Who is Who in Central & East Europe 1933

 


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Pianists and Organists


Oskar Baum, Prague ->
I have been blind since my 12th year through an unhappy accident. In 1902 I took the state examination in music and then became an organist and a music teacher in Prague.

Ilona (Madame Derenburg) Eibenschütz, London ->
She was a Pupil of Madame Clara Schumann. Her first public appearance in Vienna was at the age of six years. Since then played before Queen Victoria, Empress Frederick, Emperor of Russia, etc.; also in the most prominent concerts on the Continent, and in London at the Popular Concerts, Crystal Palace, etc.

Viliam Figus-Bystry, Banská Bystrica ->
worked as a teacher at elementary school in various small cities of the former Hungary, and at the same time he also worked as organist with the Protestant Church Community, now at Banská Bystrica.

Tamara Jankowa, Sofia ->
At the age of 10, when she was a pupil of the Music Academy, she played on the piano at public recitals. She played in Vienna for the radio and in 1931, when she was 24 years old, she obtained by competition the position as Professor of the State Music Academy. In 1932 she played at the second Music-Competition for piano. Since 1918 she takes an active part in Bulgarian Musical life, giving solo-recitals, recitals with orchestra in Sofia and in provincial cities.

Moriz Rosenthal, Vienna ->
was the Court Pianist of the Emperor of Austria and Queen of Rumania.

Ludwig Schmidts, Bucharest ->
After having completed his studies he gave piano concerts, and then for 3 years he was given special training with the Church Musical Institute of Leipzig. Since 1932 gave concerts on the organ throughout Transylvania. He sang over the radio in Bucharest, Leipzig, on April 9, 1933, and gave a concert before Her Majesty Queen Marie of Rumania, etc. Since May 1933 he is the Director of the Bucharest German Choir and is a collaborator to the German music reviews of the "Reich".