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Ilona Vincze-Krausz

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Ilona Vincze-Krausz[1] or Kraus (née Krausz; Hebrew: אילונה_וינצה-קראוס; 14 December 1902 – 17 August 1998, Israel) was a Hungarian-Israeli teacher of current classical piano pedagogues. [2]

Education and professional history

Vincze-Krausz was born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary in 1902,[3] the daughter of Isidore Eduard Krausz and Lina Karolina Krausz (née Lefkovitz). She studied at the Royal Academy of Music in Budapest and performed recitals throughout Europe. She was a student of Béla Bartók. After fleeing to Palestine in 1936 with her husband and son, she became a professor at the Palestine Conservatory in Jerusalem and later taught at the Academy of Music in Tel-Aviv. Her students include Dan Gottfried, Arie Vardi, Naomi Shemer,[4] Baruch Arnon, Avi Schönfeld, Yoheved Kaplinsky and Issak Tavior.

She was married to cellist László Vincze.[5]

References

  1. ^ Mendelsohn, Ezra (1994). Studies in Contemporary Jewry: Volume IX: Modern Jews and Their Musical Agendas. Hebrew University of Jerusalem. p. 95. ISBN 9780195358827. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  2. ^ Who's who in Israel and in the work for Israel abroad. Bronfman & Cohen Publications. 1973. p. 406. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Ilona Vincze-Kraus". Orpheus Trust in Austria. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  4. ^ Interview with Naomi Shemer Archived 2015-04-16 at the Wayback Machine, Florida Atlantic University Jewish Sound Archives, January 7, 2013.
  5. ^ "Vincze László Vincze-Krausz Ilona". Emlékmúzeum. Retrieved 6 August 2017.