Ignacy Tiegerman (24 February 189331 May 1968), usually seen as Ignace, but also Ignaz, was a Polish pianist and teacher. He was an exceptional interpreter of the

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, Chopin, Brahms, et al.). He studied with

Theodor Leschetizky Theodor Leschetizky (sometimes spelled Leschetitzky, pl, Teodor Leszetycki; 22 June 1830 – 14 November 1915 was an Austrian-Polish pianist, professor, and composer born in Landshut in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, then a crown land of ...

but his lessons with Leschetizky's assistant Ignaz Friedman were more significant. Tiegerman considered Friedman his mentor, and Friedman deemed him "the greatest talent I ever worked with." His recordings are highly regarded, despite their not being of studio sound quality in most cases. He was said to be the only rival Vladimir Horowitz ever feared. For health reasons, he spent most of his life teaching in

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. His finest pupil was

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, and he also taught Edward Said, Mario Feninger, Nicolas Constantinidis, and Prince

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. Hassan called him "a wonder of human realization" and Said later recalled many wonderful late-night conversations with him''Reflections on Exile and other Essays'' by E.W. Said, p. 274
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tiegerman, Ignace 1893 births 1968 deaths Polish classical pianists Polish male classical pianists 20th-century classical pianists Jewish classical pianists Polish emigrants to Egypt 20th-century male musicians