Isabelle Vengerova
Isabelle Vengerova (Russian Изабелла Афанасьевна Венгерова;. * February 17 . Jul / 1. March 1877 greg. In Minsk ; † 7. February 1956 in New York ) was a Russian-Jewish pianist and music teacher .
Life
Isabelle Vengerova is the daughter of the author Pauline Wengeroff . She studied piano at the Conservatory of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna with Josef Dachs and privately with Theodor Leschetizky , then in Saint Petersburg with Anna Nikolajewna Jessipowa .
From 1906 to 1920 she taught at the St. Petersburg Conservatory , from 1920 to 1923 she went on concert tours through the USSR and Western Europe , after which she settled in the USA .
In 1924 she co-founded the Curtis Institute , where she taught piano, and from 1933 also at Mannes College .
Her students included u. a. Ralph Berkowitz , Samuel Barber , Leonard Bernstein , Lukas Foss , Anthony di Bonaventura , Gary Graffman , Lilian Kallir , Virginia Reinecke , Joseph Rezits , Abbey Simon , Gilbert Kalish , Jacob Latin and Leonard Pennario .
She was the aunt and first teacher of Nicolas Slonimsky .
literature
- R. Gerig: Famous Pianists and their Technique. Washington DC, 1974
- G. Graffman: I Really Should Be Practicing. New York, 1981
- RD Schick: The Vengerova System of Piano Playing. University Park, PA, 1982
- J. Rezits: Beloved Tyranna: the Legend and Legacy of Isabelle Vengerova. Bloomington, IN, 1995
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Vengerova, Isabelle |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Венгерова, Изабелла Афанасьевна (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian-American pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Minsk |
| DATE OF DEATH | 7th February 1956 |
| Place of death | new York |