Hédy Schneider

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Hédy Schneider (born September 21, 1920 in Budapest , † July 8, 1992 in Maastricht ) was a Hungarian pianist.

Life

Hédy Schneider was the daughter of master printer Jenõ Schneider and his wife Anna Braun. At the age of six, she received piano lessons from Margit Bálint on the initiative of her mother, who soon recognized her student's great talent. She studied piano at the Franz Liszt Music Academy with Lajos Hernádi and Leó Weiner . After the war she worked as a répétiteur . By winning a piano competition in Paris , she became known to a wider public. In the 1950s she gave numerous concerts, piano recitals and was regularly on the program of the Hungarian radio . She also took part in performances of contemporary chamber music works such as the Sonata for Flute and Piano by Gyula Dávid . In 1954 she recorded rhapsodies by Franz Liszt for the Hungaroton record company . In 1957 she moved to the Netherlands with her husband, the violinist Tibor Berkovits , where she taught at the Maastricht Conservatory.

The Music Magazine / Musical Courier reviewed a concert by Hédy Schneider at a music festival in 1947 as follows: “Hédy Schneider was a talented young woman with an untouched, warm naturalness. This was evident in Mendelssohn's Variations sérieuses in F, in Schumann's Fantasia and in shorter pieces. "

Appreciation

In 1946, Hédy Schneider won first prize at the International Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition . In 1953 she received the Franz Liszt Prize ( Liszt Ferenc-díj ) and also the Gold Medal of Merit of the Republic of Hungary.

literature

  • Női fodrász volt Budapest Schneider Hédy a párisi nemzetközi zenei verseny győztese. In: Világ , December 13, 1946, p. 7.
  • Emlékeink Weiner Leóról. Zsgest. and ed. by Melinda Berlász. Zeneműkiadó, Budapest 1985, ISBN 963-330-559-4 , pp. 31-41.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Frederic Georges Hoff Mr. (Maison de France): Book of Friendship: Le Livre de L'amitié, 1947 X "Les deux triomphateurs: Hedy Schneider, grand prix de piano Marguerite Long, Arnold Eidus, grand prix de violon Jacques Thibaud se sont Reveles deux très grands artistes. Hedy Schneider née à Buda Pesth in 1920 a remporté tous les [...]. "
  2. ^ The Music Magazine / Musical Courier - Volumes 137-138 - Page x, 1948, original quote: "Hedy Schneider revealed herself as a gifted young woman with an unaffected, warm naturalness. This was apparent in Mendelssohn's Serious Variations in F, in the Fantasy by Schumann, and in shorter items. [...] "
  3. ↑ Hungarian Review: Publishing Lapkiadó Vállalat, 1955, page 8 X : "Hedy Schneider pianist, recipient of the Gold Medal of Merit of the Hungarian People's Republic; Grand Prix Winner of the 1946 Marguerite Long Competitions in Paris. "
personal data
SURNAME Schneider, Hédy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schneider, Hedi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian pianist
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest
DATE OF DEATH July 8, 1992
Place of death Maastricht