- Jörg Demus
Jörg Demus (born
December 2 ,1928 , inSt. Pölten ) is anAustria npianist .At the age of six, Demus received his first piano lessons. Five years later, at the age of 11, he entered the Vienna Academy of Music, studying
piano andconducting . He graduated in 1945, then 17 years old. His debut as a pianist, however, came when he was still a student: at the age of 14, Demus played in theBrahms-Saal for the prestigiousGesellschaft der Musikfreunde .cite web
url = http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Demus-Jorg.htm
title = Jörg Demus (Piano) - Short Biography
accessdate = 2007-01-06
author = Aryeh Oron]He has been active as a Lied accompanist and a chamber music partner, appearing with such artists as
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf ,Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Josef Suk. He has performed widely as a soloist both on modern and on historical instruments and has collaborated withPaul Badura-Skoda on the concert platform and in a book on the interpretation of Beethoven'spiano sonata s. Demus played Romantic works quite often; he took on the part of accompanist and performed in chamber music ensembles.He received the Mozart Medal of the
Mozartgemeinde Wien in 1979.References
External links
* [http://www.soundfountain.org/rem/remdemus.html His early recordings for Don Gabor's Remington Records]
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