ArtistInfo

Victor Aller

p, 1905-1977 US
Musician of Classical

Victor Aller (March 26, 1905, New York City – May 1977, in the area of Los Angeles, California) was an American pianist.He had a successful career behind the scenes in the film industry, and he taught piano in Hollywood, where his students sometimes included actors preparing to depict musicians on screen, such as Dirk Bogarde and Cornel Wilde. His present fame, however, rests primarily on his performances in acclaimed 1950s-vintage Capitol Records recordings with the Hollywood String Quartet, including accounts of piano quintets by Johannes Brahms, César Franck, and Dmitri Shostakovich, and the Brahms piano quartets.

Genres

• Classical
• Soundtrack
• Jazz

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