Charlotte Lois Zelka

Charlotte Lois Zelka (also Zelkowitz) (April 3, 1930 - October 6, 2001) was a concert pianist and founder of the Pasadena Music Ensemble.

Life

She began playing the piano at age three. In her teens she went to New York to study at the Juilliard School of Music and later with Artur Schnabel.^[1] When in her twenties she moved to Europe to tour the continent for two decades. She made several recordings for Vox during the 1950s. Included in her repertoire was Ernst Krenek's 5th piano sonata, which she commissioned.^[2] In 1957 she married philosopher and journalist Guenther Anders. While she lived in Vienna she taught at the Vienna Boys Choir, performed with Der Reihe and translated her husband's works into English. She left Guenther in 1972 to return to Monrovia, but they were never divorced and she kept in touch.^[3]

References

1. ^ LA Times October 15, 2001 "Charlotte Zelka, 71; Concert Pianist Founded Pasadena Music Ensemble" http://articles.latimes.com/2001/oct/15/local/me-57339
2. ^ Stewart, John L. (1991). Ernst Krenek: the Man and His Music. Berkeley: University of California Press.
3. ^ Charlotte Zelka (1930-Oct. 6, 2001); http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/marcuse/projects/anders/zelka044.htm

Persondata
Name	Zelka, Charlotte Lois
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Short description	American pianist
Date of birth	April 3, 1930
Place of birth
Date of death	October 6, 2001
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