Egon Petri (March 23, 1881 - May 27, 1962) was a classical pianist. March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). ... 1881 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... May 27 is the 147th day (148th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 218 days remaining. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Classical music is a broad, somewhat imprecise term, referring to music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of, European art, ecclesiastical and concert music, encompassing a broad period from roughly 1000 to the present day. ... A pianist is a person who plays the piano. ...

Petri's family was Dutch, but he was born in Hanover in Germany and was brought up in Dresden. His father was a professional violinist who taught his son that instrument. Egon played in the Dresden Court Orchestra while still a teenager. Hanover (German: Hannover []), on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany. ... Dresden is the capital city of the German federal state of Saxony, is situated in a valley on the river Elbe. ... Violin The violin is a stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a perfect fifth apart. ...

From an early age, Petri had also taken piano lessons and he eventually concentrated on that instrument. He studied with Ferruccio Busoni, who proved to be a big influence on him. Thanks to him, Petri focused on the works of Johann Sebastian Bach and Franz Liszt, composers that, along with Busoni himself, remained at the centre of his repertoire. This article is about the modern musical instrument. ... Ferruccio Busoni Dante Michaelangelo Benvenuto Ferruccio Busoni (April 1, 1866 – July 27, 1924) was an Italian composer, pianist, music teacher and conductor. ... The 1748 Haussmann portrait of the composer. ... Franz Liszt (Hungarian: Liszt Ferenc) (October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886) was a Hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer. ...

Petri moved with Busoni to Switzerland during World War I where he assisted him in editing Bach's keyboard works. In the 1920s Petri taught in Berlin, Victor Borge and Vitya Vronsky among his pupils. In 1923 he became the first non-Soviet soloist to play in the Soviet Union. In 1927 he moved to Zakopane in Poland. From 1929 he made a number of recordings. World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machine guns, and poison gas. ... This article is about the city in Germany. ... Victor Borge (January 3, 1909 – December 23, 2000) was born in Copenhagen, Denmark as Børge Rosenbaum and died in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA. Affectionately known as the Clown Prince of Denmark and the Great Dane, he was a humorist, entertainer and world-class pianist. ... Motto: none Voivodship Lesser Poland Municipal government Rada Miasta Zakopane Mayor Piotr BÄ…k Area 8,4 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 29,360 - 3495/km² Founded City rights 1578 1933 Latitude Longitude 49°18 N 19°57 E Area code +48 18 Car plates KTT Twin towns Poprad, Saint...

With the outbreak of World War II, Petri moved to the United States where he worked first at Cornell University and later at Mills College in Oakland, California. Earl Wild was among his American students. World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb. ... Cornell University is a leading research university based in Ithaca, New York. ... Mills College is a private womens liberal arts college located in Oakland, California, USA. It has played an important role in modern American music through its post-graduate program in experimental music, and is highly regarded for its English and Education departments. ... View of downtown Oakland looking west across Lake Merritt. ... Earl Wild (born November 26, 1915) is an American pianist known especially for his transciptions of classical music and jazz. ...

Petri died in 1962 in Berkeley, California. Berkeley as seen from the Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve Berkeley is a city in the San Francisco Bay Area of northern California, in the United States. ...