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Egon Petri (23 March 1881 – 27 May 1962) was a classical pianist. Petri's family was Dutch and he was born a Dutch citizen, but he was born in Hanover in Germany and was brought up in Dresden. His father was a professional violinist who taught his son that instrument. Petri played in the Dresden Court Orchestra and with his father's string quartet while still a teenager. He studied composition and theory with Hermann Kretzschmar and Felix Draeseke at the Dresden Conservatory. <a href="https://ww
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Egon
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Poland
- Place of birth
- Hanover
- Place of death
- Berkeley
- Occupation
- violinist
- Educated at
- Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber
- Languages spoken
- Polish
- Native language
- Polish
- Student of
- Ferruccio Busoni
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- Petri Egon.jpg
- Work location
- Berlin
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- date of birth
- 1881-03-23
- date of death
- 1962-05-27
- name in native language
- Egon Petri
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- Egon Petri
- student
- Ruth Slenczynska
- P8168
- Amarok
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