Henry Neuhaus was born on
April, 12 1888 in Elisavetgrad, today Kirovograd. He got the primary musical education
from his father, the founder of the local musical school. On finishing the high school he
studied under the guidance of the pianist L.Godovsky in Berlin. Later on he entered the
Vienna Academy of Music. On returning home, Neuhaus worked in the local department of
education. With his second cousin, famous Polish composer K.Shymanovsky, Henry Neuhaus
founded the chamber society, delivered lectures. In 1920 Neuhaus became a professor of
Kiev and in 1922 - of Moscow conservatoires.
Neuhaus wrote many articles about music. His famous work is a book "The Art of
Playing Piano". Neuhaus's school continued famous traditions of piano art.
In1988 on the house, where Henry Neuhaus
was born, a memorial note was put. |
