Ignaz Friedman

Ignaz Friedman
Born
Solomon Isaac Freudman

February 13, 1882
Podgórze, Kraków, Austrian Poland
DiedJanuary 26, 1948 (age 65)
Sydney, Australia
NationalityPolish
Occupation(s)Pianist and Composer
Berlin memorial plaque, Pariser Straße 21, in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Germany

Ignaz Friedman (also spelled Ignace or Ignacy; full name Solomon (Salomon) Isaac Freudman(n), Yiddish: שְׁלֹמֹה יִצְחָק פֿרײדמאַן; February 13, 1882 – January 26, 1948) was a Polish pianist and composer. Critics (e.g. Harold Schonberg) and colleagues (e.g. Sergei Rachmaninoff) alike placed him among the supreme piano virtuosi of his day, alongside Leopold Godowsky, Moriz Rosenthal, Ferruccio Busoni, Josef Hofmann and Josef Lhévinne.