William Kinderman

William Andrew Kinderman (born 1 November 1952) is an American author and music scholar who plays the piano.

[1][2] Born in Philadelphia, Kinderman studied music and philosophy at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania and later the same subjects at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and the University of Vienna.

He held a professorship at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada, has taught at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and currently is professor and inaugural Leo and Elaine Krown Klein Chair of Performance Studies, Herb Alpert School of Music, University of California, Los Angeles.

[3] He has also written on the creative process in music, and on literary subjects including Thomas Mann.

His composition for piano, Bee[t]h[ov]e[n], has received performances and recordings.