AMATI, Orlanda
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AMATI, Orlanda (Elinor Barbara d’Amato) 20th-century American pianist, lecturer, poetess and composer. New Jersey. She made her debut in a joint recital with her brother at Steinway Hall, New York, at the age of 11. She graduated from the Juilliard School of Music in 1951 and studied the piano privately under Alberta Masiello, Carl Friedberg, Lonny Epstein and David Saperton; ensemble under Robert Mann and composition under David Bannett. She received her M.A. from Columbia University in 1961…