Zdenka Ticharich (Zdenka von Ticharich) (26 September 1900 – 15 February 1979) was a Hungarian pianist, music educator and composer.

Life

Zdenka Ticharich was born in Budapest. She studied with István Tomka at the National School of Music, and then with

Ferruccio Busoni Ferruccio Busoni (1 April 1866 – 27 July 1924) was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor, editor, writer, and teacher. His international career and reputation led him to work closely with many of the leading musicians, artists and literary ...

and Emil Sauer at the

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, and composition with

Franz Schreker Franz Schreker (originally ''Schrecker''; 23 March 1878 – 21 March 1934) was an Austrian composer, conductor, teacher and administrator. Primarily a composer of operas, Schreker developed a style characterized by aesthetic plurality (a mixture ...

from 1923 to 1925. On March 11, 1929, Ticharich made her American debut at

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. Young composers from Schreker's class were popular in concert halls and opera houses in Germany but were forced into exile and their music banned by the

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prior to World War II. From 1947-1969 Ticharich taught piano at the Budapest Academy of Music. She died in Budapest in 1979. ''Capriccio'' by

Berthold Goldschmidt Berthold Goldschmidt (18 January 190317 October 1996) was a German Jewish composer who spent most of his life in England. The suppression of his work by Nazi Germany, as well as the disdain with which many Modernist critics elsewhere dismissed his ...

(1903–1996) was composed for Ticharich in 1927. She was a popular subject for artist portraits: *''Woman with Lace''

Ödön Márffy Ödön Márffy (30 November 1878 – 3 December 1959) was a Hungarian painter, one of The Eight in Budapest, credited with bringing cubism, Fauvism and expressionism to the country. Biography Following a short basic training, he obtained a g ...

(1878–1959), 1930 *''Zdenka Ticharich and Csinszka'' Ödön Márffy, 1930 *''Portrait of Ticharich Zdenka''

József Rippl-Rónai József Rippl-Rónai (23 May 1861 – 25 November 1927) was a Hungarian painter. He first introduced modern artistic movements in the Hungarian art. Biography He was born in Kaposvár. After his studies at the High School there, he went to ...

(1861–1927), 1921

Works

Ticharich composed for voice, orchestra and solo piano. Selected works include: *''Scherzo-Valse'' *''Suite'' for piano Ticharich's compositions have been recorded and issued on CD, including: *''Suite for piano'',

Kolja Lessing Kolja Lessing (born 15 October 1961) is a German violinist, pianist, composer and academic teacher. His focus as a soloist and chamber musician has been the neglected repertoire by composers who were ostracised under the Nazi regime. His recordin ...

piano, EDA Records (2000) *''Franz Schreker's Masterclasses in Vienna and Berlin, Vol. 3''

References

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