William Black.(Passages)(Obituary)

William Black, a respected performer and professor of piano at the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music, died December 10, 2003, of cancer.

Black made a historical premier recording of the original version of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Fourth Piano Concerto in 1991, with Igor Buketoff conducting the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Throughout his career, Black performed many additional times as a soloist, including with the English Baroque Orchestra, the Caecilia Consort, the National Gallery Orchestra, the Philharmonia Virtuosi, the New Amsterdam Symphony, and the orchestras of Dallas, Houston, Wichita Falls, North Carolina, Albany, Cincinnati and Saginaw, among others.

Black's concert appearances included recitals and concerto performances in many U.S. cities, including New York City's Lincoln Center and Carnegie Recital Hall and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. His European tours included performances in Canada, England, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Belgium, Ukraine, Iceland, China, Taiwan and Japan.

Winner of many competitions and prizes, including the Concert Artists Guild competition and the Texoma Young Artists Competition, Black was awarded a Solo Recitalist grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Black held a bachelor's degree from Oberlin College and master's ...