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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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  • Hanzhi Wang, Accordion by John Gerlach

    Hanzhi Wang, Accordion

  • Bill Charlap, Jazz Pianist by John Gerlach

    Bill Charlap, Jazz Pianist

  • Paul Huang, Violin and Helen Huang, Piano by John Gerlach

    Paul Huang, Violin and Helen Huang, Piano

  • Nichlas Namoradze, Piano by John Gerlach

    Nichlas Namoradze, Piano

  • Ying Fang, Soprano, and Ken Noda, Piano

    Ying Fang, Soprano, and Ken Noda, Piano

  • Brasil Guitar Duo by John Gerlach

    Brasil Guitar Duo

  • Wei Luo, Piano by John Gerlach

    Wei Luo, Piano

  • Orchestra of Exiles by John Gerlach

    Orchestra of Exiles

  • Formosa Quartet by John Gerlach

    Formosa Quartet

  • Christina Bouey, Violin and Tatiana Tessman, Piano by John Gerlach

    Christina Bouey, Violin and Tatiana Tessman, Piano

  • Grace Park, Violin and Joseph Liccardo, Piano by John Gerlach

    Grace Park, Violin and Joseph Liccardo, Piano

  • Argus Quartet by John Gerlach

    Argus Quartet

  • Musicians from Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute by John Gerlach

    Musicians from Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute

  • Zorá String Quartet by John Gerlach

    Zorá String Quartet

  • David Krakauer, Clarinet and Kathleen Tagg, Piano by John Gerlach

    David Krakauer, Clarinet and Kathleen Tagg, Piano

  • Yoonah Kim, Clarinet and Kevin Ahfat, Piano by John Gerlach

    Yoonah Kim, Clarinet and Kevin Ahfat, Piano

  • Daniela Liebman, Piano by John Gerlach

    Daniela Liebman, Piano

  • Attacca Quartet by John Gerlach

    Attacca Quartet

  • Bomsori Kim, Violin; ChangYong Shin, Piano by John Gerlach

    Bomsori Kim, Violin; ChangYong Shin, Piano

  • Venice Baroque Orchestra by John Gerlach

    Venice Baroque Orchestra

  • Smetana Trio by John Gerlach

    Smetana Trio

  • Simone Dinnerstein, Piano by John Gerlach

    Simone Dinnerstein, Piano

  • Jiji Guitar by John Gerlach

    Jiji Guitar

  • Yun Wei, Piano by John Gerlach

    Yun Wei, Piano

  • Konstantin Sherbakov, Piano by John Gerlach

    Konstantin Sherbakov, Piano

  • 4.1 Piano–Windtet by John Gerlach

    4.1 Piano–Windtet

  • Irina Nuzova and Inesa Sinkevych, Piano by John Gerlach

    Irina Nuzova and Inesa Sinkevych, Piano

  • WindSync by John Gerlach

    WindSync

 

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