Moszkowski, Moritz 08/23/1854 - 03/04/1925

Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925), composer and piano viruoso, studied piano with Theodor Kullak and composition with Richard Wuerst in Berlin. He then taught piano at the Kullak Konservatorium in Berlin and concertized as a celebrated pianist (with Franz Liszt at two pianos, among others) and settled in 1897 in Paris, where he died in 1925 of cancer.



Among his works are the opera "Boabdil," a ballet, and numerous songs, orchestral compositions and piano pieces. Still performed today are his piano concerto in E major, as well as some accessible piano pieces.