Mr. James Anagnoson

Dean, The Glenn Gould School

James Anagnoson was appointed Dean of The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory in August 2007. Along with the President and Chief Operating Officer of the Conservatory, he is responsible for the artistic direction and financial stability of The Glenn Gould School.

Mr. Anagnoson is one of Canada's best-known pedagogues. He has been a member of The Glenn Gould School's piano faculty since 1997, and was a piano teacher at The Royal Conservatory Community School from 1976 to 2000. He has also taught at the University of Toronto, Courtenay Summer Music, and Wilfred Laurier University, in addition to being Assistant Professor of Piano at the University of Western Ontario.

A highly regarded performer, Mr. Anagnoson began performing in 1976 with Canadian pianist Leslie Kinton, and the Anagnoson & Kinton piano duo has since given more than a thousand concerts in every part of the world. Their nine recordings are heard regularly on the CBC, as well as National Public Radio in the United States and various European radio networks.

Mr. Anagnoson has given numerous master classes and clinics in North America, Europe, and Asia. His students have distinguished themselves in both national and international competitions, and have performed with orchestras such as the Toronto Symphony, Montreal Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Hungarian Symphony Orchestra, and Irish National Symphony.

Mr. Anagnoson has been a juror for the Canadian Chopin Competition, the International Hong Kong Piano Competition, the Prix d'Europe, and the Toronto Symphony Competition. He has adjudicated across Canada at local, provincial, and national levels, and has frequently served as advisor and juror for the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council.

A native of Boston, Mr. Anagnoson received his Master's degree from The Juilliard School and a Bachelor's degree from the Eastman School of Music, where he attended on scholarship. His teachers included Eugene List, Samuel Lipman, Adele Marcus, and Jeaneane Dowis, and he went on to coach with Claude Frank and Karl Ulrich Schnabel.

You can email Mr. Anagnoson at james.anagnoson@rcmusic.ca