Julius Chaloff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Julius Chaloff

American musician

Date of Birth: 02-Sep-1892

Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 28-Oct-1979

Profession: composer, pianist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Julius Chaloff

  • Julius Chaloff (September 2, 1892 – October 28, 1979) was an American pianist and composer.
  • Born of Russian parentage in Boston, Massachusetts, he was the son of Cantor Israel Chaloff, of Congregation Ohabei Shalom, then located in Boston.
  • In 1919, he married a fellow musician, Margaret Stedman.
  • Chaloff was the father of jazz baritone saxophonist Serge Chaloff.
  • Serge gained his earliest prominence as a member of Woody Herman's second herd also known as the Four Brothers.
  • Chaloff was also father of Richard Stedman Chaloff Sr.
  • who founded Stedman Ltd.
  • of Brookline, one of the first custom audio / video installation businesses in the country.
  • Chaloff was married to piano instructor Madame Margaret Chaloff, née Stedman, whose students included Keith Jarrett, Kenny Werner, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Mulgrew Miller, Toshiko Akiyoshi, and Steve Kuhn. As a child, Chaloff showed exceptional musical talent, and at the age of eleven entered the New England Conservatory of Music, studying piano with Alfred Devoto.
  • He studied at this institution for six years and was the youngest student to receive a diploma, graduating with high honors at the age of 17.
  • During the senior year he won the first Mason and Hamlin prize piano contest, the judges being George W.
  • Chadwick, Charles Martin Loeffler, and Dr.
  • Max Fiedler. Chaloff spent many years in Europe, four of which were spent in Berlin where he worked with the Polish pianist Ignaz Friedman.
  • He also composed and conducted with Hugo Kaun.
  • His debut in Berlin with the Blüthner Orchestra, January 18, 1913, was a marked success. In 1913, Charles F.
  • Stoddard, a mechanical genius, invented and perfected the reproducing piano of the American Piano Company (Ampico).
  • This instrument preserved for posterity the artistry of the golden era of great piano virtuosi.
  • Almost all of the eminent concert pianists of the US, including such personalities as Rachmaninoff and Lhevinne, recorded for the Ampico.
  • Julius Chaloff was among these artists.
  • A few of the compositions that have been preserved onto a very rare and limited number of LP's which were recorded by Julius Chaloff are: Prelude, Fugue and Variation by Caesar Franck Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op.
  • 60 by Chopin Ballade in F minor, Op.
  • 52, No.
  • 4 by Chopin Nocturne in D flat major by Debussy Viennese Dance, No.
  • 1, in G flat major by Friedman-Gartner Memories, Op.
  • 14, No.
  • 1 by Chaloff Elle Danse by Friedman Islamey (Oriental Fantasie) by Balakirev

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