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Ursula Oppens

p, *1944 US, New York City
Musician of Classical and Jazz

Ursula Oppens (born February 2, 1944) is an American classical concert pianist and educator.

     
Genres
  • Classical
  • Jazz
  • Folk
Popular Tracks   
Ellis Island on Meredith Monk: Piano Songs by Meredith Monk, Bruce Brubaker & Ursula Oppens
Obsolete Objects on Meredith Monk: Piano Songs by Meredith Monk, Bruce Brubaker & Ursula Oppens
Tower on Meredith Monk: Piano Songs by Meredith Monk, Bruce Brubaker & Ursula Oppens
The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Thema: Tempo I on Frederic Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated & 4 Hands by Frederic Rzewski, Ursula Oppens & Jerome Lowenthal
Folkdance on Meredith Monk: Piano Songs by Meredith Monk, Bruce Brubaker & Ursula Oppens
Parlour Games on Meredith Monk: Piano Songs by Meredith Monk, Bruce Brubaker & Ursula Oppens
Paris on Meredith Monk: Piano Songs by Meredith Monk, Bruce Brubaker & Ursula Oppens
Urban March (Shadow) on Meredith Monk: Piano Songs by Meredith Monk, Bruce Brubaker & Ursula Oppens
St. Petersburg Waltz on Meredith Monk: Piano Songs by Meredith Monk, Bruce Brubaker & Ursula Oppens
Totentanz on Meredith Monk: Piano Songs by Meredith Monk, Bruce Brubaker & Ursula Oppens

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
「不屈の民」変奏曲Ursula Oppens2015Album
Bernard Rands Piano Music (1960-2010)Ursula Oppens And Robert Levin2013Album
Piano Music, Volume One. The Complete Mots For Solo Piano, Solo Organ And Two PianosVytautas Bacevičius - Gabrielius Alekna, Ursula Oppens, Matthew Lewis2011Album
Two-Piano Music Of Messiaen And DebussyOlivier Messiaen, Claude Debussy, Ursula Oppens, Jerome Lowenthal2010Album
Music For Four HandsIgor Stravinsky - Paul Jacobs, Ursula Oppens2008Compil.
Elliott Carter At 100 - The Complete Piano MusicUrsula Oppens Plays Elliott Carter2008Album
Key To The City - Piano WorksTobias Picker, Ursula Oppens2008Album
Instrumental MusicJoan Tower - Tokyo String Quartet, Richard Woodhams, Paul Neubauer, Chee-Yun, Ursula Oppens, Melvin Chen, André Emelianoff2005Album
Orchestral WorksElliott Carter - Sinfonieorchester Des Südwestfunks, Michael Gielen, Ursula Oppens2005Album
Thomas and BeulahRita Dove / Amnon Wolman / Cynthia Haymon / Ursula Oppens2002Album
Piano Concerto No. 2 • Piano Concerto • Crooning • Dance OvertureBenjamin Lees • Allen Shawn • Andrew Bishop • Paul Creston – Ian Hobson, Ursula Oppens, Albany Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller2001Album
Chamber MusicElliott Carter - Ursula Oppens, Arditti Quartet1998Album
Night Crossing (Works For One And Two Pianos)Frederic Rzewski With Ursula Oppens1997Album
American Piano Music Of Our TimeUrsula Oppens1995Compil.
Orchestral MusicElliott Carter - Sinfonieorchester Des Südwestfunks, Michael Gielen, Ursula Oppens1995Album
Piano Concerto No. 3 / Concerto For Piano And OrchestraFrancis Thorne / Roger Sessions - Ursula Oppens, Robert Taub, Westchester Philharmonic, Paul Dunkel1994Album
American Piano Music Of Our Time, Volume IIUrsula Oppens1992Album
Fantasia Op 77 • Sonata Op 22 • "Hammerklavier" SonataLudwig van Beethoven, Ursula Oppens1992Album
Night Fantasies / Phrygian Gates / Six TangosUrsula Oppens, Elliott Carter, John Adams1989Album
Miarabai Songs / VariationsJohn Harbison, Janice Felty • Collage New Music • Rosemary Harbison • David Satz • Ursula Oppens1987Album
"¿Tango?" Conlon NancarrowUrsula Oppens1987Single
A Sudden Rainbow / Sparrows / Distant Runes And IncantationsJoseph Schwantner - Lucy Shelton, Ursula Oppens, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin1987Album
For Cornelius / Era OraAlvin Curran - Ursula Oppens And Frederic Rzewski1986Album
Piano Concerto / Variations For OrchestraElliott Carter - Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen, Ursula Oppens1986Album
Three Polyphonic Masterpieces For Two PianosPaul Jacobs, Ursula Oppens1984Album
The Four-Hand Petrouchka / Three Pieces For String QuartetIgor Stravinsky ; Paul Jacobs And Ursula Oppens1982Album
Spring Of Chosroes / Sonata For Violin And PianoMorton Feldman / Artur Schnabel - Paul Zukofsky, Ursula Oppens1981Album
The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations On A Chilean Song)Frederic Rzewski - Ursula Oppens1978Album
Music For Two Pianos & Piano Four HandsIgor Stravinsky, Paul Jacobs, Ursula Oppens1978Album
The New TrumpetPeter Maxwell Davies / Lucia Dlugoszewski / William Hellermann - Gerard Schwarz, Ursula Oppens1972Album
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