Paul Hamburger

Paul Hamburger (born September 3, 1920 in Vienna , † April 11, 2004 in London ) was an Austrian- British pianist and founder of the Mozart Quartet .

Life

Paul Hamburger studied at the Vienna State Academy from 1935 to 1938 before emigrating to London in 1938 . There he was able to continue studying at the Royal College of Music with a grant from the British Council . Like many other Germans, he was interned on the Isle of Man during World War II . In 1948 he and his wife, the singer and singing teacher Esther Salaman (* 1914; † 2005), toured South Africa . Recordings of his concerts were in the III. Program broadcast by the BBC . In 1952 he worked for Benjamin Britten . He worked with the composer and conductor Peter Gellhorn at a summer academy. In addition to his work as a pianist, he also worked as a musicologist and was an author for The Music Survey and The Music Revue . He worked as a teacher at the Guildhall School of Music and was mainly dedicated to promoting young artists.

Hamburger was a recipient of the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art . He died in London at the age of 84.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jutta Raab Hansen: Musicians persecuted by the Nazis in England. by Bockel-Verlag, Hamburg 1996