Eugene Pridonoff
*Leonidas Lipovetsky (1977-80)
(Retired Professor: Florida State University)
>Rosina Lhévinne (Julliard School)
>>Josef Lhévinne
>>Vasilly Safonov
>>>Nikolai Zaremba
>>>Louis Brassin
>>>>Ignaz Mocheles
>>>>>Antonio Salieri
>>>Theodore Leschetizky
>>>>Carl Czerny
>>>>>Ludwig v. Beethoven
>+Christian G. Neefe
>>+Johann A. Hiller
>>>+G. A. Homilius
>>>>+J. S. Bach
++Johann C. Bach
>+J G Albrechtsberger
>>+Melk Abbey
Christian Gottlob Neefe
James Heuser
Robert Brownlee
W. A. Mozart
Rudolph Serkin
Arnold Schoenberg
Nadia Boulanger
*Robert Brownlee (1981-84; 1985-88)
(Professor of Piano (deceased): University of Houston)
>John Elvin (Oberlin Conservatory)
>>Harold Bauer
>>>Ignacy Jan Paderewski
>>>>Theodore Leschetizky
>>>>>Carl Czerny
>+Ludwig van Beethoven
>>Nadia Boulanger
>>>Louie Vierne
>>>>César Franck
>>>Alexandre Guilmant
>>>Gabriel Fauré
>>>>Camille Saint-Saëns
>>Isidor Philip
>>>Georges Mathias
>>>>Frédéric Chopin
>>>Théodore Ritter
>>>>Franz Liszt
>>>Camille Saint-Saens
>>>>Stephen Heller
>>>>>Carl Czerny
>+Ludwig v. Beethoven
>>+Christian G. Neefe
>>>+Johann A. Hiller
>>>>+G. A. Homilius
++J. S. Bach
>++Johann C. Bach
>>+J G Albrechtsberger
>>>+Melk Abbey
Georges Mathias
Gabriel Faure
Louis Vierne
*Eugene Pridonoff (1976-77)
(Formerly Arizona State University where he was my teacher, Emeritus Professor Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music)
>Lillian Steuber
>>Egon Petrie
>>Harold Bauer
>>>I. J. Paderewski
>>>>T. Leschetizky
>>>>>C. Czerny
>+Ludwig van Beethoven, (et. al.)
>>Josef Lhévinne
>>>Vasilly Safonov
>>>>Nikolai Zaremba
>>>>Louis Brassin
>>>>>Ignaz Mocheles
>+Antonio Salieri
>>Emil von Sauer
>>>Nicolai Rubenstein
>>>Franz Liszt
>Mieczyslaw Horszowski
>>Mrs. Horszowski (his mother)
>>>Karol Mikuli
>>>>Frederic Chopin
>>Theodore Leschetizky
>>>Carl Czerny
>>>>Ludwig van Beethoven (et. al.)
>Rudolph Serkin
>>Richard Robert
>>>Julius Epstein
>>>Franz Krenn
>>>>Ignaz von Seyfried
>>>>>W. A. Mozart
>>Joseph Marx
>>Arnold Schoenberg
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger
Josef Lhévinne
Vasily Safonov
Mieczyslaw Horszowski
Theodor Ritter
Harold Bauer
Egon Petri
Mary Elizabeth Land and James Heuser
Rosina Lhévinne
Karol Mukuli
Ignaz Moscheles
Isidore Philip
John Elvin
Antonio Salieri
Leonidas Lipovetsky
Alexandre Guilmant
Louis Brassin
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John Marcellus
Camille Saint-Saens
Cesar Franck
*Mary Elizabeth Land (1970-1975)
(deceased: private piano teacher)
>University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
>Julliard School
>>Adele Marcus
>>Josef Lhévinne
>>>Vasilly Safonov
>>>>Nikolai Zaremba
>>>>Louis Brassin
>>>>>Ignaz Mocheles
>+Antonio Salieri
>>Artur Schnabel
>>>Theodore Leschetizky
>>>>Carl Czerny
>>>>>Ludwig v. Beethoven
>+Christian G. Neefe
>>+Johann A. Hiller
>>>+G. A. Homilius
>>>>+J. S. Bach
++Johann C. Bach
>+J G Albrechtsberger
>>+Melk Abbey
Johann Sebastian Bach
Franz Liszt
Ludwig van Beethoven
Grace Marcellus
Emil von Sauer
Carl Czerny
Piano Teacher Lineage
of James Heuser
Frederic Chopin
Stephen Heller
Joseph Marx
Lillian Steuber
Theodore Leschetizsky
I am so grateful for my teachers!
First of all I ask my fellow teachers to research their own piano teacher lineage. It may surprise you. This page is not about me tooting my own horn, calling attention to my teacher lineages that include well known and influential musicians. Rather, my lineage of musician-teachers fills me with a great sense of responsibility to my students to provide the best music lessons at the piano I can.
If you can play the piano, or any other instrument please be sure and THANK your teacher! It is wonderful what can be passed down generation to generation concerning the art of making music at the piano. Gratitude also goes to my very first piano teacher, Mary Elizabeth Land, of Jacksonville, Florida. Her faith in me, her patience, and her dedication to the art of music was so very influential in my youth. I also want to thank my grandmother, Grace Marcellus. Her spontaneity and joie de vivre as church organist greatly influenced me. My uncle, John Marcellus, trombonist extraordinaire, is a living example of being in love with music and one of the most influential trombone players in the world.
The first and foremost things my teachers and family have all provided me with, is an unerring love of music! Being a musician, making it an essential part of your life that never leaves you. Always coaxing you forward to give unceasingly with the love of the heart the best of yourself as music.
KEY: Below in the lineage charts, the mark ">" equals one generation. The mark "+" equals five generations. Images below courtesy of my private collection, Wikipedia or personages own websites.