Honigberg, Steven

From 1979 to 1984, I attained my childhood dream: I had the honor of studying at Juilliard in, as it turned out, Leonard Rose's final class, his final opportunity to imbue a group of young musicians with his powerful mastery of the instrument. Rose was a superb teacher-kind, patient, encouraging, and exacting. I admired him enormously. Few interpersonal experiences rival the intimacy of a master artist's lesson. Rose served as a father figure who bestowed undivided attention to those pupils who desired and warranted it. His verbal instruction may have lacked magic, but the way he played and de...