Mischa Levitzki

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Mischa Levitzki (also seen as Levitski; May 25, 1898 – January 2, 1941) was a Russian-born American concert pianist. Levitzki was born in Kremenchuk, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), to Jewish parents who were naturalised American citizens on a return trip to Ukraine. He was playing the violin at the age of three, but soon developed an interest in the piano, which he studied in Warsaw with Aleksander Michałowski before making his debut in Antwerp in 1906. In New York, his father brought him to the attention of Walter Damrosch, who obtained a scholarship for him at the Institute of Musical Art (now the Juilliard School) as a pupil of Zygmunt Stojowski, with whom he studied from 1907 to 1911. In 1913 Levitzki entered the Berlin Hochschule für Musik, where he became the youngest student of Ernő Dohnányi and was awarded the Mendelssohn Prize in 1915. By this time he had performed throughout Europe and Scandinavia. He made his American debut in New York on October 17, 1916, at Aeolian Hall, and soon made his permanent home in the United States, later becoming an American citizen.[citation needed] Levitzki concertized worldwide up until the time of his death. He toured in the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Asia, making a reputation with his performances of the Romantic repertory. He was elected an honorary member of the Alpha Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity at the New England Conservatory in 1917. He transcribed numerous pieces for piano, prepared a

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The Golden Age Of Piano Virtuosi

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The Piano Album

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Levitzki, Mischa: Complete Recordings, Vol. 3 (1927-1938)

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A To Z Of Pianists

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A Grand Romance

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Levitzki, Mischa: Complete Recordings, Vol. 1 (1924-1928)

Levitzki: Complete Works for Solo Piano

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Chopin, Scarlatti & Others: Piano Works

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Russian Music for Oboe

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The Piano Masters: Ignaz Friedman / Benno Moiseiwitsch / Simon Barere / Mischa Levitzki / Alexander Brailowsky / Adrian Aeschbacher (1924-1947)

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Levitski, Mischa: Complete Recordings, Vol. 2 (1927-1933)

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Roos, Lars: Echo de Vienne

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