Anthony Newman (musician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Anthony Newman (musician)

American musician

Date of Birth: 12-May-1941

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Profession: composer, pianist, organist, harpsichordist, music pedagogue

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Anthony Newman (born May 12, 1941) is an American classical musician.
While mostly known as an organist, Newman is also a harpsichordist, pedal harpsichordist, pianist, fortepianist, composer, conductor, writer, and teacher.
A specialist in music of the Baroque period, particularly the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, Newman considers himself to have played an important role in the movement towards historically informed performance.
He has collaborated with noted musicians such as Kathleen Battle, Julius Baker, Itzhak Perlman, Eugenia Zukerman, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Leonard Bernstein and Wynton Marsalis for whom he arranged and conducted In Gabriel’s Garden, the most popular classical record of 1996.