Elisabeth Klein

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Elisabeth Klein (1911 - 2004) was a Danish pianist. Elisabeth Klein was born on July 23, 1911 in Trenčín, Slovakia and grew up in Budapest, Hungary from the age of 3. She showed already at an early age a strong aptitude for playing the piano. After graduating from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, she studied privately with Béla Bartók during 1934-1936. She was in Denmark at the outbreak of Second World War and remained there in Copenhagen for the longest part of her life. She married Jørgen Petersen (1916-1986), a Royal Danish Naval Officer, December 21, 1941, and their first son, Ole Holger Petersen, was born in 1943. After the War, during which Jørgen was exiled in Scotland, their second son, Nils Holger Petersen, was born in 1946. The family spent some years stationed with N.A.T.O. in Oslo, Norway and in Kiel, West Germany. Elisabeth Klein worked for many years with the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen, the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, Denmark and the Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo, Norway. From her early interest in Contemporary music in the 1960s, she became a particular champion of and specialist in the performance of Contemporary Scandinavian piano music. She also had a interest in International Women's Contemporary music. She performed concerts and recordings throughout Scandinavia, many countries in Europe, U.S.A., Israel, China, and Mexico. Her discography includes works of Bartók, Berg, Stockhausen and many contemporary Scandinavia

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Stockhausen: Piano Music

Piano Music From The Weimar Republic

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Schoenberg, Webern & Berg: Complete Piano Works

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Klassisk for Begyndere

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Stockhausen- Piano Works

Italian Piano Music 1939-1990

Hauer: Works for Piano

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Dance of the Bacchae

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Music Of The Night

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New Nordic Piano Music played by Elisabeth Klein

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Italian Piano Music 1939- 1990

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Piano Music from the Weimar Republic (Classico CLASSCD 460-1)

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