The Times

18/23 TIMES/GUIDE Wednesday, January 19, 1977

Ivan Davis: young people not turned off by symphony

By DOROTHY STEIN Staff Writer When pianist Ivan Davis was growing up in Texas, his only contact with classical music came from listening to "Opera Quiz," a weekly intermission feature during Metropolitan Opera broadcasts in which a panel of noted musicians tried to answer listeners' questions. The program still exists, and people listening to Saturday's, Jan. 15 broadcast of "Lucia di Lammermoor" from the Met would have heard Davis participating on the panel—something he has done often over the last five years—as well as presenting a discourse on operatic "mad scenes." Davis has been resident concert artist at the University of Miami since 1966, when he was lured away from New York by promises of an agreeable climate, a gentler pace and a teaching position that would not interfere with an active concert career. "My students are used to the fact that I'm gone a lot," he says, "but since most of them are quite advanced, they don't really need me on a regular basis." Although he briefly considered a career in architecture, Davis thinks that if he hadn't become a musician he probably would have been a writer. His articles, criticisms and reviews appear regularly in music magazines. Having spent a lot of time in concert halls, both on stage and in the audience, Davis knows something about the public's tastes, and believes that classical music has not lost ground to rock and other forms of popular music, even among the young. "I think today there is more interest in music, period!" he says. "I still see lots of young people at recitals, but what's changed in classical music is that the symphony orchestra is in trouble, financially. It is doing extremely well everywhere, not only in the big cities." Opera is Davis' foremost love and, because of this, he knows most of the singers in the world. He considers Maria Callas the greatest singer of this century, and a large poster of Callas on the wall of his studio attests to this adulation. What does a musician do in nonmusical moments? "I have two other passions, aside from opera," says Davis, "cooking and TV sports. I love football and I'm absolutely bereft now that the season is over." But the cooking season is never over for this gourmet chef, who owns about 200 cookbooks and admits to reading them the way other people read mysteries. Davis has a reaction to eating out so much while on the road, he cooks often for his friends, most of whom are former students. "I teach them a lot more than music—wines, food, movies" he says, admitting that his taste in the latter is less than discriminating. "When I'm on the road I see them all," he explains, having found movies the best way to unwind from the pressures of performing. During last week's trip to New York, Davis was presented with an award from Stereo Review, for his latest album, "Great Galloping Gottschalk: America's First Superstar." He made his first album 15 years ago. "It's still selling," Davis said, "despite the fact that I think of it as my supermarket record — just the popular themes from music ... sort of a classical music for people who hate classical music." He regards his London debut in 1968 as his most memorable performance. "Nobody knew who I was. I played as well as I ever have, and the next day the reviews all sounded as though my mother had written them." Davis' current concert season will begin Feb. 1-2, with his performance with the Ft. Lauderdale Symphony. Later that month he'll perform in New York, Cincinnati and Montreal; and in Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco during April. Also in the spring he'll give five performances with his good friend Andre Kostelanetz, in New York, Washington and Cleveland. Miamians may hear Davis in an all-piano program at Gusman Hall March 27. Ivan Davis, renowned concert pianist and resident concert artist at the University of Miami, has other passions besides his music. "Cooking and TV sports," he says. "I love football, and I absolutely bereft now that the season is over." Photo by DOROTHY STEIN

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