Fanny Stål (4 October 1821, Stockholm – 21 March 1889, Västerås) was a Swedish classical pianist. Fanny Stål was the daughter of the language teacher Axel Samuel Stål, paternal niece of the architect Carl Stål, the musician Conrad Stål and the merchant Pehr Christian Stål. She was a student of Jan van Boom and Wilhelm Bauck in Stockholm and, during the 1840s, of

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 ...

in Paris, along

Henriette Nissen-Saloman Henriette Nissen-Saloman ( Nissen; 18 January 1819 – 27 August 1879), was a Swedish opera singer (mezzo-soprano) and singing teacher. Henriette Nissen was born in Gothenburg, where she was a student of the organist . In 1838, she traveled ...

his likely only Swedish students. She became one of the most noted Swedish pianists in mid-19th century Sweden.Leif Jonsson & Martin Tegen: ''Musiken i Sverige. Den nationella identiteten 1810–1920'' (1992) She gave her most noted concert in Stora Börssalen in Stockholm in 1859, with compositions of

Johann Nepomuk Hummel Johann Nepomuk Hummel (14 November 177817 October 1837) was an Austrian composer and virtuoso pianist. His music reflects the Transition from Classical to Romantic music, transition from the Classical period (music), Classical to the Romantic ...

, Sigismund Thalberg and Chopin.

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Tore Uppström Tore Ingvar Uppström (8 December 1937 in Stockholm – 8 June 2006) was a Swedish pianist, composer and author. Uppström studied at Royal College of Music, Stockholm, from 1959 to 1963 and at the Vienna Academy of Music from 1963 to 1964. ...

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