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Weissenberg, Alexis

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Personal name headingWeissenberg, Alexis
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Variant(s)Weissenberg, Sigi
Weissenberg, Sigismond
Вайсенберг, Алексис Сигизмунд
Vaĭsenberg, Aleksis Sigizmund
Biography/History noteAlexis Weissenberg, a French pianist of Bulgarian origin, was born July 26, 1929 and died on Jan. 8, 2012.
Associated countryFrance
Birth date1929-07-26
Death date2012-01-08
Place of birthSofia (Bulgaria)
Place of deathLugano (Switzerland)
Profession or occupationPianists Composers
Piano teachers
Accompanist
Special noteNon-Latin script reference not evaluated.
Found inSaint-Saëns, C. Le carnaval des animaux. [Phonodisc] 1967.
Dictionnaire des interprètes et de l'interprétation musicale au XXe siècle, c1982 (Weissenberg, Alexis; b. 7-29-1929, Sofia; Bulgarian pianist, naturalized French)
Baker's biographical dictionary of twentieth-century classical musicians, c1997 (Weissenberg, Alexis (Sigismond); b. July 26, 1929, Sofia; Bulgarian-born French pianist)
Weissenberg, A. Piano music of Prokofiev and Scriabin [SR] 1948?: labels (Sigi Weissenberg, piano) program notes (b. Bulgaria)
French Wikipedia WWW site, Jan. 9, 2012 (Alexis Weissenberg; b. July 26, 1929, Sofia; d. Jan. 8, 2012, Lugano; French pianist of Bulgarian origin)
Wikipedia, March 14, 2019 (Alexis Weissenberg, Alexis Sigismond Weissenberg, Bulgarian: Алексис Сигизмунд Вайсенберг; born July 26, 1929, Sofia, Bulgaria, died January 8, 2012, Lugano, Switzerland; Bulgarina-born French pianist; piano teacher)
Alexis Weissenberg archive WWW site, March 14, 2019 (Alexis Weissenberg; born July 26, 1929, Sofia, Bulgaria, died January 8, 2012, Lugano, Switzerland; pianist, accompanist, composer, piano teacher; male)