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Jesús María Sanromá: An Inhabitant Twentieth-Century Pianist by Alberto Hernández 339pp. Paperback Publicised July 2008 ISBN-13: 9780810860452 Scarecrow Press
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Jesús María Sanromá
Puerto Rican musician (1902–1984)
Musical artist
Jesús María Sanromá (November 7, 1902 – October 12, 1984) was a Puerto Rican pianist who is one of the 20th century's most accomplished and important pianists. In 1932 he gave the first North American performance of Maurice Ravel's Concerto in G under the baton of Serge Koussevitzky, the same day as Sylvan Levin did with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Early years
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Sanromá's father, José María, was born in Barcelona, Spain, and studied at a Jesuit seminary but did not take his final orders to become a priest. After graduation from college, he became a political gadfly writing for a newspaper about the Spanish plebiscite. They recommended he take a hasty retreat to Puerto Rico with all expenses paid by the Spanish government. He settled in the town of Carolina, and later in the town of Fajardo. He sent for his girlfriend, María Torra de la Riba, but in 1894 women were not allowed to travel unmarried. They were married by proxy before she traveled to be with him. They had two sons, Juan Bautista born in Trujillo Alto in 1899 and Jesús María born in Carolina in 1902. José María earned a living in Fajardo by publishing a newspaper and teaching. Jesús María began playing his father's piano. José, real
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Koussevitzky as Supporter of Emerging Talent
Jesús María Sanromá (1902-1984), piano
Listen:Excerpt of Sanromá playing the third movement of Stravinsky's Capricco for Piano and Orchestra with Serge Koussevitzky and the BSO on March 19, 1940 (CD GEMM 9020)
Ruth Posselt (1911-2007), violin
Listen:Excerpt of Posselt playing the third movement of Hill's Concerto for Violin with Serge Koussevitzky and the BSO on November 11, 1938 (CD WHRA 6016)
Dorothy Maynor (1910-1996), soprano
Listen:Excerpt of Dorothy Maynor singing Mozart's 'Ach, Ich fuhl's' from Die Zauberflote, with Koussevitzky and the BSO, recorded November 6, 1939 (CD GEMM 9179)