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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1889
- Active to
- 1970
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- Listeners
- 28
- Total plays
- 295
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American classical pianist
David Saperton (1889–1970) was an American pianist known especially for being the first pianist to play the entire original compositions as well as the complete transcriptions of his father-in-law, Leopold Godowsky. He also recorded a number of Godowsky’s Studies on Chopin's Études as well as other pieces. His students at the Curtis Institute include Jorge Bolet, Shura Cherkassky, Sidney Foster, Julius Katchen, John Simms, Abbey Simon and Eleanor Sokoloff. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Davi
Authority record · VIAF
- Lifespan
- 1889–1970
- Nationality
- US
- Role / Field
- Pianist
- Gender
- Male
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Pittsburgh
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- pianist
- Employer
- Curtis Institute of Music
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- David Sapirstein (later known as David Saperton) in 1915.png
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- date of birth
- 1889-10-29
- date of death
- 1970-07-05
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