Background
RIFKIN, Joshua was born on April 22, 1944 in New York, United States. Son of Harry H. Rifkin and Dorothy Helsh.
RIFKIN, Joshua was born on April 22, 1944 in New York, United States. Son of Harry H. Rifkin and Dorothy Helsh.
Bachelor of Science, Juilliard School Music, 1964. Master of Fine Arts, Princeton University, 1969.
Museum advisor Nonesuch Records, New York City, 1964-1975. From instructor to associate professor music Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1970-1982. Museum director The Bach Ensemble, New York City, since 1978.
Visiting professor Harvard University, 1972, New York University, 1978, 83, Yale University, 1982, 83, Rutgers University, 1983, Bard College, 1984, Princeton University, 1988, Stanford University, 1989, King's College University London, 1991, University Basel, 1993, 96-97, Ohio State University, 1994, University Dortmund, 1996. Guest conductor English Chamber Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, St. Louis Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Victorian State Symphony, Australian Chamber Soloists, Cappella Coloniensis, Solistas de Mexico, British Broadcasting Corporation Concert Orchestra, jerusalem Symphony.
Conductor, pianist: (records) Piano Rags (Scott Joplin), 1970 (Record of the Year Stereo Review), Bach: Mass in B Minor, 1983 (Gramaphone award), also several Bach cantatas. Contributor articles to American and European journals, New Grove Dictionary of Music.
Food, wine, spending time with daughter.
1 child, Joanna Lucy. Married Louise Litterick, June 27, 1970 (divorced 1984).