What is Jörg Demus?
[[File:Goerg Demus (1972 tour of Southern Africa).jpeg|thumb|Demus in [[southern Africa]], 1972]] '''Jörg Demus''' (2 December 1928 – 16 April 2019)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://derstandard.at/2000101627195/Pianist-Joerg-Demus-90-jaehrig-verstorben|title=Pianist Jörg Demus 90-jährig verstorben|work=Der Standard|lang=de|date=17 April 2019|access-date=19 April 2019}}</ref> was an [[Austria]]n [[pianist]] and [[composer]]. He had his first piano lesson at the age of six. From the age of 11, he studied [[piano]] and [[conducting]] at the [[University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna|Vienna Academy of Music]]. He [[wikt:graduate|graduated]] at the age of 17. He won the [[Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition]] in 1956. He worked with singers such as [[Elisabeth Schwarzkopf]], [[Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau]], [[Elly Ameling]] and [[Peter Schreier]]. He also worked with [[String instrument|string players]] like [[Josef Suk (violinist)|Josef Suk]] and [[Antonio Janigro]]. He has been called one of the most successful Austrian pianists.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://austria-forum.org/af/AEIOU/Demus,_J%C3%B6rg|title=Demus, Jörg|lang=de|publisher=Austria-Forum|access-date=18 April 2019}}</ref> Demus was born in [[St. Pölten]], [[Lower Austria]]. He was the son of art [[historian]] [[Otto Demus]] (1902–1990) and the [[violinist]] [[Luise Demus]]. He died in [[Vienna]] on 16 April 2019. He was 90.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/pianist-joerg-demus-gestorben-ld.1476125|title=Der Pianist Jörg Demus ist tot. Er lebte für seine Kunst – bis zuletzt|lang=de|work=[[Neue Zürcher Zeitung]]|date=17 April 2019|access-date=18 April 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Demus, Jorg}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Austrian composers]] [[Category:Austrian classical musicians]] [[Category:People from Lower Austria]] [[Category:Austrian pianists]] {{Bio-stub}}