Flora Zygman | |
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Nationality | Polish, American |
Other names | Flora Guenzburg Zygman, Flora G. Zygmanowa |
Occupation | Pianist |
Flora Guenzburg Zygman (died after May 1940) was a Polish-born American pianist based in Chicago.
Flora Guenzburg Zygman was from Warsaw. [1] She studied with Sergei Bortkiewicz and with Alexander Glazunov in Saint Petersburg. [2]
Zygman taught [3] and played piano in Chicago [4] [5] from 1917, [6] and was a soloist with the Temple Judea Symphony Orchestra in Chicago in 1918. [7] In 1919 she was a soloist with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. [8] She made her New York debut in 1919, in an afternoon at the Aeolian Hall. [9] "The young pianist played with daylight cheerfulness and feminist sensitiveness," reported one reviewer, "and with no little technical skill." [10]
She made piano roll recordings for Ampico in 1920. [11] She also played in trios with violinist Edmund Zygman and cellist Adolf Hoffman, [12] and gave a concert with German contralto Rosa Olitzka on Mackinac Island in 1920. [13] [14]
In 1922, 1928, 1932, 1936 and 1940, she was briefly noted for being the very last alphabetical listing in each year's new edition of Who's Who in America. [15] [16]
Flora Zygman | |
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Nationality | Polish, American |
Other names | Flora Guenzburg Zygman, Flora G. Zygmanowa |
Occupation | Pianist |
Flora Guenzburg Zygman (died after May 1940) was a Polish-born American pianist based in Chicago.
Flora Guenzburg Zygman was from Warsaw. [1] She studied with Sergei Bortkiewicz and with Alexander Glazunov in Saint Petersburg. [2]
Zygman taught [3] and played piano in Chicago [4] [5] from 1917, [6] and was a soloist with the Temple Judea Symphony Orchestra in Chicago in 1918. [7] In 1919 she was a soloist with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. [8] She made her New York debut in 1919, in an afternoon at the Aeolian Hall. [9] "The young pianist played with daylight cheerfulness and feminist sensitiveness," reported one reviewer, "and with no little technical skill." [10]
She made piano roll recordings for Ampico in 1920. [11] She also played in trios with violinist Edmund Zygman and cellist Adolf Hoffman, [12] and gave a concert with German contralto Rosa Olitzka on Mackinac Island in 1920. [13] [14]
In 1922, 1928, 1932, 1936 and 1940, she was briefly noted for being the very last alphabetical listing in each year's new edition of Who's Who in America. [15] [16]