Laura Rappoldi
Laura Rappoldi (born January 14, 1853 in Mistelbach ; died August 2, 1925 in Dresden ) was an Austrian - German pianist .
Life
Laura Kahrer , daughter of a civil servant, received music lessons at an early age and piano lessons from the age of ten. In 1864, when she was only eleven, she wrote her own compositions. Supported by Empress Elisabeth , she received further training at the Vienna Conservatory from 1866 to 1869 , among others from Josef Dachs , Felix Otto Dessoff and Anton Bruckner . In 1868 she received first prize in a competition for piano and composition. Another sponsor was Anton Rubinstein . In 1870 and 1873 Kahrer was one of Franz Liszt's students in Weimar ; In 1871 and 1872 with Adolf Henselt in St. Petersburg, in 1874 with Hans von Bülow in Munich .
She also went on concert tours with her family in Germany, Poland and Russia in the 1870s. The plan of a trip to America was not pursued after the death of the mother (1873) and the father (1875).
In 1874 Kahrer married the Viennese musician Eduard Rappoldi (1831–1903) in Stettin , whom she had already met in 1870 at a concert in Prague. In 1877 her husband was appointed royal Saxon professor. In 1876 their son Adrian Rappoldi was born. The couple had a total of five children.
The couple undertook other concert tours together: in 1877 and 1878 to Denmark , in 1878 again to Denmark, Oldenburg and through the northern and western countries of the German Empire, in 1880 and 1881 to Austria and England, among others. In 1885 and 1886 she traveled with Amalie Joachim on a European tour through Germany, Austria, Russia, Switzerland and Hungary.
Chamber music evenings where Rappoldi performed together with her husband (and later also her son) were popular. In 1879 the Kingdom of Saxony appointed her Royal Saxon Chamber Virtuoso. From the end of the 1880s, at the request of her husband, Rappoldi finally settled in Dresden, where from 1890 he gave piano lessons at the conservatory . She received the professorship in 1911. From 1921 she led the master classes for piano playing.
literature
- Uwe Harten : Rappoldi, married couple. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7001-3046-5 .
- Christa Harten: Rappoldi, Laura. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 425.
Web links
- Part of the estate of Eduard Rappoldi / Laura Rappoldi-Kahrer in the Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library
- Freia Hoffmann: Online biography
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rappoldi, Laura |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kahrer, Laura (maiden name); Rappoldi-Kahrer, Laura |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian-German pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 14, 1853 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mistelbach |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 2, 1925 |
| Place of death | Dresden |