Ignaz Friedman
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Ignaz Friedman was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age...

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The Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
The Sydney Conservatorium of Music is one of the oldest and most prestigious music schools in Australia...

 awards an annual Ignaz Friedman Prize for composition.

Friedman also taught several important pianists, including Joseph Gurt, Ignaz Tiegerman
Ignaz Tiegerman
Ignaz Tiegerman was a Polish pianist and teacher.He was an exceptional interpreter of the Romantic school . He studied with Leschetizky but his lessons with Ignaz Friedman were more significant...

 and Bruce Hungerford
Bruce Hungerford
Bruce Hungerford was an Australian pianist.Born in Korumburra, Victoria, Bruce Hungerford was originally named Leonard Hungerford...

(who also died in a foreign country on Australia Day).

Releases by Naxos Historical

  • Vol.1:- BEETHOVEN: 'Moonlight' Sonata / CHOPIN: Mazurkas (8.110684)
  • Vol.2:- GRIEG: Piano Concerto / CHOPIN: Sonata in B Flat Minor (8.110686)
  • Vol.3:- CHOPIN: Mazurkas (8.110690)
  • Vol.4:- MENDELSSOHN: Songs without Words (8.110736)
  • Vol.5:- English Columbia Recordings (8.111114)

Release by Arbiter

  • Masters of Chopin (Arbiter 158): Selection including previously unpublished recordings.

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