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Wilhelm Kempff

1895 to 1991 4 documented presences 4 places

Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Wilhelm Kempff across 4 places, from 1895 to 1991. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Wilhelm Walter Friedrich Kempff (25 November 1895 – 23 May 1991) was a German pianist, teacher and composer.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Wilhelm Kempff was documented, and when

1895year
Jüterbogattested “Kempff was born in Jüterbog, Brandenburg, in 1895.” source: Wikipedia: Wilhelm Kempff
1914year
Potsdamattested “In 1914 Kempff moved on to study at the Viktoria gymnasium in Potsdam before returning to Berlin to finish his training.” source: Wikipedia: Wilhelm Kempff
1914year
Berlinattested “In 1914 Kempff moved on to study at the Viktoria gymnasium in Potsdam before returning to Berlin to finish his training.” source: Wikipedia: Wilhelm Kempff
1991year
Positanoattested “He died in Positano, Italy, in 1991 at the age of 95, five years after his wife, whom he had married in 1926.” source: Wikipedia: Wilhelm Kempff

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Places Wilhelm Kempff is documented in

Berlin1 presence · 1914Potsdam1 presence · 1914
Jüterbog1 presence · 1895
Positano1 presence · 1991

Other places tied to Wilhelm Kempff in the record

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1924 to 1929period
Finlandmentioned “Later, when Kempff was in Finland, the composer Jean Sibelius asked him to play the slow movement of Beethoven's 29th Sonata, the Hammerklavier; after Kempff finished, Sibelius told him, "You did not play that as a pianist but rather as…” source: Wikipedia: Wilhelm Kempff
1929year
Leipzig Gewandhausmentioned “His second symphony premiered in 1929 at the Leipzig Gewandhaus by Wilhelm Furtwängler.” source: Wikipedia: Wilhelm Kempff
1936 to 1979period
Japanmentioned “Between 1936 and 1979 he performed ten times in Japan (a small Japanese island was named Kenpu-san in his honor).” source: Wikipedia: Wilhelm Kempff
1951year
New Yorkmentioned “Kempff made his first London appearance in 1951 and his first in New York in 1964.” source: Wikipedia: Wilhelm Kempff
1981year
Parismentioned “He gave his last public performance in Paris in 1981, and then retired for health reasons (Parkinson's disease).” source: Wikipedia: Wilhelm Kempff

Documented at the same place, the same year

Albert EinsteinHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin · 1914Max PlanckHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin · 1914Hannah ArendtHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin · 1914Jean SibeliusHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin · 1914Joachim von RibbentropHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin · 1914Wilhelm PieckHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin · 1914Paul-Henri SpaakHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin · 1914Ferruccio BusoniHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin · 1914Alexej von JawlenskyHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin · 1914

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