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Joan Benson, born October 9, 1925, in Saint Paul in the U.S. state of Minnesota, is an American keyboard player specializing in the clavichord and fortepiano. Educated at the University of Illinois (B.Mus., M.Mus. 1951) and Indiana University (1953), she received instruction in Europe from Edwin Fischer, Guido Agosti, Olivier Messiaen, Viola Thern, Fritz Neumeyer, Ruggero Gerlin, and Macario Santiago Kastner before returning to the United States in 1960 to pursue dual careers as a concert keyboardist and university professor.〔 She debuted on the clavichord at the Carmel Bach Festival in 1963〔 and went on to perform at many concerts in the United States, Europe, and the Far East.〔 From 1968 through 1976, she taught at Stanford University until joining the faculty at the University of Oregon in Eugene, where she taught through 1987.〔 In 1980, she also joined the faculty of the Aston Magna Music Festival in Massachusetts.〔 Among her varied interests is Buddhist meditation.〔 She has been credited with helping to revive interest in the fortepiano and the work of C. P. E. Bach.〔 ==Recordings== * ''Joan Benson, Clavichord'' (Repertoire Records, LP, 1962) and ''The Clavichord'' (Focus, CD, 1993) * ''Music of C. P. E. Bach'' (Orion, LP, 1976); Joan Benson playing a 1795 John Broadwood fortepiano in the first three works or a 1970 J. Verwolf clavichord in the remainder * ''Works of Haydn and Pasquini'' (Titanic, LP, 1982) * ''Clavichord Music of Johann Kuhnau and C. P. E. Bach'' (Early Music Institute, Indiana University School of Music, cassette, 1987) and ''The Clavichord: Music of Johann Kuhnau and C. P. E. Bach: 18th Century'' (Focus Distribution Group, CD, 1996)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-clavichord-mw0001808509 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joan Benson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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