Gina Bachauer
Gina Bachauer was born in Athens, Attica Region, Greece on May 21st, 1913 and is the Pianist. At the age of 63, Gina Bachauer biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Gina Bachauer (born in Athens, Greece) was born.
She was Jewish.
At the age of eight, she gave her first recital in Athens.
In 1929, she graduated from Athens Conservatory. In 1932, she appeared at a 19-year-old piano for the first time.
She appeared on HMV (His Master's Voice), RCA Victor, and Mercury labels.
During World War II, she gave hundreds of concerts, including 630 for the Allied troops in the Middle East. Gina Bachauer was also Princess Irene's piano teacher. Bachauer was a close friend of Maurice Abravanel and performed with the Utah Symphony Orchestra frequently. She died at the Athens Festival in 1976 of a heart attack, on the day she would appear as soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, D.C.
Career
Bachauer's career included tours of the United States and Europe continents, giving over 100 concerts each year. She will fly and perform eleven months out of the year. She had been on coast-to-coast tours of the United States in 1965. In comparison to her appearances with orchestras, she gave solo recitals. She has received critical praise for her career, and has been dubbed the "queen of pianists" during her active career. She toured Italy, Yugoslavia, Greece, and Egypt after her time with Cortot and Rachmaninoff, but World War II left her trapped in Cairo. She gave concerts to troops in the area, expanding her repertoire beyond classical music for a time as it bored the troops. She regarded her 1935 appearance with the Athens Symphony Orchestra as her true debut, because it launched her career more than any of her previous appearances. In 1955, she appeared in the Herodes Atticus Theatre before King Paul and Queen Frederika. She was the first solo pianist to do so. Despite a low turnout, she debuted in the United States in 1950 and received rave reviews.
Recording music was also a large part of Bachauer's career. She appeared on HMV (His Master's Voice), RCA Victor, and Mercury labels. She performed with orchestras and released her own solo albums.
Bachauer took time to help young pianists by listening to them perform and giving her tips during their three decades as the "queen of pianists." She took a short break from touring to judge the American Music Scholarship Association's piano competition in 1973 and spent time with the participants.
Bachauer was also the piano teacher of Princess Irene and gave King Paul piano lessons. On several of her tours to the United States, Princess Irene appeared with Bachauer, including concerts in Salt Lake City, Seattle, Cincinnati, and Dallas. In 1971, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra reached out to Bachauer when they were having financial difficulties. Princess Irene was invited to perform a two-piano concerto with her as part of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra Orchestra Festival, by Bachauer. The novelty of a Greek princess mingled with Bachauer's fame, as well as a $100,000 for the struggling orchestra.
Bachauer, a close friend of Maurice Abravanel, performed with the Utah Symphony Orchestra and appeared on stage often. She was named an honorary citizen of Utah and received an honorary doctorate of music from the University of Utah. The Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation is based in Salt Lake City. She has also appeared with the London Philharmonic and the BBC Orchestra.