David Dubal is internationally known as a pianist,
teacher, writer, and broadcaster.
An acknowledged authority on the piano literature,
Mr. Dubal’s books, The Art of the Piano,
Evenings with Horowitz, Reflections from the
Keyboard, and Conversations with Menuhin are
highly acclaimed and have been translated into
Chinese, Japanese, German, etc. He has also
written numerous articles in journals, liner
notes, and CD booklets for the Nimbus Grand
Piano Series. He edited American Piano Music
from the Civil War through World War I for International
Music.
David Dubal’s video, The Golden Age
of the Piano has been seen worldwide on Philips
Classics VCR and Laster Disc in four languages
and won him an Emmy award. He also presented
a multi-media show on Horowitz for Steinway
and Sons using Horowitz’s piano.
Recipient of the first ASCAP Deems Taylor award
for broadcast journalism, David Dubal has won
numerous awards including the coveted George
Foster Peabody award. He also received a proclamation
from mayor Guiliani for his services to music
in New York City. During 1999 he was heard every
Sunday at WQXR as host of the program The American
Century - a series devoted to American music.
He was music and program director of the radio
station WNCN (New York City) and was also producer
and commentator of innumerable special broadcasts.
Mr. Dubal has been on the faculty of the Juilliard
School since 1983 and the Manhattan School of
Music since 1995. At Juilliard, his series The
World of the Piano is one of the most popular
classes in the Evening Division.
David Dubal has conducted master classes worldwide
including: Seoul National University, the Berne
Conservatory in Switzerland, and in Brazil and
Israel. Mr. Dubal has judged many international
competitions including a series of 6 lecture-recitals
at the 1989, 1993, 1997 Van Cliburn competitions.
The Dubal Collection of Interviews is at the
University of Maryland. He is a Housewright
Eminent Scholar at Florida State University.
Currently Mr. Dubal is heard every Wednesday
night at 10:00PM on WQXR in his program: Reflections
From The Keyboard, The Piano in Comparative
Performance. His new book, The Essential Canon
of Classical Music was recently published by
Farrar, Straus and Giroux. In May, 2006, Mr.
Dubal received an honorary Doctor of Music from
the 64 colleges of The State University of New
York.
