years_active birth_place background birth_date instrument genre image article_title name occupation
1962 -- st. paul , minnesota , united states non_vocal_instrumentalist 09 october 1925 clavichord , fortepiano renaissance , viennese classic , contemporary joan benson.jpg joan benson
 joan benson keyboard player , teacher , writer
joan benson

joan benson , born october 9 , 1925 , in saint paul in the u.s. state of minnesota , is an american keyboard player specializing in the clavichord and fortepiano .
educated at the university of illinois -lrb- b.mus. , m.mus .
1951 -rrb- and indiana university -lrb- 1953 -rrb- , she received instruction in europe from edwin fischer , guido agosti , olivier messiaen , viola thern , fritz neumeyer , ruggero gerlin , and macario santiago kastner before returning to the united states in 1960 to pursue dual careers as a concert keyboardist and university professor .
she debuted on the clavichord at the carmel bach festival in 1963 and went on to perform at many concerts in the united states , europe , and the far east .
from 1968 through 1976 , she taught at stanford university until joining the faculty at the university of oregon in eugene , where she taught through 1987 .
in 1980 , she also joined the faculty of the aston magna music festival in massachusetts .
among her varied interests is buddhist meditation .
she has been credited with helping to revive interest in the fortepiano and the work of c. p. e. bach .
