined the faculty of The Third Street Music Settlement.[10]

Playwright and solo performer

In 2022, Mr. Peltzman first performed his play "Dedication" during a three week run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, receiving 4 star reviews and critical acclaim.[11] It also won the Derek Award for Best Overseas Play.

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 World War II 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 his 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.[12] Again, the show was a critical success receiving four star reviews. ‘…remarkable and riveting…’ Reviews Hub. [13] ... “An amazing story told with charm humor and wisdom” – Spectator.[14] Since then, Dedication has been performed in the US[15], Brussels[16] and Berlin.[17] The film version of Dedication is distributed by Menemsha.[18]

Dedication Recording and concerts

In 2013 Peltzman recorded a CD of all Chopin works for Astre Recordings.[19] 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. "Dedication" was recorded at The Brussels Conservatory of Music where Stern performed and won competitions.[20] Peltzman has performed at venues such as Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall[21], Brooklyn Academy of Music, and cutting edge NYC club – Le Poisson Rouge.[22]

EXTERNAL LINKS

www.rogerpeltzman.com




References

  1. ^ "CHOPIN Piano Works". Gramophone. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  2. ^ "The power of music - 19 May 2023 - Pianist Magazine - Readly". gb.readly.com. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  3. ^ "A virtuoso dies young, inspiring his nephew to carry on the legacy". Concord Monitor. 2023-03-15. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  4. ^ Richter, Katrin (2024-02-22). "Widmung an den Onkel". Jüdische Allgemeine (in German). Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  5. ^ jewishfilmfests. "Dedication". Jewish Film Festivals. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  6. ^ "Online Program – Ukraine Fringe" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  7. ^ "Roger Peltzman's Chopin Tribute - Classics Today". www.classicstoday.com. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  8. ^ "Binghamton University - Magazine: Robert Frank's beat is the super rich". www.binghamton.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  9. ^ Tribune, Chicago (1998-01-18). "PIANO MAN". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  10. ^ "Third Street Beat: Spring 2014 by Third Street Music School - Issuu". issuu.com. 2014-08-06. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  11. ^ "The Wee Review". theweereview.com. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  12. ^ "Marylebone Theatre | About Us". www.marylebonetheatre.com. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  13. ^ London, The Reviews Hub- (2023-06-10). "Dedication – Marylebone Theatre, London". The Reviews Hub. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  14. ^ Evans, Lloyd (2023-06-14). "Like attending a joyous religious service: We Will Rock You, at the Coliseum, reviewed". The Spectator. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  15. ^ "Maude Adams Theater Hub Catskill Mountain Foundation presents DEDICATION by Roger Peltzman". HudsonValley360. 2023-09-28. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  16. ^ "Norbert Stern, door de nazi's vermoorde pianovirtuoos: 'Nog duizend jaar vertellen'". www.bruzz.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  17. ^ "Berlin Bühnen – Event – Dedication". www.berlin-buehnen.de. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  18. ^ "Dedication | Menemsha Films". menemsha. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  19. ^ Mancuso, Christina. "Astre Records to Celebrate the Release of DEDICATION: ROGER PELTZMAN PLAYS CHOPIN with Concert, 1/5". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  20. ^ "Norbert Stern". holocaustmusic.ort.org. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  21. ^ Ann, Leslie AnnLeslie (2014-01-09). "Pianist Roger Peltzman Combines Holocaust History With Beautiful Music in Cooperstown January 11th [Audio]". 92.1 Big Cat. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  22. ^ "Dedication: Roger Peltzman Plays Chopin". LPR. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
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