Joan Benson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Joan Benson

American keyboardist

Date of Birth: 09-Oct-1925

Place of Birth: Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

Profession: teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Joan Benson, born October 9, 1925, in Saint Paul in the U.S.
state of Minnesota, is an American keyboard player specializing in the clavichord and fortepiano.
Educated at the University of Illinois (B.Mus., M.Mus.
1951) and Indiana University (1953), she received instruction in Europe from Edwin Fischer, Guido Agosti, Olivier Messiaen, Viola Thern, Fritz Neumeyer, Ruggero Gerlin, and Macario Santiago Kastner before returning to the United States in 1960 to pursue dual careers as a concert keyboardist and university professor.She debuted on the clavichord at the Carmel Bach Festival in 1963 and went on to perform at many concerts in the United States, Europe, and the Far East.
From 1968 through 1976, she taught at Stanford University until joining the faculty at the University of Oregon in Eugene, where she taught through 1987.
In 1980, she also joined the faculty of the Aston Magna Music Festival in Massachusetts.
Among her varied interests is Buddhist meditation.
She has been credited with helping to revive interest in the fortepiano and the work of C.
P.
E.
Bach.