Klaus Schilde (born 12 September 1926; died 11 December 2020) was a German

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and

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ist who has made numerous recordings, radio and TV broadcasts and produced 100 Henle

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s of fingerings.

Biography

Schilde was born in

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, and played

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and

from his childhood. He was influenced by

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who gave him piano lessons. From 1946 to 1948 he attended

Leipzig Conservatory The University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig (german: Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig) is a public university in Leipzig (Saxony, Germany). Founded in 1843 by Felix Mendelssohn ...

where he studied with

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and in 1952 he moved to

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where he studied with

Nadia Boulanger Juliette Nadia Boulanger (; 16 September 188722 October 1979) was a French music teacher and conductor. She taught many of the leading composers and musicians of the 20th century, and also performed occasionally as a pianist and organist. From a ...

Lucette Descaves Lucette Descaves (1 April 1906 – 15 April 1993) was a French pianist and teacher, whose pupils included Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Geneviève Joy, Brigitte Engerer, Pascal Rogé, and Katia and Marielle Labèque. Biography Born in Paris, daughter o ...

Walter Gieseking Walter Wilhelm Gieseking (5 November 1895 – 26 October 1956) was a French-born German pianist and composer. Gieseking was renowned for his subtle touch, pedaling, and dynamic control—particularly in the music of Debussy and Ravel; he made inte ...

and

Edwin Fischer Edwin Fischer (6 October 1886 – 24 January 1960) was a Swiss classical pianist and conductor. He is regarded as one of the great interpreters of J.S. Bach and Mozart in the twentieth century. Biography Fischer was born in Basel and studied ...

, and

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. During the

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he taught in such places as

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, and both parts of

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as well as

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; in the latter, he became a

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and then President of the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Theater. There, he served from 1988 to 1991.

References

1926 births 2020 deaths German pianists German violinists German male violinists Musicians from Dresden University of Music and Theatre Leipzig alumni German male pianists {{Violinist-stub