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Title: Descendants of Composers?
Post by: donjuan on August 26, 2004, 06:12:20 AM

are there any?  Liszt slept around so much, I wouldnt be surprised if everyone in Europe has a little Liszt in them. ;)

Title: Re: Descendants of Composers?
Post by: Stolzing on August 26, 2004, 06:25:51 AM

Liszt's daughter Cosima married Richard Wagner.  They had Siegfried Wagner who was a composer.  His son is Wolfgang Wagner who today (amazingly if you consider that Richard Wagner was born in 1813) is still leading the Bayreuth festival, that was founded by Richard.  

Here's an article from last month and a pic of Wolfgang:
https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/3926697.stm

So that's Liszt's great grandson/Wagner's grandson.

Title: Re: Descendants of Composers?
Post by: donjuan on August 26, 2004, 08:36:30 AM

wow.... :o

Title: Re: Descendants of Composers?
Post by: RachOn on August 28, 2004, 11:40:00 PM

One of my good friends and fellow jam buddy (I do jazz piano and he does Jazz trumpet, and we both do Classical Piano) is Louis Stravinsky, great grandson of the man himself, Igor.  He's a great dude and a pretty rocking pianist, although I don't think he's a Juliard bound prodigy.  But hey who is and can also say they have a normal life.

Title: Re: Descendants of Composers?
Post by: Tash on August 29, 2004, 04:44:17 AM

there was a pianist in the sydney international piano competition who was the grandon of pablo casals- i liked him but he didn't get into the semis which was a bummer

Title: Re: Descendants of Composers?
Post by: bachmaninov on August 29, 2004, 06:20:46 AM

Theres this girl at my school and her last name is Liszt!!! She claims to be related... but.. i dunno  :-X

Title: Re: Descendants of Composers?
Post by: donjuan on August 29, 2004, 06:33:41 AM

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One of my good friends and fellow jam buddy (I do jazz piano and he does Jazz trumpet, and we both do Classical Piano) is Louis Stravinsky, great grandson of the man himself, Igor.

:o
do you have proof?  What do his parents say?

Title: Re: Descendants of Composers?
Post by: RachOn on August 30, 2004, 05:08:45 AM

Ummm I don't know about proof but his parents verify his story, I met his dad a few times, and his grandfathers name is Soulima, who released a recording called "Soulima Stravinsky Plays Igor Stravinsky," which he lent to me.  I'm not joking he really is Igor's great grand son.  

Title: Re: Descendants of Composers?
Post by: donjuan on August 30, 2004, 07:43:48 AM

wow....  :o

Title: Re: Descendants of Composers?
Post by: RachOn on August 30, 2004, 09:19:33 AM

He says his ultimate goal is to play Petrouchka, but every time he's tried he's failed.  He's only 16 (I'm 15) so thats understandable given the tremendous difficulty of Petrouchka.  His grandfather plays it pretty well on Soulima Stravinsky Plays Igor Stravinsky but the recording is a little poor... Do you know where I could get any other recordings of Petrouchka?