February 1
Mamlok was
born as Ursula Meyer in Berlin, Germany and studied piano and composition with
Professor Gustav Ernest and Emily Weissgerber until her family fled Nazi
Germany following the nationwide pogrom in 1938. Due to American immigration
quotas, the family moved to Guayaquil, Ecuador for a short time, finally
immigrating to New York City in 1941. Mamlok became an American citizen in
1945.
In New York
Mamlok continued her musical studies under the direction of George Szell at the
Mannes School of Music, where she studied for four years. She then received a
bachelor's and master's degree at the Manhattan School of Music, studying with
Vittorio Gianni. Other teachers include Roger Sessions and Ralph Shapey in
composition and Eduard Steuermann, one of the foremost piano pedagogues at the
time, in performance.
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