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Piero Weiss
p, 1928-2011 IT
Musician of Classical
Piero Weiss (January 26, 1928 – October 2, 2011) was an Italian-American pianist and musicologist. Born in Trieste, his mother was a symphony violinist and the niece of novelist Italo Svevo. In 1938, at the age of 10, he fled Fascist Italy with his family, ending up in New York City in 1940. In New York, he studied piano with Isabella Vengerova and Rudolf Serkin, music theory and composition with Karl Weigl, and chamber music with Adolf Busch. In 1944, at the age of 16, he began his career as a concert pianist. He performed throughout the United States and Europe up into the 1960s, and also performed for radio broadcasts. He recorded works by Debussy. Ravel, Schubert, and Schumann.
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carnaval Op.9 | Robert Schumann, Piero Weiss | Album | |
| Maurice Ravel - Miroirs / Claude Debussy - Pour Le Piano, La Fille Aux Ceveaux De Lin, Deux Arabesques | Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, Piero Weiss | Album |
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