ABOUT
Remembered for her educational impact. She trained many future famous pianists, including Alan Weiss and David Oei.She was known to give copious notes to her students, writing "bold directions in red crayon, right across the page, in huge letters, gratuitous slashes," according to one student.She served as musical advisor for several films, including 1951's Murder in the Cathedral, which was an adaptation of a verse drama by poet T.S. Eliot.
BEFORE FAMEShe was a student at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music where she was taught by Liszt pupil Arpad Szendy.
PERSONAL LIFEShe married her colleague, Hungarian pianist Louis Kentner. She was considered by some to possess the greater talent. He left her in 1945.
FUN FACTSPianist Ilona Kabos were born on Thursday, birthstone is Turquoise, the seaon was Fall in the Chinese year of , it is 336 days until Ilona Kabos next birthday.
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Jan. 06 1926