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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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  • Elizabeth Fayette, Violin, and Drew Petersen, Piano by John Gerlach

    Elizabeth Fayette, Violin, and Drew Petersen, Piano

  • Julia Bullock, Soprano, and Renate Rohlfing, Piano by John Gerlach

    Julia Bullock, Soprano, and Renate Rohlfing, Piano

  • Christina and Michelle Naughton, Duo Pianists by John Gerlach

    Christina and Michelle Naughton, Duo Pianists

  • Mark O’Connor and Maggie O’Connor, Violin by John Gerlach

    Mark O’Connor and Maggie O’Connor, Violin

  • Trio Solisti by John Gerlach

    Trio Solisti

  • PUBLIQuarte by John Gerlach

    PUBLIQuarte

  • Aeolus Quartet by John Gerlach

    Aeolus Quartet

  • Shai Wosner, Piano by John Gerlach

    Shai Wosner, Piano

  • Ensō String Quartet, Michael Tree, Viola, and Peter Wiley, Cello by John Gerlach

    Ensō String Quartet, Michael Tree, Viola, and Peter Wiley, Cello

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

    Musicians from Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute

  • Ignat Solzhenitsyn, Piano, and Hsin-Yun Huang, Viola by John Gerlach

    Ignat Solzhenitsyn, Piano, and Hsin-Yun Huang, Viola

  • Raphaël Sévère, Clarinet, and Paul Montag, Piano, by John Gerlach

    Raphaël Sévère, Clarinet, and Paul Montag, Piano,

  • Simone Dinnerstein, Piano by John Gerlach

    Simone Dinnerstein, Piano

  • Tessa Lark, Violin, and Amy Yang, Piano by John Gerlach

    Tessa Lark, Violin, and Amy Yang, Piano

  • Quatuor Hermès by John Gerlach

    Quatuor Hermès

  • Daedalus Quartet and Max Mandel, Viola by John Gerlach

    Daedalus Quartet and Max Mandel, Viola

  • Trio Solisti by John Gerlach

    Trio Solisti

  • Ko-Eun Yi, Piano by John Gerlach

    Ko-Eun Yi, Piano

  • Jenny Lin, Piano by John Gerlach

    Jenny Lin, Piano

  • Aeolus Quartet and Aizuri Quartet by John Gerlach

    Aeolus Quartet and Aizuri Quartet

  • Cicely Parnas, Cello, and Noreen Polera, Piano by John Gerlach

    Cicely Parnas, Cello, and Noreen Polera, Piano

  • Horszowski Trio by John Gerlach

    Horszowski Trio

  • Catalyst Quartet by John Gerlach

    Catalyst Quartet

  • Edward Parks, Baritone, and Keuna Lee, Piano by John Gerlach

    Edward Parks, Baritone, and Keuna Lee, Piano

  • Soyeon Kate Lee and Ran Dank, Piano by John Gerlach

    Soyeon Kate Lee and Ran Dank, Piano

  • Andrew Tyson, Piano

    Andrew Tyson, Piano

  • Brentano String Quartet by John Gerlach

    Brentano String Quartet

  • Charlie Albright, Piano by John Gerlach

    Charlie Albright, Piano

 

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