Branka Musulin (6 August 1917 - 1 January 1975) was a German-Croatian classical pianist and teacher.

Life

Musulin was born in Croatia in

Zagreb Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slop ...

. As from the age of eight, she studied with celebrated Croatian pianist

Svetislav Stančić Svetislav Stančić (7 July 1895 in Zagreb – 7 January 1970 in Zagreb) was a Croatian pianist and music pedagogue. Stančić initially studied piano in Zagreb and then moved to Berlin where he studied with Karl Heinrich Barth, Conrad Ansorge, ...

in Zagreb and played in public at that time. After her concert diploma, she travelled to Paris in 1936 to study with

Alfred Cortot Alfred Denis Cortot (; 26 September 187715 June 1962) was a French pianist, conductor, and teacher who was one of the most renowned classical musicians of the 20th century. A pianist of massive repertory, he was especially valued for his poeti ...

and

Yvonne Lefébure Yvonne Lefébure (29 June 1898, Ermont – 23 January 1986, Paris) was a French pianist and teacher. Born in Ermont, she studied with Alfred Cortot at the Conservatoire de Paris, taking a ''premier prix'' in piano and numerous other subjects. She ...

. As from 1938, she studied with

Alfredo Casella Alfredo Casella (25 July 18835 March 1947) was an Italian composer, pianist and conductor. Life and career Casella was born in Turin, the son of Maria (née Bordino) and Carlo Casella. His family included many musicians: his grandfather, a f ...

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and after 1941 with Max von Pauer in South Germany . In 1944, she married Friedrich Bienert in

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...

, they had one daughter. Branka Musulin played under the baton of

Hans Müller-Kray Hans Müller-Kray (13 October 1908 – 30 May 1969) was a German conductor, music director and academic teacher. Life and career Hans Müller was born in Essen-Kray. He grew up as the youngest of 14 children of the mining foreman Karl Müller, ...

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and

Sergiu Celibidache Sergiu Celibidache (; 14 August 1996) was a Romanian conductor, composer, musical theorist, and teacher. Educated in his native Romania, and later in Paris and Berlin, Celibidache's career in music spanned over five decades, including tenures as ...

. In 1958, she became lecturer, later professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in

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. She died in 1975 in

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Recordings

Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...

, Piano Concerto No. 4, ''opus 58'',

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radio orchestra, conducted by

, recorded mars 27, 1950 *

Frédéric Chopin Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; 1 March 181017 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period, who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leadin ...

, Piano Concerto No. 1 (Chopin) E minor Op. 11, Stuttgart Suddeutscher Rundfunks Symphony Orchestra, conducted by

Piano Concerto No. 2 (Chopin) The Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, opus number, Op. 21, is a piano concerto composed by Frédéric Chopin in fall 1829. Chopin composed the piece before he had finished his formal education, at around 20 years of age. It was first performed on ...

F minor Op. 21, Stuttgart Suddeutscher Rundfunks Symphony Orchestra, conducted by

* Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonatas nos 17 (D minor, Op 31 No 3) and 32 (C minor, Op 111). Oriole MG 20104 (stereo SMG 20105 ic. Reviewed in Gramophone magazine, March 1965.

Bibliography

* Ernst Krause, Josef Hegenbarth: ''Das Bildnis Branka Musulins''. Verlag der Kunst, 1958 - German * Moritz von Bredow: ''Klang gewordener Geist''. Branka Musulin zum 100. Geburtstag. Eine Hommage. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung v. 14. August 2017, S. 10.

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