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Rudolph Ganz
12+ albums
pianistswissAmerican classical pianist
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Rudolph Ganz (24 February 1877 Zurich – 2 August 1972 Chicago) was a Swiss-born American pianist, conductor, composer, and music educator. Early career as a pianist and conductor[edit] Ganz studied cello with Friedrich Hegar, and piano with Robert Freund at the Zürich Musikschule.[1] He also took composition lessons with Charles Blanchet at the Lausanne Conservatory (de). From 1897 to 1898, Ganz studied piano with Fritz Blumer in Strasbourg, and from 1899 to 1900 with Ferruccio Busoni in Berlin and Weimar and composition with Heinrich Urban in Berlin. On December 7, 1899, he made his piano debut with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; and on April 14, 1900, his conducting debut with this orchestra in the world premiere of his own Symphony No. 1 in E. In May, Florenz Ziegfeld, Sr. visited Berlin and invited Ganz to join the piano department of the Chicago Musical College. In August, Ganz moved to Chicago. Ganz joined the piano department and became a member of the board of directors of the Chicago Musical College from fall 1900 through spring 1905.[2] On March 20, 1903, Ganz made his American orchestral debut as soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Theodore Thomas in the first Chicago performance of Vincent d'Indy's Symphony No. 1, at the Auditorium Theatre. On March 5, 1905, in a Chicago recital at the Music Hall, Fine Arts Building (Chicago), Ganz became the first pianist to perform Maurice Ravel's music (Jeux d'eau (Ravel)) in the United States (Harold Bauer p
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Wellenspiel. Op. 14, No. 1 - Duo-Art 5653
32722 Klavierstücke, Op. 31: I. Little Sphinx (Arr. for 2 Oboes & Cor Anglais by Heinz Holliger)
813Siegfried: Waldweben (arr. R. Ganz for piano)
124Rustle Of Spring Op.32 No.3
95A Memory
862 Klavierstücke, Op. 31: II. Little Elf (Arr. for 2 Oboes & Cor Anglais by Heinz Holliger)
87Rosamunde Ballet Music
68Liebestraum No.2
69The Waves
610The Lorelei
6albums
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Home. Beethoven, Mozart and Brahms Piano Music
"074 Classical Music Essentials": Instant
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"098 Classical & Contemporary Essentials": For the Young
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2 Klavierstücke, Op. 31 (Arr. for 2 Oboes and Cor Anglais by Heinz Holliger)
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"060 Classical Piano Transcriptions": Quasi Adagio
"064 Contemporary & Classical Music Discoveries": Ambajes
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"077 Hidden Treasures of Piano": Le Joie
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"117 Classical Music Evocations": Fairy Tale Pictures
"086 Hidden Treasures of Classical Music": Canon
"079 Classical Piano Essentials": Largo
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La Nuit. Russian Piano Music from the Golden Age
042 Classical & Contemporary Essentials - Spes