David Dubal
Program HostDavid Dubal is host of The Piano Matters which airs Wednesdays at 10 pm and Sundays at noon.
An acknowledged authority on the piano literature, David Dubal’s highly acclaimed books include The Art of the Piano, The Essential Canon of Classical Music, Evenings with Horowitz, Reflections from the Keyboard, and Conversations with Menuhin etc.
Mr. Dubalʼs video, The Golden Age of the Piano, has been seen worldwide in four languages, and won him an Emmy award. His book "Remembering Horowitz, " with 125 essays by world famous pianists includes a compact disc of Mr. Horowitz and Mr. Dubal in conversation.
Recipient of the First ASCAP/Deems Taylor Award for broadcast journalism, Mr. Dubal has won numerous other honors, including the coveted George Foster Peabody Award for innovative broadcasting. He served as Music Director of WNCN in New York City from 1967-90, and was also producer and commentator for innumerable special broadcasts. From 2000, Mr. Dubal has also hosted " Reflections from the Keyboard" on WQXR.
Mr. Dubal has been a faculty member of The Juilliard School since 1983, and has also taught on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music. He has performed in recitals and lecture-recitals in forty states, conducted master classes and lectured world-wide, and judged many international competitions, including the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Mr. Dubal received the Doctor of Music from the State University of New York ( SUNY).
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Music by Heitor Villa-Lobos, John Ireland, Percy Grainger and more.
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Works by Schubert, Scriabin and Joplin, as well as by lesser known composers Emil von Sauer and Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji.
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Music by a mix of well-known and lesser-heard composers, including Karol Szymanowski, César Franck and Joseph Martin Kraus.
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An all-waltz program, from Strauss to Chopin to Saint-Saëns and more.
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An Invitation to the Dance, some variations on The Beautiful Blue Danube, and more.
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