Today’s Jewish Birthday: Alexis Weissenberg

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Alexis Weissenberg, 1947 (Photo: Wikipedia)

Alexis Weissenberg (July 26, 1929 –  January 8, 2012) was a Bulgarian-born French pianist.

Born into a Jewish family in Sofia, Weissenberg took piano lessons at three from Pancho Vladigerov, a Bulgarian composer. He gave his first public performance at the age of eight.

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