Gina bachauer biography

Greek pianist who gave hundreds of performances for the Allied troops during World War II.Born in Athens, Greece, on May 21, 1913; died of a heart attack in Athens on August 22, 1976; daughter of an Austrian father and Italian mother; married second husband Alec Sherman (a conductor).

Gina Bachauer began serious piano instruction at age five, studying in Athens and then in Paris with Alfred Cortot.

When she was 20, her infectious Romanticism earned her the Medal of Honor at the 1933 Vienna international competition.

Gina bachauer biography

Bachauer's concerto debut took place in Athens in 1935 with the brilliant Dmitri Mitropoulos conducting, and, in 1937, she repeated that triumph in Paris under the baton of Pierre Monteux. During the second World War, she lived in Alexandria, Egypt, and showed her solidarity with the Allied cause by giving hundreds of performances for soldiers throughout the Middle East.

Her 1946 London debut was with the conductor Alec Sherman, who be