David Russell Burge (March 25, 1930 – April 1, 2013) was an American pianist, conductor and composer.
After leaving the University of Colorado, he chaired the Piano Department at the Eastman School of Music for many years. Over his career, he gave more than 1,000 concerts in the United States, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, composed more than 100 works, authored the book Twentieth-Century Piano Music (Shirmer Books, 1990), wrote prize-winning columns for Keyboard Magazine, Clavier and The Piano Quarterly.
In 1993, Burge moved to San Diego with his wife, Liliane Choney, and served as composer-in-residence for the San Diego Ballet. His ballet scores became increasingly well known outside the San Diego area, with over thirty performances in the United States and abroad.
In early 2002, Burge and Crumb were appointed to a joint residency at Arizona State University. He accepted visiting professorships not only at many universities and conservatories in the United States but also in Denmark, Turkey, New Zealand, Canada, Australia, Sweden, and Korea.
Burge died from a heart attack on April 1, 2013 in Warwick, Rhode Island.
Bibliography
- Twentieth Century Piano Music (1994); ; Scarecrow Press
- Timeless Relevance: The Keyboard Magazine Columns, 1975-1989 (ed. Evon Burge, 2018); ; Chelsea Books