Edith Grosz (August 9, 1919 – February 14, 2011) was an American

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and

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, based in

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. She was born in

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in a Jewish family of Hungarian origin and was a sister of

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. Grosz studied piano at the

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with

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and

Eduard Steuermann Eduard Steuermann (June 18, 1892, Sambor, Austria-Hungary – November 11, 1964, New York City) was an Austrian-born American pianist and composer. Steuermann studied piano with Vilém Kurz at the Lemberg Conservatory and Ferruccio Busoni in ...

. She and her husband, violinist Isidor Lateiner, gave concerts internationally as a duo. They moved to the

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in 1963. Grosz became famous in the Netherlands through the chamber music series "Round of Romance" at the

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, in which she appeared with Isidor Lateiner and cellist Godfried Hoogeveen. She was also a professor of piano at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam where she trained generations of pianists, including Barbara Lister-Sink, Rian de Waal, Sebastian Huydts, Anna Nieukerken, Kees Wieringa, and Ad Wammes. Her teaching emphasized careful awareness of the musculoskeletal system, which helped form the basis of the "Lister-Sink Technique." She began a long-term relationship with the composer Jochem Slothouwer in the 1980s, and they were married in 2008. In addition to her career as a musician and pedagogue, Grosz owned "Brasserie Rondo," a coffee shop where artists and students in Amsterdam convene.

Discography

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- Op.1 Trio in D and Quintet Op.15 *

Julius Röntgen Julius Engelbert Röntgen (9 May 1855 – 13 September 1932) was a German-Dutch composer of classical music. He was a friend of Liszt, Brahms and Grieg. Early life and education Julius Röntgen was born in Leipzig, Germany, to a family of music ...

- Sonata for Cello and Piano (1900), Godfried Hoogeveen, cello and Edith Grosz, piano * Julius Röntgen - Sonata for Cello and Piano in A, Op. 41 (1901), Godfried Hoogeveen, cello and Edith Grosz, piano * Roy Travis - Duo concertante (1973), Isidor Lateiner, violin and Edith Grosz, piano

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