Lorin Hollander

Lorin Hollander (born July 19, 1944) is an American classical concert pianist. He has performed with virtually all of the major symphony orchestras in the United States and many around the world. A New York Times critic has called him, "the leading pianist of his generation."

Lorin Hollander was born in New York City into a Jewish family. His father, Max Hollander, was associate concertmaster of the NBC Symphony Orchestra under Arturo Toscanini. Lorin Hollander was a child prodigy and gave his first public performance at age five playing excerpts of Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier, and at age eleven, he made his Carnegie Hall debut with the National Orchestral Association.

He studied with Eduard Steuermann from age eight and took courses at what is now the Juilliard Pre-College at age eleven. His subsequent mentors were Max Rudolf and Leon Fleisher and he spent two summers at Marlboro working with Rudolf Serkin. He also worked periodically with Olga Stroumillo. He transferred from public school to Professional Children's School when he was thirteen, from which he graduated at sixteen.

Beginning in 1959, Hollander toured regularly performing as soloist with symphonies and in recital around the United States and Canada. He made a last minute substitution for Van Cliburn as soloist with the San Antonio Symphony at age 14. In the same year, Hollander made his international debut with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. He also began making appearances on national television including the The Perry Como Show, the Bell Telephone Hour, and the following year on The Ed Sullivan Show. He began making several critically acclaimed recordings for RCA, the first one in 1958. In 1961, he performed with the New York Philharmonic under the baton of Leonard Bernstein, and appearances with renowned conductors such as Copland, Haitink, Leinsdorf, Levine, Mehta, Monteux, Ormandy, Ozawa, Previn, Schwarz and Szell continued throughout his career.

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