Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist and composer (d. 1976)
Gina Bachauer (Greek: Τζίνα Μπαχάουερ; May 21, 1913, Athens – August 22, 1976, Athens), was a Greek classical pianist who toured extensively in the United States and Europe.
Gina Bachauer was born in Athens, Greece. She was Jewish. She gave her first recital in Athens at the age of eight. She graduated from the Athens Conservatory in 1929.
Her first concert with an orchestra was in 1932, when she was 19 years old. She recorded for the HMV (His Master's Voice), RCA Victor and Mercury labels. She gave hundreds of concerts, including 630 for the Allied troops in the Middle East during World War II. Gina Bachauer was also the piano teacher of Princess Irene.
Bachauer was a close friend of Maurice Abravanel and often appeared with the Utah Symphony Orchestra.
She died in 1976 of a heart attack at the Athens Festival, on the day she was to appear as soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, D.C.
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