Biography
Carol Rosenberger’s career as a pianist has yielded more than thirty discs issued under her own name, yet her production credits extend across dozens of additional titles spanning multiple genres. Her studies took her first to Webster Aitken and Katja Andy in the United States, then to Nadia Boulanger in Paris, and later to Baroque specialist Eta Harich-Schneider together with theorist Franz Eibner in Vienna. While in Europe she also undertook intensive rehabilitation to regain strength and mobility after paralytic polio had postponed her public debut. Drawing on that personal history, she began offering instruction at the University of Southern California and other institutions in the late 1960s, guiding emerging artists toward stage readiness. Her first professional tour finally occurred in 1970 and drew strongly positive critical response.
The 1983 solo album Water Music of the Impressionists earned acclaim from several high-end audio publications, while the 1989 lullaby collection Perchance to Dream found wide favor among listeners. In 1991 she earned a Grammy nomination for her account of Howard Hanson’s Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Youth, recorded with Gerard Schwarz and the New York Chamber Symphony; she and Schwarz subsequently documented Hanson’s Piano Concerto as well. She has maintained a close artistic partnership with Constantin Orbelian and the Moscow Chamber Soloists, appearing in joint recitals across many seasons. After establishing her solo reputation and releasing her earliest Delos recordings, Rosenberger joined label founder Amelia Haygood as co-producer on projects that ranged from vocal and chamber works to orchestral scores and piano music. She has observed that the editing process “really points out things in the music you never saw before.” Among her most satisfying achievements are the children’s story-music series and the relaxation collections featuring both solo piano pieces and works for piano and orchestra. Following Haygood’s death in 2007, Rosenberger assumed the directorship of Delos while Orbelian took on the role of director of A&R.
The 1983 solo album Water Music of the Impressionists earned acclaim from several high-end audio publications, while the 1989 lullaby collection Perchance to Dream found wide favor among listeners. In 1991 she earned a Grammy nomination for her account of Howard Hanson’s Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Youth, recorded with Gerard Schwarz and the New York Chamber Symphony; she and Schwarz subsequently documented Hanson’s Piano Concerto as well. She has maintained a close artistic partnership with Constantin Orbelian and the Moscow Chamber Soloists, appearing in joint recitals across many seasons. After establishing her solo reputation and releasing her earliest Delos recordings, Rosenberger joined label founder Amelia Haygood as co-producer on projects that ranged from vocal and chamber works to orchestral scores and piano music. She has observed that the editing process “really points out things in the music you never saw before.” Among her most satisfying achievements are the children’s story-music series and the relaxation collections featuring both solo piano pieces and works for piano and orchestra. Following Haygood’s death in 2007, Rosenberger assumed the directorship of Delos while Orbelian took on the role of director of A&R.
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