Walter Hautzig

Walter Hautzig (Hebrew: ולטר האוציג‎) is a pianist born September 28, 1921, in Vienna, Austria.

Biography

Hautzig studied under Josef Tal and Mieczysław Munz. He has taught master classes to hundreds of students all around the world. He has done tours in Japan over 30 times and has performed for President Jimmy Carter. He was also close friends with Eleanor Roosevelt.

He is the widower of author Esther Rudomin, and he is the father of David Hautzig and Deborah Hautzig.

Pupils

• Martin Berkofsky
• Yaron Kohlberg
• Ananda Sukarlan
• Dr. Lynn Rice-See
• Dr. Andrew Cooperstock
• Alan Sternfield
• Robin Zemp
• Dr. Barry Goldsmith
• Dr. Daniel Paul Horn
• Christine Niehaus
• Keith (Tristan) Rhodes
• Ruth Rose

Further reading

• Rice-See, Lynn. The Piano Teaching of Walter Hautzig with 613 Examples from the Works of Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, and Chopin, Edwin Mellen Press, 2008 ISBN 0-7734-4981-7
• Hautzig, Walter. Playing Around... the World: A Pianist Remembers 2nd Edition, Thompson Edition, Inc., 2011 ASIN B002MIGUI4

External links

• Walter Hautzig collection at the [International Piano Archives|International Piano Archives at Maryland]]. Retrieved 17 Jul 2013.
• Rosenblatt, Eli. "Hautzig's Incredible Journey." The Jewish Daily Forward. 24 Dec 2007. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
• Walter Hautzig biography on Bach Cantatas Website. Retrieved 17 July 2013.