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Walter Hautzig
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Walter Hautzig (Hebrew: ולטר האוציג) (September 28, 1921 - January 30, 2017) was a pianist born in Vienna, Austria. The Austrian-born American pianist and teacher, Walter Hautzig, studied at Public and High School in Vienna, and the Vienna Academy of Music. He left Austria after the rise of the Nazis to power, and went to Jerusalem and studied at the Conservatory there. In 1939 he came to the USA, continued his musical education at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia with Harry Kaufmann and Mieczysław Munz. graduating with honours. He also studied privately in New York with Artur Schnabel. In 1943 he won the Town Hall Endowment Award in New York. Walter Hautzig made his debut at Town Hall in New York in October 1943. He became a naturalized American Citizen in 1945. After World War II, he made tours all over the world, met with brilliant successes in the USA, in the USA, Latin America, Europe and throughout the Far East and the Near East. During his long career as a concert pianist he has given recitals and orchestral appearances in over 50 countries, earning particular acclaim in Japan, where he has also recorded extensively. He was soloist with Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchestra National Belgique, Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen, and Helsinki. Zürich, New York, Baltimore, St Louis, Buffalo, Vancouver, Honolulu, Tokyo, Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland. Wellington, Mexico, Bogota, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, etc. He has played for BBC, Australian, New Zealand, Japanese, USA
top songs
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Mozart: Piano Sonata #11 In A, K 331 - 3. Rondo Alla Turca
1132Waltz in E Minor, Op. Posth.: Waltz in E Minor, Op. Posth. (Live)
903Harmonious Blacksmith (Handel)
524Fantaisie-Impromptu (Chopin)
415Prelude in D Flat Major, No. 15, Op. 28, "Raindrop": Prelude in D Flat Major No. 15, Op. 28, "Raindrop"
406Nocturne in B Flat Minor, No. 1, Op. 9: Nocturne in B Flat Minor, No. 1, Op. 9
367Turkish March (Mozart)
348Chopin: Polonaise #6 In A Flat, Op. 53, "Héroïque"
349Mazurka in D Major, Op.33, No. 2
3310A Maiden's Prayer (Badarzewska)
32albums
Chopin: Sonata in B Minor, Ballade in F Minor
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Mozart: Greatest Hits
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A Maiden's Prayer - The world's favorite piano pieces
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5, Chopin: Nocturne
Chopin
My Favorite Encores
Dances for the Piano
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Chopin: Greatest Hits
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Best Of Chopin
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Mozart Greatest Hits
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A Maiden's Prayer: The world's Favorite Piano Pieces
Brahms, Schumann: Sonata in F Minor, Carnaval