Happy birthday to Josef Hofmann! The famed pianist, inventor, and educator who served as director of the Curtis Institute of Music (1927-1938) was born in Podgórze, Austro-Hungarian Galicia (now Poland) on this day in 1876

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72 years ago on January 31, 1949, Curtis suffered a major fire. Interior damage was extensive, but thankfully the institute's collection of instruments and music were untouched. Here is the original Philadelphia Inquirer article, housed in the Curtis Archives

A photograph, which came to Curtis with the Eleanor Sokoloff collection in 2020, has just been identified! It is none other than Curtis's founder Mary Louise Curtis about age 4. Text at the bottom indicates she gave this as a gift to her husband Edward Bok.

RRC blog post: Ursula Guy Curd Scrapbook Collection blog.curtis.edu/rrcblog/the-le…

On this day in 1840, Gaetano Donizetti's opera "La Fille du Regiment" premiered in Paris. On May 6, 1946 Curtis voice student Josephine Sitjar performed the aria "Chacun le sait" from that opera as part of her graduation recital.

Student archives assistant, Claire Thai, writes about Fred Cardin: Curtis alum, composer, and member of the Quapaw tribe: blog.curtis.edu/rrcblog/willia…

On this day in 1948 Curtis alum Gian Carlo Menotti's opera 'The Telephone' premiered in New York

Women composers take the spotlight his month on the playlist, beginning with the compelling and beautiful music of Jennifer Higdon, including Blue Cathedral, the viola concerto, a piano trio and a song for solo trumpet. npr.org/2019/06/20/526…

Long live oboists!

🎶 Starting this month, Liza Vick takes the reins as president of the Music Library Assn., the primary professional organization for music librarians in the US. We recently spoke with her about her career and her hopes for the future of music librarianship. library.upenn.edu/blogs/librarie…

Read about members of the Philadelphia Piano Ensemble, the all-women's group that captivated thousands. blog.curtis.edu/rrcblog/the-wo…

As Curtis continues to celebrate Women's History Month, we look at the brilliant but brief career of pianist Lucie Stern. blog.curtis.edu/rrcblog/womens…

Yesterday the Curtis Archives was thrilled to receive previously unseen photographs of violinist Efrem Zimbalist and his first wife, soprano Alma Gluck. Here Gluck and a companion are seen climbing in the Alps, fully undeterred by the restrictive dress of the time!

Trio de Lutèce with soprano Lucy Gates, touring San Francisco during the 1918 influenza pandemic. The trio includes CIM's harp teacher Carlos Salzedo, cellist Paul Kéfer, and flautist Georges Barrère. Also pictured: California impresario L. F. Behymer and wife.

Read about Wanda Landowska, Curtis piano faculty member 1925-1928, connecting life, love, loss, and music on an international stage. blog.curtis.edu/rrcblog/wanda-…

The Curtis Archives is thrilled to receive the collection of Harry Ben Gronsky. A prodigious violin student of Efrem Zimbalist and owner of a rare Guadagnini violin, he tragically passed away at 18 of tuberculosis, cutting short both his time at Curtis and a promising career

The Curtis Archives has received an exciting new addition! facebook.com/curtis.archivi…

The Curtis Archives received a new acquisition relating to composer and former Curtis director Randall Thompson! It includes a recording of the poem 'The Passage' with music and accompaniment by Thompson; an autographed score; and a pre-publication copy of 'Twelve Canticles'