Gisela Sott

Gisela Sott (* 1911 in Hanover ; † January 6, 2002 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German pianist and piano teacher.

Life

Sott was a student of Heinrich Lutter and (around 1935) Alfred Hoehn to Dr. Hoch's Conservatory in Frankfurt. She later became Alfred Hoehn's assistant at the Conservatory. In the 1930s and 1940s she was one of the best young pianists in Germany, but the events of the war thwarted a great career. From 1938 she worked as a lecturer at the Dr. Hoch's Conservatory. After the war she continued this activity at the newly founded University of Music and Performing Arts Frankfurt am Main , where she taught as a professor from 1971 until 1982.

Over time, Gisela Sott had to cut back on her concert activities due to a heart condition, and in 1959 she finally exchanged the concert podium for the radio studio. A number of remarkable recordings were made here, including piano concertos by Britten , Tchaikovsky and Scriabin and music by Prokofiev and Stravinsky , which testify to piano playing that is as differentiated as it is thrillingly vital.

Gisela Sott's pedagogical legacy is a synthesis of the tradition of Franz Liszt , Alfred Cortot's playing technique and Alfred Hoehn's keystroke system, which she passed on to numerous students. After working as a university teacher, the pianist was known in professional circles for her valuable assistance in mastering technical problems.

Web links

• http://www.giselasott.de/
• Works by and about Gisela Sott in the catalog of the German National Library