Gideon Klein was a Czech pianist and composer of classical music. He was born in Přerov and, showing musical talent early, studied piano with Růžena Kurzová and Vilém Kurz, and composition with Alois Hába. In December 1941 he was deported by the Nazis to Terezín concentration camp, where along with Leoš Janáček's pupil Pavel Haas, Hans Krasa, and Schoenberg's pupil Viktor Ullmann he became one of the major composers in that camp, … Wikipedia
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N le 6 dcembre 1919, Gideon Klein tait le dernier enfant d'un marchand juif de la petite ville de Prerov en Moravie, province situe au centre de la Tchcoslovaquie, toute jeune rpublique constitue l'anne prcdente. www.ensemble2e2m.com/biographies/klein.htm
The circumstances surrounding Kleins String Trio are probably the most extreme we will have encountered in all the programs thus far presented. www.fuguemasters.com/klein.html
Gideon Klein - Czech Composer The tragic death of Gideon KIein, an extraordinarily gifted composer and pianist, was one of the heaviest losses for Czech music in the cruel years of the Second World War. www.musica.cz/comp/klein.htm
Gideon Klein, born in 1919, became actively involved in music in the 1930s, when he launched his career as a concert pianist and set about composing; his works became of increasing importance. www.jewishmuseum.cz/en/atony.htm
