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Annie Fischer

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Annie Fischer · Arts & Literature

What

Classical pianist

When

1914, Budapest, Hungary — 1995, Budapest, Hungary

Where

Hungary

Biography

Annie Fischer is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Classical pianist

How & why

Annie Fischer was a Hungarian classical pianist renowned for her interpretations of Beethoven, Mozart and Schumann, and celebrated for her complete studio cycle of the Beethoven piano sonatas. She was Jewish, born to a Jewish family in Budapest, and spent the World War II years in exile in Sweden before returning to Hungary. She is regarded as one of the great pianists of the twentieth century.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music

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Classical pianist

1914

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music