Ilona Vincze-Krausz

Ilona Vincze-Krausz^[1] or Kraus (née Krausz; Hebrew: אילונה_וינצה-קראוס; 14 December 1902 – 17 August 1998, Israel) was a Hungarian-Israeli teacher of current classical piano pedagogues. ^[2]

Education and professional history

Vincze-Krausz was born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary in 1902,^[3] the daughter of Isidore Eduard Krausz and Lina Karolina Krausz (née Lefkovitz). She studied at the Royal Academy of Music in Budapest and performed recitals throughout Europe. She was a student of Béla Bartók. After fleeing to Palestine in 1936 with her husband and son, she became a professor at the Palestine Conservatory in Jerusalem and later taught at the Academy of Music in Tel-Aviv. Her students include Dan Gottfried, Arie Vardi, Naomi Shemer,^[4] Baruch Arnon, Avi Schönfeld, Yoheved Kaplinsky and Issak Tavior.

She was married to cellist László Vincze.^[5]

References

1. Mendelsohn, Ezra (1994). Studies in Contemporary Jewry: Volume IX: Modern Jews and Their Musical Agendas. Hebrew University of Jerusalem. p. 95. ISBN 9780195358827. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
2. Who's who in Israel and in the work for Israel abroad. Bronfman & Cohen Publications. 1973. p. 406. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
3. "Ilona Vincze-Kraus". Orpheus Trust in Austria. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
4. Interview with Naomi Shemer 2015-04-16 at the Wayback Machine, Florida Atlantic University Jewish Sound Archives, January 7, 2013.
5. "Vincze László Vincze-Krausz Ilona". Emlékmúzeum. Retrieved 6 August 2017.