The retired UA professor and Tucson Symphony keyboardist reveled in role out of the spotlight, accompanying others including her late husband John Denman.
Cathalena E. Burch Paula Fan, who spent 31 years as the principal pianist with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra and 40 years teaching piano at the University of Arizona, died on Thursday, Feb. 23, after suffering a heart attack in Australia. She was 71 years old.
“We had all these incredible times. I was just so inspired by this incredible woman," said former TSO concertmaster Steven Moeckel, who collaborated with Fan for 20 years including making three recordings together."I got a message from a friend in the TSO Friday and I didn't even believe it at first. It was quite surreal. She became such an integral part of my life. We did so many things together.
Michael Fan said his sister knew early on that she wanted to be an accompanist; when she was in grade school, she played piano for a production of a Gilbert and Sullivan work at the University of Chicago, where their father taught. Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | Omny Studio At USC, Fan studied with pioneering piano accompanists including Gwendolyn Koldofsky, who founded USC's department of keyboard collaborative arts and its degree program — the first of its kind in the world. Fan also studied under Brooks Smith, who accompanied and recorded with famed violinist Jascha Heifetz.
Fan also was passionate about animals and conserving wildlife, spending her summer breaks traveling all over the world with Earthwatch to work with researchers on efforts to save endangered species. "Paula started every conversation with, 'Have you eaten anything interesting lately?' We really never talked about music; we always talked about food," said Nisbet, who recalled going to a dim sum restaurant with her and listening as Fan scolded the server in perfect Mandarin for offering her group shark fin soup. Fan objected to the way shark were killed for their fins, Nisbet said.
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