Catherine
Kautsky
PERFORMER | SPEAKER | WRITER
“A pianist who can play Mozart and Schubert as though their sentiments and habits of musical speech coincided exactly with hers.”
—The New York Times
Great Piano Works Explained
In Great Piano Works Explained, you’ll dig deeply into this magnificent tradition, in a far-reaching exploration of the art of listening, seen from the bench of a pianist. In these 24 musically rich lectures, taught with passion and deep insight by Professor Catherine Kautsky of Lawrence University, you’ll encounter the composers named above and more, finding your way to the heart of their extraordinary music for the piano.
Debussy’s Paris: Piano Portraits of the Belle Époque
“…a wonderful book, a kind of total immersion in the Debussyan magic, and in the endless fascination of fin-de-siècle Paris. The writing fizzes with the excitement of connecting the countless different strands of the composer’s artistic influences and inspirations…I was entranced and delighted throughout.”
Named the George and Marjorie Olsen Chandler Professor of Music at Lawrence University in Spring 2017
Winner of the 2016 Excellence in Teaching Award at Lawrence University
Winner of the 2014 Lawrence University Faculty Convocation Award
Faculty, Juilliard Extension Division
Faculty, Roundtable by the 92nd Str. Y, New York
About Catherine Kautsky
Catherine Kautsky is an active performer lauded by the New York Times as a pianist whose “music spoke directly to the listener, with neither obfuscation nor pretense.” She is chair of the keyboard department at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, and previously chaired the keyboard department at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, winning honors at both institutions for research, performance, and teaching. She has played and taught across the United States, as well as in Asia, Africa, South America, and Europe, and is known for the lively commentary that accompanies her music.
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