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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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  • Sara Daneshpour, Piano by John Gerlach

    Sara Daneshpour, Piano

  • Sphinx Virtuosi and Catalyst Quartet by John Gerlach

    Sphinx Virtuosi and Catalyst Quartet

  • Einav Yarden, Piano by John Gerlach

    Einav Yarden, Piano

  • Amphion String Quartet by John Gerlach

    Amphion String Quartet

  • Vassily Primakov, Piano by John Gerlach

    Vassily Primakov, Piano

  • Paul Huang, Violin, and Louis Schwizgebel, Piano by John Gerlach

    Paul Huang, Violin, and Louis Schwizgebel, Piano

  • TENET and The Sebastians by John Gerlach

    TENET and The Sebastians

  • Weiyin Chen, Piano, and Camerata RCO by John Gerlach

    Weiyin Chen, Piano, and Camerata RCO

  • Juilliard String Quartet by John Gerlach

    Juilliard String Quartet

  • Liza Ferschtman, Violin by John Gerlach

    Liza Ferschtman, Violin

  • Matan Porat, Piano by John Gerlach

    Matan Porat, Piano

  • Imani Winds by John Gerlach

    Imani Winds

  • Soyeon Kate Lee, Piano by John Gerlach

    Soyeon Kate Lee, Piano

  • Gilles Vonsattel, Piano by John Gerlach

    Gilles Vonsattel, Piano

  • Aeolus Quartet by John Gerlach

    Aeolus Quartet

  • Vassilis Varvaresos, Piano by John Gerlach

    Vassilis Varvaresos, Piano

  • Paul Huang, Violin, Jessica Osborne, Piano by John Gerlach

    Paul Huang, Violin, Jessica Osborne, Piano

  • Jenny Lin, Piano by John Gerlach

    Jenny Lin, Piano

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

    Musicians from Ravinia's Steans Music Institute

  • Daria Rabotkina, Piano by John Gerlach

    Daria Rabotkina, Piano

  • Minguet Quartet by John Gerlach

    Minguet Quartet

  • Cuarteto Quiroga by John Gerlach

    Cuarteto Quiroga

  • Jay Campbell, Cello, Conor Hanick, Piano, Mike Truesdell, Percussion, by John Gerlach

    Jay Campbell, Cello, Conor Hanick, Piano, Mike Truesdell, Percussion,

  • Boston Brass by John Gerlach

    Boston Brass

  • Evan Shinners, Piano by John Gerlach

    Evan Shinners, Piano

  • Valentine Sextet by John Gerlach

    Valentine Sextet

  • David Aladashvili, Piano by John Gerlach

    David Aladashvili, Piano

  • Aleksey Semenenko, Violin, and Inna Firsova, piano by John Gerlach

    Aleksey Semenenko, Violin, and Inna Firsova, piano

 

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