
Bruno Georg Seidlhofer (5 September 1905 – 19 February 1982) was an Austrian pianist,
organist
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, academic teacher and piano teacher at the
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (german: link=no, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, abbreviated MDW) is an Austrian university located in Vienna, established in 1817.
With a student body of over three thousa ...
.
Life
Born in Vienna, Seidlhofer taught piano at the Academy of Music from 1938 to 1981, and was full professor there from 1956. From 1962 to 1968, he held a
guest professorship at the
Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln
The Cologne University of Music ( is a music college in Cologne, Germany. Founded in 1850, it is Europe's largest academy of music.
History
The academy was founded by Ferdinand Hiller in 1850 as ''Conservatorium der Musik in Coeln''. In 1895 Ger ...
. He taught until 1981, and his students included
Alexander Jenner,
Nelson Freire
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,
Martha Argerich
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Early life and education
Argerich was born in Buenos Ai ...
,
Rudolf Buchbinder
Rudolf Buchbinder (born 1 December 1946, Litoměřice, Czechoslovakia) is an Austrian classical pianist.
Biography
Buchbinder studied with Bruno Seidlhofer at the Vienna Academy of Music. In 1965, he made a tour of North and South Americas. In ...
and
Friedrich Gulda
Friedrich Gulda (16 May 1930 – 27 January 2000) was an Austrian pianist and composer who worked in both the classical and jazz fields.
Biography Early life and career
Born in Vienna the son of a teacher, Gulda began learning to play the piano ...
. He also performed as an organist in concert halls and on the radio.
Bruno Seidlhofer
on Shazam
Seidlhofer died in Vienna at the age of 76.
References
Further reading
* Alexander Rausch
Seidlhofer, Bruno
In ''Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon
The ''Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon'Oesterreichisch'' with ''Oe'' is the spelling of the print and online output. is a five-volume music encyclopedia founded by the Austrian Academy of Sciences' Commission for Music Research. It was officiall ...
''. Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ; Print edition: vol. 4, Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften press, Vienna 2005, .
External links
*
Bruno Georg Seidlhofer
on Wien Geschichte Wiki
on Bach Cantatas Website
*
Austrian classical pianists
Male classical pianists
Austrian music educators
Musicians from Vienna
Academic staff of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
1905 births
1982 deaths
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