Piero Ernesto Weiss

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Piero Ernesto Weiss

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Birthplace: Trieste, Province of Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Death: October 02, 2011 (83)
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Ottocaro Weiss and Ortensia Weiss
Husband of Private
Father of Antonio Francesco Weiss and Private
Brother of Carlo Francesco Weiss

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About Piero Ernesto Weiss

Piero Weiss (January 26, 1928 – October 2, 2011) was an Italian-American pianist and musicologist. Born in Trieste, his mother was a symphony violinist and the niece of novelist Italo Svevo. In 1938, at the age of 10, he fled Fascist Italy with his family, ending up in New York City in 1940. In New York, he studied piano with Isabella Vengerova and Rudolf Serkin, music theory and composition with Karl Weigl, and chamber music with Adolf Busch. In 1944, at the age of 16, he began his career as a concert pianist. He performed throughout the United States and Europe up into the 1960s, and also performed for radio broadcasts. He recorded works by Debussy. Ravel, Schubert, and Schumann.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piero_Weiss

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Piero Ernesto Weiss's Timeline

1928
January 26, 1928
Trieste, Province of Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
1966
1966
2011
October 2, 2011
Age 83
Baltimore, Maryland, United States