František Rauch
František Rauch (born February 4, 1910 in Plzeň , † September 23, 1996 in Prague ) was a Czech pianist and music teacher.
The son of a musical instrument dealer attended the commercial school in Pilsen before studying piano at the Prague Conservatory and composition with Vítězslav Novák . Before he began his career as a pianist, he worked for a few months in August Förster's piano factory .
Rauch became known as a chamber musician (including Praszke Trio with Bruno Bělčík and František Smetana ) and concert pianist. He went on concert tours through Europe, Japan and America. The focus of his repertoire was on the piano compositions of Beethoven , Smetanas , Liszt , Schumann and his teacher Novák. In Poland he was in demand as an interpreter of Chopin's works .
Altogether there are more than 60 recordings of Rauch. As President of the Czech Chopin Society, he was the promoter of the Chopin Festival in Mariánské Lázne . From 1939 he taught at the Prague Conservatory for more than forty years and was the teacher of musicians such as Zuzana Růžičková , Valentina Kameníková , Petr Eben and Ivan Klánský .
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- Eva Manethová: Radio Praha: Frantisek Rauch formó una pléyade de extraordinarios intérpretes
- Altenberg Trio Vienna - Ensemble database
Web links
- Literature and other media by and about František Rauch in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Literature by and about František Rauch in the catalog of the German National Library
- Allmusic - incomplete discography
- František smoke at Discogs (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rauch, František |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech pianist and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 4, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Plzeň |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 23, 1996 |
| Place of death | Prague |