Ursula Oppens, Barbara Westphal

Pianist Ursula Oppens has dedicated most of her career to performing, recording, and generally working to advance contemporary keyboard literature; many of the most prestigious contemporary composers have dedicated new music to her. At this writing, Oppens has been nominated for Grammy Awards five times. Oppens was born in New York on February 2, 1944. Her first lessons came from her mother, Edith Oppens, a well-known piano teacher, and she later studied with Leonard Shure. Ursula attended Radcliffe College in Massachusetts, graduating in 1965, and then, settling on a career ...