Louise Meiszner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Louise Meiszner

American music educator

Date of Birth: 24-Aug-1924

Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Date of Death: 30-Jun-2008

Profession: composer, pianist, music pedagogue

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Louise Meiszner

  • Louise Meiszner (August 24, 1924 – June 30, 2008) was an American pianist and music educator.
  • Her married name was Louise M.
  • Nathanson.The daughter of Lujza Eberhardt, a concert pianist, and John Meiszner, a flautist, both immigrants from Hungary, she was born in St.
  • Louis, Missouri.
  • A child prodigy, she began playing the piano at the age of three and gave her first public concert at the age of five.
  • In 1930, the family moved back to Hungary, where she attended the Franz Liszt Academy of Music for eight years.
  • At the age of thirteen, she was invited by Austrian composer Erich Kleiber to perform with his orchestra as a soloist.
  • In 1938, she returned to the United States and appeared in concert with the Kansas City Philharmonic.
  • She continued her education at the Juilliard School, graduating in May 1945.
  • In the same year, she received the Leventritt Award.Meiszner performed with most of major orchestras in the United States and Europe, including the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the St.
  • Louis Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra.In 1959, she married Martin Jay Nathanson, an Illinois businessman; the couple had one child and Meiszner retired from performing.
  • When her son Kevin began playing the flute during the early 1970s, she began playing again to accompany him.
  • She also on occasion accompanied musicians performing in the Quad Cities area.
  • During the 1980s, she began teaching part-time at Augustana College and Rivermont Collegiate.Meiszner died at the Trinity Medical Center in Rock Island, Illinois at the age of 83.

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