Lili Kraus

Hungarian pianist, born April 3, 1903 in Budapest, died November 6, 1986 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA. At the age of 17, she entered the conservatory in Budapest where she studied with Artur Schnabel, Zoltán Kodály, Béla Bartók, and Severin Eisenberger. In the 1930s, she continued her studies with and with Schnabel, who focused her interest in the classical tradition. Lili Kraus soon became known as a special…