Peter Serkin

The son of one of the recording era's most rigorous interpreters of piano music from the Classical age, Peter Serkin offered equal rigor as a pianist and musical voyageur, but in rather different directions. With a measure of integrity scarcely less than that demonstrated by his father, Rudolf, Peter Serkin sought to serve the music of his own time while not neglecting masterworks of the past. Serkin was born in New York on July 24, 1947. His early interest in music was scarcely surprising. Serkin's first lessons came from his father, but later, in 1958, the young pianist wa...