11 Facts About Sascha Gorodnitzki

Sascha Gorodnitzki was an American concert pianist, recording artist and pedagogue at the Juilliard School of Music.

Sascha Gorodnitzki was a child prodigy, but his parents had refused to allow him to embark on a performing career as a child.

Sascha Gorodnitzki's teachers included his mother, then Percy Goetschius, William J Henderson, Edwin Hughes, and Krehbiel at the Institute of Musical Art, which later became the Juilliard School.

Sascha Gorodnitzki entered the Juilliard Graduate School in 1926, where he was awarded teaching fellowship.

Sascha Gorodnitzki studied piano performance with Josef Lhevinne and composition with Rubin Goldmark, graduating with highest honors in 1932.

Sascha Gorodnitzki won the Schubert Memorial Prize in 1930, which launched a long concert career, He made his debut with the New York Philharmonic Symphony Society and played his first Carnegie Hall solo recital in 1931.

Sascha Gorodnitzki taught at the Temple University Music Festival and Institute in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Sascha Gorodnitzki was described by The New York Times as a "perfectionist" who inspired immense loyalty from his students.

Sascha Gorodnitzki remained a member of the Juilliard faculty until his death.

Sascha Gorodnitzki was 81 years old and lived in Manhattan.

Sascha Gorodnitzki's widow endowed the Sascha Gorodnitzki Faculty Chair in Piano Studies, headed by Gorodnitzki's student, Eduardus Halim, at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture in 2008.