Denise Theresa Restout
Musician, organist, music teacher
Born Nov. 24, 1915, Paris (France); came to U.S., 1941; daughter of Fernand and Juliette (Francois).
Education: Conservatoire National de Musique Paris, 1930.
Career: assistant and secretary to Wanda Landowska, 1933-59; director, teacher (harpsichord, piano), Landowska Center, 1959 -, organist, St. Mary's Church, 1971 -, Lakeville (CT); teacher (piano), Brooklyn School of Music (NY), and Barlow School, Amenia (NY); faculty member, Peabody Institute, Hartt College of Music (CT), Southern University (MS), Purchase College (NY).
Author: numerous performances i.a.: Landowska's Public Master Classes (France), Chamber Orchestra, Paris, 1938, Carnegie Hall, 1945; recordings with Landowska and Orchestra; Landowska on Music (book), 1964; lectures i.a. in: Sharon Creative Arts Found., Hotchkiss School, Hartford Conservatory, Wykeham Rise School, Catholic University of America, George Washington University; numerous articles, radio broadcasts, interviews, TV presentations on Wanda Landowska.
Member of: French and American Musicological Societies; American Federation of Musician, Local 514; American Librarian Association; French and American Guilds of Organists.
Honors: Amicus Poloniae, Poland Magazine; International Woman of the Year, International Biography Center, Cambridge (United Kingdom), 1992; jury member, 1969, 1981, honorary patron, J.S. Bach International Competition, Washington (DC); listed in: Who's Who in Music, Community Leaders and Noteworthy Americans, International Book of Honor, Women of Notes, Women, Composers, Conductors and Musicians of the 20th Century.
Affiliation: Roman Catholic.
Languages: English, French.
Hobbies: reading.
Office: The Landowska Center, 63 Milestone Road, Lakeville, CT 06039.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.