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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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  • Bedford Chamber Players by John Gerlach

    Bedford Chamber Players

  • Brentano String Quartet by John Gerlach

    Brentano String Quartet

  • Ignat Solzhenitsyn, Piano by John Gerlach

    Ignat Solzhenitsyn, Piano

  • Vassilis Varvaresos, Piano by John Gerlach

    Vassilis Varvaresos, Piano

  • Ensō String Quartet by John Gerlach

    Ensō String Quartet

  • Aizuri Quartet by John Gerlach

    Aizuri Quartet

  • Horszowski Trio by John Gerlach

    Horszowski Trio

  • Nathan Lee, Piano by John Gerlach

    Nathan Lee, Piano

  • Rolston String Quartet by John Gerlach

    Rolston String Quartet

  • Argus Quartet by John Gerlach

    Argus Quartet

  • Vassily Primakov, Piano by John Gerlach

    Vassily Primakov, Piano

  • Aleksey Semenenko, Violin; Inna Firsova, Piano by John Gerlach

    Aleksey Semenenko, Violin; Inna Firsova, Piano

  • Conrad Tao, Piano by John Gerlach

    Conrad Tao, Piano

  • Mozart in Havana: Simone Dinnerstein, Piano and Havana Lyceum Orchestra by John Gerlach

    Mozart in Havana: Simone Dinnerstein, Piano and Havana Lyceum Orchestra

  • Wei Luo, Piano by John Gerlach

    Wei Luo, Piano

  • Mark Steinberg, Violin and Maria Stroke, Piano by John Gerlach

    Mark Steinberg, Violin and Maria Stroke, Piano

  • Piano Trio: Stefan Jackiw, Violin; Anna Polonsky, Piano; Jay Campbell, Cello by John Gerlach

    Piano Trio: Stefan Jackiw, Violin; Anna Polonsky, Piano; Jay Campbell, Cello

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

    Yoonah Kim, Clarinet and Kevin Ahfat, Piano

  • Verona Quartet by John Gerlach

    Verona Quartet

  • Vassily Primakov, Piano by John Gerlach

    Vassily Primakov, Piano

  • David Fung, Piano and Chad Hoopes, Violin by John Gerlach

    David Fung, Piano and Chad Hoopes, Violin

  • Enso Quartet by John Gerlach

    Enso Quartet

  • Musicians from Ravina's Steans Music Institute by John Gerlach

    Musicians from Ravina's Steans Music Institute

  • Daniel Hsu, Piano by John Gerlach

    Daniel Hsu, Piano

  • TENET and The Sebastians by John Gerlach

    TENET and The Sebastians

  • Naomi Louisa O'Connell, Mezzo-Soprano and Brent Funderburk, Piano. by John Gerlach

    Naomi Louisa O'Connell, Mezzo-Soprano and Brent Funderburk, Piano.

  • Paul Appleby, Tenor and Ken Noda, Piano by John Gerlach

    Paul Appleby, Tenor and Ken Noda, Piano

  • Calefax Reed Quintet by John Gerlach

    Calefax Reed Quintet

 

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