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Teresa Sterne (also known as Teresa Rosenbaum and Tracey Sterne) (29 March 1927 - 10 December 2000) was an American concert pianist and record producer. Sterne's performance career began at the age of 12 when she appeared with both the NBC Symphony and New York Philharmonic Symphony. After setting her performance career aside, she served as director of Nonesuch Records from 1965 through 1979.

Early Life

Sterne was born in Brooklyn to an already musical family. Her mother was a professional cellist who quit her career to advance her daughter's musical development. Sterne's paternal uncle was a distinguished violinist who also helped develop her talents.^[1] She showed musical talent at an early age and was taken out of school at the age of 10 to be privately tutored and focus on the piano.^[2]

Performance Career

Sterne began performing at the age of 11 and made her professional debut at the age of 12 when she performed Grieg's Piano Concerto with the NBC Symphony Orchestra at Madison Square Garden. The following year she performed Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 with the New York Philharmonic Symphony at Lewisohn Stadium in Harlem, in front of nearly 6,000 people. Although several critics of the performance noted she lacked the strength to completely play the thunderous nature of the work, all of them "praised her temperament, singing tone and impressive technique."^[3]

She went on to perform many well-known works. By the time she was 14, she had performed pieces like Bach's "Italian" Concerto and Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 to much acclaim. At 16, she gave a full recital at the Brooklyn Museum, where she performed Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 13, among other works by Bach-von Bulow, Medtner, Debussy, Chopin and Beethoven. She performed Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto with the New York Philharmonic Symphony at Lewisohn Stadium again at the age of 19.^[3]

Transition away from performing

In her early twenties, Sterne's family began having money problems, so she put her career aside and worked as a secretary and fashion model. She eventually worked in the offices of the manager Sol Hurok, where she "nurtured the careers of other young artists." ^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Tommasini, Anthony (12 December 2000). "Teresa Sterne, 73, Pioneer In Making Classical Records". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 March 2013. Cite error: The named reference "Tommasini 1" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
^ Freed, Richard (Donald). "Teresa Sterne". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
^ ^a ^b Tommasini, Anthony (31 July 2000). "CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK: A Scene-Stealer Behind the Scenes; Teresa Sterne, Musical Prodigy, Sacrificed Her Own Art So Others Might Be Heard". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 March 2013.

[Tommasini_1-1] Tommasini, Anthony (12 December 2000). "Teresa Sterne, 73, Pioneer In Making Classical Records". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 March 2013. Cite error: The named reference "Tommasini 1" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

[Freed_1-2] Freed, Richard (Donald). "Teresa Sterne". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 9 March 2013.

[Tommasini_2-3] Tommasini, Anthony (31 July 2000). "CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK: A Scene-Stealer Behind the Scenes; Teresa Sterne, Musical Prodigy, Sacrificed Her Own Art So Others Might Be Heard". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 March 2013.

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