Wilhelm Backhaus ('Bachaus' on some record labels) (26 March 1884 – 5 July 1969) was a German pianist and pedagogue. He was particularly well known for...
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Backhaus is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Georg F. Backhaus (born 1955), German agricultural scientist specializing in horticulture...
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appearing on a second set (set number 8, dedicated to Wilhelm Backhaus, is titled "Wilhelm Backhaus I", which suggests that a second set was planned at...
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3rd Chopin Competition (1937). Among members of the jury (sitting on the left) Heinrich Neuhaus, Emil von Sauer, Guido Agosti, and Wilhelm Backhaus...
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Philharmonic under Wilhelm Furtwängler and Wilhelm Backhaus. Many entertainers and concert pianists, such as Leonard Bernstein, Jorge Bolet, and Wilhelm Kempff,...
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Bösendorfer. Another great pianist who championed Bösendorfer pianos was Wilhelm Backhaus. In his memoirs, Arthur Rubinstein recounts having insisted on a Bechstein...
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will often have that piano shipped with them while on tour. Tori Amos Wilhelm Backhaus Paul Badura-Skoda Victor Borge Malcolm Frager Keith Jarrett Valentina...
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(1884–1950), expressionist painter, professor at art academies and schools Wilhelm Backhaus (1884–1969), pianist Karl Alfred Pabst (1884–1971), painter, graphic...
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large halls. He is only the third pianist (after Emil von Sauer and Wilhelm Backhaus) to have been awarded honorary membership of the Vienna Philharmonic...
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movement typically lasts around eight to nine minutes. German pianist Wilhelm Kempff wrote his own cadenzas for both the first and last movements and...
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