about elan sicroff
Elan Sicroff is internationally known for his interpretation of Gurdjieff & de Hartmann.
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Elan Sicroff is internationally known for his interpretation of this music. He was trained at the Juilliard School by Jeaneane Dowis, protégé of the great Rosina Lhevinne. He attended the International Academy for Continuous Education of Sherborne, Gloucestershire, England, a ‘Fourth Way’ School directed by John Godolphin Bennett, a leading exponent of Gurdjieff ’s teaching. Initially Elan was a student, and later became its Director of Music. From 1975-79, he received personal instruction in the interpretation of this music from Mme de Hartmann, widow of the composer, to whom he had been introduced by Mr. Bennett. Since then he has given numerous recitals of this music in the USA and Europe. In January 2009 he toured Italy, England and Malta. Elan has produced 2 cds, Journey to Inaccessible Places (1985, produced by Robert Fripp) and Sicroff Plays Gurdjieff (2002). In 2010 he returned to Europe for recitals in Italy and England, including a performance at the prestigious St.John's, Smith Square in London. His new cd, Laudamus... came out in June 2010. It features the Gurdjieff/de Hartmann music alongside of the early Romantic pieces de Hartmann composed at the age of 16. Presently he is preparing to tour Ireland, Prague, and Madrid in April, 2011 and to record the classical output of de Hartmann in Amsterdam. This will include a recording of the Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 51, a major Romantic work with elements of modernism and Eastern influence. |
 "Mr. Sicroff, a
protégé of Madame de Hartmann, has been presenting this music in public concerts for some
36 years and is probably the preeminent living interpreter of the Gurdjieff/de Hartmann legacy." |
