Solomon (pianist)

Solomon Cutner, known by his stage name Solomon, CBE ( born August 9, 1902 in London, † February 2, 1988 ) was a British pianist.

Life

As the son of a father of Polish descent, to the world came in very humble circumstances, he was in 1908 by Mathilde Verne, a pupil of Clara Schumann, "discovered" and brought out great as a " prodigy ". . The age of seven, he played the piano version of Tchaikovsky's Overture 1812 1911 announced Mathilde Verne him as " Solomon - aged 8 years " and gave him as his stage name. 1917 was the overtaxed by the early career artists, who in 1915 separated by Mathilde Verne as promoter, to give up his career and gave a farewell concert; In 1919 he suffered a nervous breakdown from which he recovered only slowly. 1921 ( eg by studies with Lazare Lévy ) he made his comeback in Paris. Then followed success on success until a stroke in 1956 which ended his career.

1946 Solomon was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Solomon was never one of the greats in the piano scene and was quickly forgotten because of the Second World War, his career was a hindrance, and he in the past more than 30 years of his life could no longer occur after his stroke.