Hugo Steurer (Piano)

Born: Germany ?
Died: 2004

Hugo Steurer was a German pianist and teacher. In the late 1950’s he taught at the Hochschule für Musik in Leipzig (1953-1958). Later he moved to Munich. Among his pupils were Gerhard Oppitz, Yaara Tal and Homero Francesch. Karl-Heinz Kämmerling worked as his assistant. During the mid 1980’s he resided in Essex, Suffolk, England. He had later lived in Bad Wörishofen, Bavaria, Germany, after his house in England had caught a fire.

Hugo Steurer had been supported by Wilhelm Furtwängler once, after he played Schumann Fantasy for him. Furtwaengler's comment was about like this: "not everything is the same way I would imagine, but this is indeed very good. But one thing you have to keep in mind. once you are on stage every protection ends." Another conductor he worked with was Franz Konwitschny, in one case L.v. Beethoven C minor Concerto. Steurer recorded works of W.A. Mozart (sonatas, concertos), L.v. Beethoven (sonatas, concertos), F. Schubert (Trout Quintet with Caspar-da-Salò Quartet, piano works, Lieder with Rudolf Knoll), Max Reger, Paul Hindemith, etc.

Hugo Steurer edited for piano several J.S. Bach’s works (chiefly selections from the Notebook of Anna Magadalena Bach, the Klavierbüchlein for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, the short preludes, and the French suites), and piano works of L.v. Beethoven.

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