Felicitas LeWinter

Felicitas LeWinter (born June 13, 1911 ; † 1997 in Fulham ) was a Jewish concert pianist and piano teacher of Austrian origin who had to emigrate to Ireland with her family around 1942. LeWinter was a student of Emil von Sauer and was thus in the direct artistic tradition of the Franz Liszt students.

From 1926 to 1928 Felicitas LeWinter studied with Richard Stöhr at the Academy for Music and Performing Arts in Vienna and with Emil von Sauer at the Conservatory of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Wien . On the occasion of her concert debut in Belfast on November 21, 1939 in the Minor Hall, she was celebrated in the local press as a “Viennese pianist”.

Felicitas LeWinter had to flee from Austria to Ireland from the National Socialists around 1942. You and your family settled in Dublin and Belfast . Until about 1954 LeWinter offered her services as a piano teacher in Belfast in newspaper advertisements. In addition, she occasionally appeared nationwide in concerts as a solo pianist and with orchestras.

In 1976 she met 16-year-old Barry Douglas , who later won the Moscow Tchaikovsky Piano Competition . She taught him the piano.

literature

Julie Amacher: pianist Barry Douglas on the transformative power of education. classicalMPR, September 4, 2014, accessed on July 14, 2018 . (Here are the few facts currently known about Felicitas LeWinter)

Web links

Portrait photo of Felicitas LeWinter (Lewinter). In: Radio Wien , August 25, 1933, p. 23 (online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / raw, bottom left

Individual evidence

↑ In the "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007", Felicitas LeWinter is given June 13, 1911 as the date of birth and 1997 as the year of death in Fulham.
↑ Hans Sittner: Richard Stöhr - man / musician / teacher . Döblinger, Vienna / Munich 1965, p. 84 and 88 ( richardstoehr.com [PDF]).
↑ According to Julie Amacher from an interview with the pianist Barry Douglas.
↑ Northern Whig Antrim, Nov. 22, 1939 issue, p. 2.
↑ In a small newspaper note of March 13, 1946 ("The visit of Princess Elizabeth": Belfast News-Letter Antrim, Northern Ireland, page 3) Belfast is named as her "place of residence". This statement contradicts (apparently) statements by Julie Amacher, who locates LeWinter in London and who occasionally visited her sister Charlotte in Belfast. According to both sources, it is certain that LeWinter offered and conducted intensive piano courses in Belfast in the summer.

personal data
SURNAME	LeWinter, Felicitas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian pianist and piano teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	June 13, 1911
DATE OF DEATH	1997
Place of death	Fulham

[1] In the "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007", Felicitas LeWinter is given June 13, 1911 as the date of birth and 1997 as the year of death in Fulham.

[2] Hans Sittner: Richard Stöhr - man / musician / teacher . Döblinger, Vienna / Munich 1965, p. 84 and 88 ( richardstoehr.com [PDF]).

[3] According to Julie Amacher from an interview with the pianist Barry Douglas.

[4] Northern Whig Antrim, Nov. 22, 1939 issue, p. 2.

[5] In a small newspaper note of March 13, 1946 ("The visit of Princess Elizabeth": Belfast News-Letter Antrim, Northern Ireland, page 3) Belfast is named as her "place of residence". This statement contradicts (apparently) statements by Julie Amacher, who locates LeWinter in London and who occasionally visited her sister Charlotte in Belfast. According to both sources, it is certain that LeWinter offered and conducted intensive piano courses in Belfast in the summer.