Victor Schiøler

Victor Schiøler (born April 7, 1899 in Copenhagen , † February 17, 1967 ) was a Danish pianist.

The son of the composer Viktor Bendix and the pianist Augusta Schiøler had first piano lessons from his mother and then studied with Ignaz Friedman and Artur Schnabel . After his debut in 1914, he began an international career as a concert pianist, conductor and organizer. After the occupation of Denmark by Germany, he refused any cooperation with the occupiers and completed a medical degree. In 1943 he and his family fled to Sweden, where he resumed his work as a concert pianist.

The focus of his repertoire was on Romantic and Late Romantic composers such as Frédéric Chopin , Alexander Scriabin , Sergei Rachmaninow and Camille Saint-Saëns . Schiøler has also been recording works since the 1920s, and his recordings of Chopin's pieces from 1924 are considered the oldest recordings by a Danish pianist. Recordings of works by Domenico Scarlatti , Ludwig van Beethoven , Edvard Grieg , Johannes Brahms and Jean Sibelius have also been preserved . One of Schiøler's students was the pianist Victor Borge .

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SURNAME	Schiøler, Victor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Danish pianist
DATE OF BIRTH	April 7, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH	Copenhagen
DATE OF DEATH	17th February 1967