Rosalyn Tureck (1914-2003) was one of the greatest musical artists of the 20th Century. Her brilliant, dedicated performances of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach were informed by the depth of her insight. Although she performed Bach on a wide variety of keyboard instruments (clavichord, harpsichord, organ, and even the Moog Synthesizer), her trail-blazing performances of Bach on the piano were an inspiring influence on generations of pianists who followed.

Keyboard artist, teacher, conductor, scholar, author, and lecturer, Dr. Tureck founded the International Bach Society in New York City in 1966 and the Tureck Bach Institute in 1981 to promote research and performance of Bach’s music. In Oxford, England in 1993, she founded the Tureck Bach Research Foundation, from which she resigned in 2000. Upon her return to New York in 2001 she reconstituted the Tureck Bach Institute as the Tureck Bach Research Institute. Its purposes include making grants and awards for research and performance of the music of J. S. Bach, and promoting the publication of Dr. Tureck’s scholarly writings. In order to ensure the continuation of collaborative projects and performances championed by Dr. Rosalyn Tureck, the Tureck Bach Research Institute merged with the Curtis Institute of Music in 2015, gifting its assets and intellectual property rights to the school and combining two respected institutions dedicated to education and performance at the highest level.
 

Dr. Tureck supported the establishment of the biennial Tureck International Bach Competition for Pianists, directed by her former student Golda Vainberg-Tatz.
 

Sixth TIBC was held in December 2019.

ROSALYN TURECK

(1914 - 2003)