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Alexis Weissenberg
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Bulgarian musician (1929–2012)
Film & TV
Sofia, Bulgaria
Alexis Sigismund Weissenberg (26 July 1929 – 8 January 2012) was a Bulgarian-born French pianist. Born into a Jewish family in Sofia, Weissenberg began taking piano lessons at the age of three from Pancho Vladigerov, a Bulgarian composer. He gave his first public performance at the age of eight. In 1941, he and his mother tried to escape from German-occupied Bulgaria for Turkey, but were caught…
Known for
- Karajan In Concert — Self - Piano2008
- Victoires de la musique — Self1985
- Champs-Elysées — Self1982
- Bio’s Bahnhof — Self1978
- 30 millions d'amis — Self1976
- Numéro un — Self - Host1975
- Numéro un — Self1975
- Le Grand Échiquier — Self1972
- Le Grand Échiquier — Self - Main Guest1972
- Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in B-Flat, Op. 23 (Karajan, Weissenberg, 1967) — soloist1967
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Bulgaria
- Active from
- 1929-07-26
- Active to
- 2012-01-08
Discography
- Poulenc : Les Animaux modèles, suite pour orchestre / Saint‐Saëns : Le Carnaval des animaux1967
- Weissenberg Plays Debussy1969
- The Great Bach Transcriptions1973
- Album pour la jeunesse1974
- Piano Concerto no. 1 in D minor1974
- Rhapsody in Blue / “I Got Rhythm” Variations / Catfish Row1984
- Clair de Lune: Piano Works1985
- Sonaten1986
- Klavierkonzerte 3 & 41988
- Piano Concerto no. 5 "Emperor"1988
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- Listeners
- 94,270
- Total plays
- 714,753
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Alexis Weissenberg (July 26, 1929 – January 8, 2012) was a Bulgarian-born French pianist. He was born in Sofia and had piano lessons from the age of three with Pancho Vladigerov. He gave his first public performance at the age of eight. After escaping to Palestine in 1945, where he studied with Leo Kestenberg, he went to the Juilliard School in 1946 to study with Olga Samaroff. He also consulted Artur Schnabel and Wanda Landowska. In 1947 he made <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Alexis+Weisse
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alexis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Sofia
- Place of death
- Lugano
- Occupation
- music educator
- Educated at
- Juilliard School
- Languages spoken
- French
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- piano
- Official website
- alexisweissenbergarchive.com
- Image
- WeigelWeissenberg.jpg
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- web feed URL
- alexisweissenbergarchive.com/feed
- date of birth
- 1929-07-26
- date of death
- 2012-01-08
- Commons category
- Alexis Weissenberg
- name in native language
- Alexis Weissenberg
- student
- Rafael Orozco
- ethnic group
- Jewish people
- birth name
- Sigismund Weissenberg
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