Lili Kraus
Lili Kraus · Arts & Literature
Classical pianist
1903, Budapest, Hungary — 1986, Asheville, North Carolina, USA
Hungary · United States
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Lili Kraus, born in Budapest to an assimilated Jewish mother, was a Hungarian-born pianist who studied with Bartók and Kodály and became a celebrated interpreter of Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven. Interned by the Japanese during World War II and cut off from a piano for over three years, she resumed her career after the war and later settled in the United States. Her Mozart cycles remain landmark recordings of the classical repertoire.
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Classical pianist
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
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