Ralph Berkowitz

Infobox musical artist
Name = Ralph Berkowitz
Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Born = birth date and age|1910|1|1
New York City, USA
Instrument = Piano
Genre = Classical
Occupation = composer, arranger
Years_active = "fl. ca." 1927-"present"

Ralph Berkowitz (b. 1910) is an American composer, classical musician, and painter.

Biography

Ralph Berkowitz was born in New York City, New York in 1910. In 1927, he enrolled at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia where he later became staff. In 1940, he became accompanist for Gregor Piatigorsky, with whom he appeared until the cellists death in 1972.

From 1946 to 1951, Berkowitz served as an executive assistant to Serge_Koussevitzky at Tanglewood and later became Dean of the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood in 1951. Berkowitz composed "A Telephone Call", for singer and orchestra.