Background
Banowetz, Joseph Murray was born on December 5, 1934 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Joseph Monroe and Mary Margaret (Murray) Banowetz.
Banowetz, Joseph Murray was born on December 5, 1934 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Joseph Monroe and Mary Margaret (Murray) Banowetz.
Artist's diploma in piano performance with 1st prize, Vienna (Austria) Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, 1956.
Pianist, recording artist, worldwide, since 1956;
professor piano performance, University of North Texas, Denton, since 1973. Guest professor National Music Camp, Interlochen, Michigan, summers, 1967-1973. Permanent visiting professor of piano Shenyang Conservatory of Music, People's Republic of China, since 1985.
Member international advisory board China International Piano Competition, since 1994, Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, since 1984.
Member American Liszt Society (board directors since 1989), European Piano Teachers Association, American Music Teachers Association (Texas Keyboard chairman 1979), Leopold Godowsky International Society.