Baruch Arnon is a classical pianist and renowned music teacher. He is currently a professor at the Juilliard School in New York and has previously taught music at the Israel Academy of Music in Tel Aviv and Musica de Camera.

Education

He began his music studies at an early age and studied piano with Ilona Vincze-Kraus at Israel Academy of Music. By 1959 he was taking master classes under Edward Steuermann. In 1962 he was studying at the Juilliard School with Irwin Freundlich

Irwin Freundlich

Irwin Freundlich was a prominent teacher at Juilliard starting in 1935. He studied with James Friskin and Edward Steuermann at the Institute of Musical Art, which merged with the Juilliard Graduate School in 1926 to became the current Juilliard School of Music.His wife, Lillian Freundlich was a...

 and earned his B.M. Studying under Bernard Wagenaar

Bernard Wagenaar

Bernard Wagenaar was a Dutch/American composer, conductor and violinist.Wagenaar, not related to the Dutch composer Johan Wagenaar, was born in Arnhem. He studied at Utrecht University before starting his career as a teacher and conductor in 1914. He moved to the USA in 1920, where he became a...

 and Jacob Druckman, he earned his M.S. in 1965.

Professional information

Between 1960 and 1962 he taught piano at the Israel Academy of Music. In 1972 he became the artistic director of the Musica da Camera, a position he held until 1980. In 1971 he began teaching at the Juilliard School. He has been teaching piano literature and graduate studies there since 1991 and became a professor of chamber music in 2001.

He currently lives in New York and spends his time teaching there.