Vasily Safonov
Mieczyslaw Horszowski
*Leonidas Lipovetsky (1977-80)
(Retired Professor: Florida State University)
>Rosina Lhévinne (Julliard School)
>>Josef Lhévinne
>>Vasilly Safonov
>>>Nikolai Zaremba
>>>Louis Brassin
>>>>Ignaz Mocheles
>>>>>Antonio Salieri
>>>Theodore Leschetizky
>>>>Carl Czerny
>>>>>Ludwig v. Beethoven
>+Christian G. Neefe
>>+Johann A. Hiller
>>>+G. A. Homilius
>>>>+J. S. Bach
++Johann C. Bach
>+J G Albrechtsberger
>>+Melk Abbey (Church)
Christian Gottlob Neefe
James Heuser
Robert Brownlee
W. A. Mozart
Rudolph Serkin
Arnold Schoenberg
Harold Bauer
*Eugene Pridonoff (1976-77)
(Formerly Arizona State University where he was my teacher, Emeritus Professor Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music)
>Lillian Steuber
>>Egon Petrie
>>Harold Bauer
>>>I. J. Paderewski
>>>>T. Leschetizky
>>>>>C. Czerny
>+Ludwig van Beethoven, (et. al.)
>>Josef Lhévinne
>>>Vasilly Safonov
>>>>Nikolai Zaremba
>>>>Louis Brassin
>>>>>Ignaz Mocheles
>+Antonio Salieri
>>Emil von Sauer
>>>Nicolai Rubenstein
>>>Franz Liszt
>Mieczyslaw Horszowski
>>Mrs. Horszowski (his mother)
>>>Karol Mikuli
>>>>Frederic Chopin
>>Theodore Leschetizky
>>>Carl Czerny
>>>>Ludwig van Beethoven (et. al.)
>Rudolph Serkin
>>Richard Robert
>>>Julius Epstein
>>>Franz Krenn
>>>>Ignaz von Seyfried
>>>>>W. A. Mozart
>>Joseph Marx
>>Arnold Schoenberg
Franz Liszt
Karol Mukuli
Piano Teacher Lineage
of James Heuser
Eugene Pridonoff
Louis Brassin
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Lillian Steuber
Leonidas Lipovetsky
John Marcellus
Georges Mathias
Gabriel Faure
Camille Saint-Saens
Louis Vierne
Egon Petri
John Elvin
*Mary Elizabeth Land (1970-1975)
(deceased: private piano teacher)
>University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
>Julliard School
>>Adele Marcus
>>Josef Lhévinne
>>>Vasilly Safonov
>>>>Nikolai Zaremba
>>>>Louis Brassin
>>>>>Ignaz Mocheles
>+Antonio Salieri
>>Artur Schnabel
>>>Theodore Leschetizky
>>>>Carl Czerny
>>>>>Ludwig v. Beethoven
>+Christian G. Neefe
>>+Johann A. Hiller
>>>+G. A. Homilius
>>>>+J. S. Bach
++Johann C. Bach
>+J G Albrechtsberger
>>+Melk Abbey (Church)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Isidore Philip
Alexandre Guilmant
Cesar Franck
*Robert Brownlee (1981-84; 1985-87)
(Professor of Piano (deceased): University of Houston)
>John Elvin (Oberlin Conservatory)
>>Harold Bauer
>>>Ignacy Jan Paderewski
>>>>Theodore Leschetizky
>>>>>Carl Czerny
>+Ludwig van Beethoven
>>Nadia Boulanger
>>>Louie Vierne
>>>>César Franck
>>>Alexandre Guilmant
>>>Gabriel Fauré
>>>>Camille Saint-Saëns
>>Isidor Philip
>>>Georges Mathias
>>>>Frédéric Chopin
>>>Théodore Ritter
>>>>Franz Liszt
>>>Camille Saint-Saens
>>>>Stephen Heller
>>>>>Carl Czerny
>+Ludwig v. Beethoven
>>+Christian G. Neefe
>>>+Johann A. Hiller
>>>>+G. A. Homilius
++J. S. Bach
>++Johann C. Bach
>>+J G Albrechtsberger
>>>+Melk Abbey (Church)
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Mary Elizabeth Land and James Heuser
Joseph Marx
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger
Josef Lhévinne
Stephen Heller
Emil von Sauer
Theodore Leschetizsky
Carl Czerny
Theodor Ritter
Ignaz Moscheles
Rosina Lhévinne
I am so grateful for my teachers!
This page is not about me tooting my own horn, calling attention to my teacher lineages that include well known and influential musicians. Rather, my lineage of musician-teachers fills me with a great sense of responsibility to my students to provide the best music lessons at the piano I can.
If you can play the piano, or any other instrument please be sure and THANK your teacher! It is wonderful what can be passed down generation to generation concerning the art of making music at the piano. Gratitude also goes to my very first piano teacher, Mary Elizabeth Land, of Jacksonville, Florida. Her faith in me, her patience, and her dedication to the art of music was so very influential in my youth. I also want to thank my grandmother, Grace Marcellus. Her spontaneity and joie de vivre as church organist greatly influenced me. My uncle, John Marcellus, trombonist extraordinaire, is a living example of being in love with music and one of the most influential trombone players in the world.
The first and foremost things my teachers and family have all provided me with, is an unerring love of music! Being a musician, making it an essential part of your life that never leaves you. Always coaxing you forward to give unceasingly with the love of the heart the best of yourself as music.
KEY: Below in the lineage charts, the mark ">" equals one generation. The mark "+" equals five generations. Images below courtesy of my private collection, Wikipedia or personages own websites.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Frederic Chopin
Nadia Boulanger
Grace Marcellus
Antonio Salieri