Irwin Gage (September 4, 1939 – April 12, 2018)[1] was an American pianist, specializing in accompanying Lieder.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Gage studied piano at the University of Michigan with Eugene Bossart, and later at Yale with Ward Davenny.
He performed as a soloist with the Vienna Philharmonic in 1973, playing the solo piano part for Mozart's concert aria Ch'io mi scordi di te?
[3] Above all, he was a collaborator with singers such as Elly Ameling, Arleen Auger, Walter Berry, Brigitte Fassbaender, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gundula Janowitz, Christa Ludwig, Edda Moser, Dagmar Pecková, Lucia Popp, Hermann Prey, Christine Schäfer, Peter Schreier.
[4] Gage died in Zurich, Switzerland on April 12, 2018, after a long period of physical impairment and illness.