Rudolf Winkler (pianist)

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Rudolf Winkler (* 1889 in Bischofsburg , † 1970 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe ) was a German pianist .

After brief studies in Königsberg (Prussia) and Munich , Winkler was a student at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin . Here he received the Franz Liszt Acknowledgment Medal and other awards. After being seriously wounded in the Battle of Tannenberg , he was a patient at the Königsberg Heinrich Hoeftman Clinic for three years until 1917, where he was operated on eleven times. After that he was a piano teacher at the Königsberg Conservatory and was obliged to give concerts and radio broadcasts (especially in the Königsberg broadcasting station ).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Robert Albinus: Königsberg Lexicon. Wurzburg 2002
personal data
SURNAME Winkler, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pianist
DATE OF BIRTH 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Episcopal Castle
DATE OF DEATH 1970
Place of death Bad Homburg vor der Höhe