Victor Schieler ( dated. Victor Schiøler ; April 7, 1899 , Copenhagen - February 17, 1967 , Copenhagen ) is a Danish pianist.
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| Date of Birth | April 7, 1899 |
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| Date of death | February 17, 1967 (67 years) |
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| Professions | pianist |
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The illegitimate son of the composer Victor Bendix and his student, pianist Augusta Schieler (1868–1946), sister of the violinist Axel Schieler . It is argued that Bendix agreed to the request of his student about the child on the terms of absolute anonymity, but then Schieler changed her mind and demanded recognition of paternity; The composer refused, the angry mother tried to shoot him, but Bendix knocked the gun out of his hand with a stick [1] .
He studied with his mother, then with Ignaz Friedman and Arthur Schnabel . He made his debut in 1914, from 1919 he gave concerts in various European countries, but mainly lived and worked in Germany, where he also received a medical education. In 1924, he became the first Danish pianist to record his playing ( Fryderyk Chopin etudes). After the Nazis came to power, they practically ceased their concert activity. In 1943, he received the opportunity to flee to Sweden, where he resumed his musical career. In 1948-1949 made a tour of the United States.
The most significant place in Schieler's repertoire was occupied by late romantics, “which he performed with the natural warmth and beauty of tone, combined with internal discipline, which never went against freedom and expressiveness” [2] . The collection of selected Schieler records was released in 2003 on three discs under the general title “The Great Danish Pianist Victor Schieler” ( The Great Danish Pianist Victor Schiøler ); his record of the Second Piano Concerto by Camille Saint-Saens (1953, with the Symphonic Orchestra of the Danish Radio , conductor Nikolai Malko ) was particularly highly rated: in particular, J. Nicholas ranks it among the best interpretations available in the record [3] .
Since 1962, Professor of the Danish Royal Conservatory . In Schieler in his adolescence studied Victor Borge .
Commander of the Order of Danebrog (1950), also awarded the royal medal of Ingenio et arti (1964).
Notes
- ↑ Barry Brenesal. Danish Piano Concertos, Vol. 4 // Fanfare (eng.)
- ↑ Christopher Howell. “The Great Danish Pianist Victor Schiøler” // Musicweb International, February 2003. (eng.)
- ↑ Jeremy Nicholas. Saint-Saëns's Piano Concerto No 2 - which recording is the best? // The Gramophone , 04/10/2015. (eng.)
Links
- Full discography of Viktor Schieler (Danish)