Harriet Cohen

Harriet Cohen CBE (born 2 December 1895 in London, † November 13, 1967 ibid ) was one of the finest British pianists in the first half of the 20th century.

Harriet Cohen joined at the age of 13 years first public appearance as a pianist in appearance. From 1912 to 1917 she studied at the London Royal Academy of Music and completed her training with Tobias Matthay, at the school, she also taught himself.

Throughout her career, she appeared as a soloist, as a chamber music partner ( for example, with Lionel Tertis and William Primrose ) and with orchestras. Toured Harriet Cohen in the 1920s to the 1940s through Europe and America. Your priorities were considered in addition to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and the Elizabethan era (about William Byrd, Orlando Gibbons ) that of their English contemporaries, they played for example in 1933 the premiere of the Piano Concerto, dedicated to her by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Arnold Bax, with whom she had a long -standing love affair, wrote a series of compositions for them. Béla Bartók dedicated to her the last 6 pieces of his microcosm. In addition, Harriet Cohen began for the piano music of Russian composers (such as Shostakovich or Kabalevsky ). A violation of the right hand forced in 1948 to restrict themselves for several years on the repertoire for the left hand. In 1960 she retired finally back from the concert platform.

Among the various honors Cohen included for example the appointment as Commander of the British Empire 1938. 1951 was the Harriet Cohen International Music Award launched. Harriet Cohen was also associated as a women's rights activist active ( Vice -President of the Women 's Freedom League) and the Jewish National Fund. Before the Second World War she performed together with the Palestine Symphony Orchestra.

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