Ilona Eibenschütz
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Ilona Eibenschütz (May 8, 1872 – May 21, 1967) was a Hungarian pianist from Budapest. She received her first instruction in music from her cousin Albert Eibenschütz; At the age of five, Franz Liszt is said to have played at a concert with her. She later studied with Carl Marek, and from 1878 to 1885 at the Leipzig Conservatorium under Hans Schmitt, and with Clara Schumann from 1885 to 1890.
At her début in Vienna her remarkable playing created a sensation. Starting at the age of 12, she annually made a concert tour through Germany, Austria, France, Russia, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, playing before the Queen of Denmark at Copenhagen, before the Czar and Czarina of Russia at the Gatschina Palace, and before the Emperor of Austria at Vienna, by whom she was granted an imperial stipend for five years.
[edit] Bibliography
- Ehrlich, Celebrated Pianists, p. 93
[edit] References
- This article incorporates text from the 1901–1906 Jewish Encyclopedia, a publication now in the public domain.
