Anna Mehlig
pianist
Anna Mehlig (11 June 1846 – 20 July 1928), also known by her married name, Anna Falk-Mehlig, was a German composer and pianist who excelled with her interpretations of Franz Liszt, Frédéric Chopin and Carl Maria von Weber. She was a pupil of Sigmund Lebert and a close musical ally of Liszt. Through her extensive tours of the United States she became one of the most celebrated pianists of her age. At the height of her fame she was awarded an honorary membership of the New York Philharmonic in 1870.
Biography
Anna Mehlig was born in Stuttgart in 1846 to Heinrich Mehlig and Emilie Mehlig (née List) as the first of five children. Her father was a choir singer at the Royal Opera House of the Court of Württemberg and he gave her the first music lessons. In 1857, Mehlig was accepted as a student at the newly-founded conservatory of music at Stuttgart; awarded a scholarship, as a pupil of Sigmund Lebert, the most prominent piano teacher at the Conservatory.
Media reports soon flowed claiming the Mehlig was one of the most promising piano students of her generation. Her first concert tours were to Munich, Frankfurt and Leipzig where she played at the prestigious Gewandhaus, often performing with the violinist Simon E. Jacobsohn. Her first international tours were to the Netherlands and England in 1866 where she played under Sir Arthur Sullivan.
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