Peter Feuchtwanger
Affiliations: | London, London, England, United Kingdom |
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"Peter Feuchtwanger"Bio:
Peter Feuchtwanger, born in Munich (26 June 1939), now lives and teaches in London. He studied piano with Gerti Rainer (a pupil of Emil von Sauer), Max Egger, Edwin Fischer and Walter Gieseking; composition with Hans Heimler (a pupil of Alban Berg, Heinrich Schenker and Felix Weingartner) and Lennox Berkeley; Indian and Arabic music and philosophy, amongst others with Nazir Jairazbhoy and Dr. Arnold Bake. He gave up an early successful career as a pianist in order to devote himself to composing and teaching.
His greatest musical influence came through his encounter with the Rumanian pianist, Clara Haskil. He has made intensive studies in the bel canto tradition of the golden age of singing. His Variation on an Eastern Folk Tune (Books 1 and 2) won 1st prize at the International Viotti Composition Competition in 1959.
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