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Tri-Institutional Noon Recitals

The Rockefeller University, in its more than a hundred-year history, apart from becoming one of the leading scientific institutions in the world being graced by twenty-four Nobel Prize winners and by hundreds of other scientists changing the world of science with their groundbreaking research, has also been forever enriched by the unique, remarkable, and inimitable John L. Gerlach.

John came to Rockefeller in 1968 joining the Mc Ewen Lab as a research assistant making great contributions, for instance, to the use of radioactive steroid hormones to map the location of their receptors in the brains of males and females. His dedication to science, in time, was joined by his dedication to music (he did study piano in youth) when in 1986 he started to co-direct the Tri-Institutional Noon Recitals together with biophysicist Alexander Mauro. After Dr. Mauro passed away, John directed the recitals single-handedly until the day he died.

In the decades of Friday noon concerts, John would bring an exceptional array of both up-and-coming and already thriving interpreters from around the world, managing all the bookings, publicity, and related operations, always presenting the artists with marked-by-his-friendship introductions. Week after week we were delighted to see music performed by diverse ensembles, played on various instruments, selected from broad range of genres.

In the fall of 2023, after the two-year Covid hiatus, with the hope of normality returning, John re-started the recitals, but it was not to last. At the time of his death, as an astonishing reminder of his gift for finding joy in striving to bring music to others, the number of concerts he has organized stood at 1165, concerts with the combined attendance of about three million, an epitome of the university’s motto pro bono humani.

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  • Paul Appleby, Tenor, and Brian Zeger, Piano by John Gerlach

    Paul Appleby, Tenor, and Brian Zeger, Piano

  • Ralph Kirshbaum, Cello, and Shai Wosner, Piano by John Gerlach

    Ralph Kirshbaum, Cello, and Shai Wosner, Piano

  • Evan Shinners, Piano by John Gerlach

    Evan Shinners, Piano

  • Rajkó Hungarian Roma Orchestra by John Gerlach

    Rajkó Hungarian Roma Orchestra

  • Trio Solisti by John Gerlach

    Trio Solisti

  • Valentina Lisitsa, Piano by John Gerlach

    Valentina Lisitsa, Piano

  • Eliot Fisk and Zaira Meneses, Guitars by John Gerlach

    Eliot Fisk and Zaira Meneses, Guitars

  • Julius Berger, Violoncello, and Stefan Hussong, Accordion by John Gerlach

    Julius Berger, Violoncello, and Stefan Hussong, Accordion

  • Australian funk band Fruit by John Gerlach

    Australian funk band Fruit

  • Andreas Klein, Piano by John Gerlach

    Andreas Klein, Piano

  • Klara Würtz, Piano by John Gerlach

    Klara Würtz, Piano

  • St. Lawrence String Quartet by John Gerlach

    St. Lawrence String Quartet

  • Nurit Pacht, Violin and John Blacklow, Piano by John Gerlach

    Nurit Pacht, Violin and John Blacklow, Piano

  • Ondar and The Eagles of Tuva by John Gerlach

    Ondar and The Eagles of Tuva

  • Mark Kosower, Cello, and Jee-Won Oh, Piano by John Gerlach

    Mark Kosower, Cello, and Jee-Won Oh, Piano

  • St. Lawrence String Quartet and Todd Palmer, Clarinet by John Gerlach

    St. Lawrence String Quartet and Todd Palmer, Clarinet

  • Lionel Party, Harpsichord by John Gerlach

    Lionel Party, Harpsichord

  • Alexis Pia Gerlach, Cello, and Wei-Yi Yang, Piano by John Gerlach

    Alexis Pia Gerlach, Cello, and Wei-Yi Yang, Piano

  • Daryl Sherman Jazz Quartet by John Gerlach

    Daryl Sherman Jazz Quartet

  • Anna Rabinova, Violin, and Lily Friedman, Piano by John Gerlach

    Anna Rabinova, Violin, and Lily Friedman, Piano

  • Pedja Mužijević and St. Lawrence String Quartet by John Gerlach

    Pedja Mužijević and St. Lawrence String Quartet

  • Andreas Haefliger, Piano by John Gerlach

    Andreas Haefliger, Piano

  • Ricky Ian Gordon, Piano, Patricia Schuman, Soprano, and David Pittsinger, Bass by John Gerlach

    Ricky Ian Gordon, Piano, Patricia Schuman, Soprano, and David Pittsinger, Bass

  • Arcata String Quartet by John Gerlach

    Arcata String Quartet

  • Livia Sohn, Violin, and Robert Koenig, Piano by John Gerlach

    Livia Sohn, Violin, and Robert Koenig, Piano

  • Frederic Chiu, Piano by John Gerlach

    Frederic Chiu, Piano

  • Kyung Sun Lee, Violin, and Brian Suits, Piano by John Gerlach

    Kyung Sun Lee, Violin, and Brian Suits, Piano

  • Simone Pedroni, Piano by John Gerlach

    Simone Pedroni, Piano

 

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