Wilhelm Walter Friedrich Kempff (25 November 1895 – 23 May 1991) was a German pianist, teacher and composer. Although his repertoire included Bach, Mozart...
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since been converted into a five-star boutique hotel. German pianist Wilhelm Kempff made Positano his summer retreat and there he taught a summer course...
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Gustav Heinrich Ernst Martin Wilhelm Furtwängler (UK: /ˈfʊərtvɛŋɡlər/ FOORT-veng-glər, US: /-vɛŋlər/ -lər, German: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈfʊɐ̯tvɛŋlɐ]; 25 January...
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teacher Edwin Fischer, pianists Alfred Cortot, Wilhelm Kempff, and the conductors Bruno Walter and Wilhelm Furtwängler as particular influences on his musical...
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notable for its ethereality and great length as a slow movement (e.g. Wilhelm Kempff played for approximately 16 minutes and Christoph Eschenbach 25 minutes)...
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Grimaud, Clara Haskil, Vladimir Horowitz, Walter Gieseking, Emil Gilels, Wilhelm Kempff, Evgeny Kissin, Lang Lang, Yundi Li, Bruce Liu, Jan Lisiecki, Arturo...
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– The Five Piano Concertos (Recording). London Records. Kempff, Wilhelm (2013). Wilhelm Kempff: The Concerto Recordings (Recording). Deutsche Grammophon...
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performed here are Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Sviatoslav Richter, Wilhelm Kempff, Maurizio Pollini, Yehudi Menuhin, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Martha Argerich...
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II William Kapell Julius Katchen Julius Katchen II Wilhelm Kempff Wilhelm Kempff II Wilhelm Kempff III Evgeny Kissin Zoltán Kocsis Stephen Kovacevich...
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the Vienna Academy of Music to study with Richard Hauser and later Wilhelm Kempff and Stefan Askenase. She gave her first Viennese recital at the age...
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Rondo alla turca from his Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, performed by Wilhelm Kempff, and his Horn Concerto No. 1, performed by the Philharmonia Baroque...
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including Vinzenz Lachner and Josef Rheinberger. Theodore Holland [pupils] Wilhelm Kempff Ferdinand Leitner Günter Raphael Arthur Rubinstein Nikos Skalkottas...
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Rondo alla turca from his Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, performed by Wilhelm Kempff; Wojciech Kilar's Father Kolbe's Preaching performed by the Warsaw National...
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self-realization, Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship, and especially its sequel Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years (whose original title Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre...
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has said that he is "not such a fan of Glenn Gould" and that pianist Wilhelm Kempff is an especially important influence: "What I love about his playing...
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movement typically lasts around eight to nine minutes. German pianist Wilhelm Kempff wrote his own cadenzas for both the first and last movements and played...
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Lothar Albano Müller, 1950 Ludwig Hoelscher, 1952 Gustav Lindemann, 1952 Wilhelm Kempff, 1953 Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, 1955 Rolf Gerling, 1956...
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studied in Germany and France and attended classes by Claudio Arrau and Wilhelm Kempff. He is the winner of several prizes - Viotti (Vercelli), Busoni (Bolzano)...
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Camille Saint-Saëns, Anton Rubinstein, Wilhelm Kempff, Nikolai Medtner, Eugen d'Albert, Leopold Godowsky, Wilhelm Backhaus, Samuil Feinberg, Manuel M. Ponce...
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Gulda Marc-André Hamelin Angela Hewitt Vladimir Horowitz Stephen Hough Wilhelm Kempff Evgeny Kissin Gustav Leonhardt Lang Lang Dinu Lipatti Radu Lupu Arturo...
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to pianissimo. Many other composers and pianists, such as Fazıl Say, Wilhelm Kempff, Clara Schumann, Franz Liszt, Bedřich Smetana, Ignaz Moscheles (in which...
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Cadenzas and Cadences for Cello, pub. Creighton's Collection (2007). Wilhelm Kempff wrote cadenzas for Beethoven's first four piano concertos. Clara Schumann...
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at the age of 15. She continued her education with Alfred Cortot and Wilhelm Kempff. She was already interested in music at the age of 2 and started to...
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Gulda Marc-André Hamelin Angela Hewitt Vladimir Horowitz Stephen Hough Wilhelm Kempff Evgeny Kissin Gustav Leonhardt Lang Lang Dinu Lipatti Radu Lupu Arturo...
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live performances), including: Beethoven: Sonata Op. 5 No. 1, with Wilhelm Kempff Beethoven: Sonatas Op. 5 No. 2, Op. 102 No. 2, and the Horn Op. 17 transcription...
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between 1932 and 1935. Other pianists to make complete recordings include Wilhelm Kempff, Claudio Arrau, Annie Fischer, Paul Lewis, Daniel Barenboim, Friedrich...
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Gulda Marc-André Hamelin Angela Hewitt Vladimir Horowitz Stephen Hough Wilhelm Kempff Evgeny Kissin Gustav Leonhardt Lang Lang Dinu Lipatti Radu Lupu Arturo...
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Blechacz, Nelson Freire, Andrei Gavrilov, Hélène Grimaud, Peter Jablonski, Wilhelm Kempff, Nikita Magaloff, Murray Perahia, Maurizio Pollini (in his 1985 recording)...
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Gulda Marc-André Hamelin Angela Hewitt Vladimir Horowitz Stephen Hough Wilhelm Kempff Evgeny Kissin Gustav Leonhardt Lang Lang Dinu Lipatti Radu Lupu Arturo...
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Gulda Marc-André Hamelin Angela Hewitt Vladimir Horowitz Stephen Hough Wilhelm Kempff Evgeny Kissin Gustav Leonhardt Lang Lang Dinu Lipatti Radu Lupu Arturo...
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