Pianist From Lviv, Austria-Hungary
In this video
Mieczyslaw Horszowski aged 97 performs 'Nocturne in E-flat major, Op.9
No.2' and 'Etude Op.25 No.2' by Frederic Chopin.
Horszowski,
became a pupil of Teodor Leszetycki in Vienna at the age of seven.
Leszetycki had studied with Beethoven's pupil Carl Czerny. In 1957,
Horszowski gave a memorable cycle of Beethoven's entire solo works in
New York, and in 1960 of Mozart's piano sonatas. Horszowski was widely
recorded, later converted from Judaism to Roman Catholicism.
He had one of the longest careers in the history of the
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performing arts and taught greats such as Richard Goode, Anton Kuerti, Murray
Perahia, Peter Serkin, and Steven DeGroote at Curtis Institute.
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