People named Henry Lichtwardt

He was a piano professor at the Detroit Conservatory of Music. I was his student from 1948 until 1955. Henry was a pupil of the great pianist Emil Sauer in Berlin who had been a pupil of Franz Liszt. Henry concertized in Detroit and had a following of talented students. He was known for his beautiful tone on the piano. His repertoire included the great Liszt B minor Sonata and La Camponella as well as the Bach/Busoni transcription of Toccata in D minor. As his student, I made my debut with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in the summer of 1952 under the baton of conductor Valter Poole.

Henry Lichtwardt of Michigan was born on February 6, 1887, and died at age 91 years old in December 1978.