It is so wonderful to see such a warm book and so marvelously documented about one of the most unique virtuoso pianists I have ever known. -- Abbey Simon, internationally renowned concert pianist A biography of Sidney Foster is long overdue. ...a valuable contribution to the literature of musicians by gathering in one volume details of an interesting, contributing world-class pianist. -- Charles H. Webb, dean emeritus, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music ... Foster...expanded and illuminated my musical thinking in such a way that it really provided the touchstone for all of my musical growth since. -- Carlisle Floyd, foremost librettist and opera composer Sidney Foster, an outstanding musical mind and a pianist of supreme artistry, was not only a great pianist and teacher but a truly exceptional human. -- Thomas Mastroianni, former dean, Catholic University, and president of the American Liszt Society Sidney Foster is one of the elect among concert pianists and musicians of our time. -- David Saperton, Curtis Institute of Music; artist, teacher, and concert pianist In this collection, we learn how [Sidney Foster] played for the often strident Vengerova at the age of ten[.]...Foster composed now-lost works for a 1940s piano-flute-cello ensemble he performed in with Rene Le Roy and Janos Scholz, and was also a pioneer of prison concerts. He deserves celebration as an unusually thoughtful, innovative keyboard artist. International Piano Magazine
