Betsy Schlesinger

Elizabeth Schlesinger

American pianist Betsy is a Menuhin Foundation Scholar and graduate of Yale University where she received the Lucy G. Moses award for “exceptional promise”. She then received a scholarship allowing her to study in France first with Pierre Sancan then with Vlado Perlmuter and Noel Lee.

Betsy has performed in contemporary and French music festivals in Berlin, Cologne and Paris. She has been equally applauded for her interpretation of Mozart in performances at the “Théâtre des Champs-Elysées” in Paris, at the Stricker Auditorium in Tel-Aviv and at the Jerusalem Theater under the direction of Roni Porat With the “Duo Greenspan” she and her husband, Laurent Grynszpan (pianist-composer) have performed on tour in France, Germany and Israel. Together they recorded in Paris at the Salle Wagram “Souvenirs de la Belle Epoque” (Productions-Editions Cezanne Argile), a collecton of arrangements, paraphrases and original compositions for piano four-hands by Laurent Grynszpan.

Betsy has been teaching piano at l’ Ecole Koenig since 1986.

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