FYI

   Eunice Norton, pianist and classical music promoter

   In Wednesday's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Andrew Druckenbrod reports
   the death of Eunice Norton, "a pianist of international stature
   in her day" who founded "a precursor to the Pittsburgh Chamber
   Music Society and supported countless local students. Born in
   Minneapolis in 1908, Mrs.  Norton died Dec. 9 in Vienna. She was
   97." Druckenbrod writes: "In 1927, Mrs. Norton won the London
   Bach Prize, and her break came when Henry Wood booked her at
   Queen's Hall and took her on tour in England and internationally
   with his orchestra. She also performed at Wigmore Hall and with
   the BBC Symphony." Druckenbrod notes, "Mrs. Norton spent the
   '30s studying with the eminent pianist Artur Schnabel ... it was
   at this time that she first performed with the Pittsburgh Symphony
   Orchestra," giving the Pittsburgh premiere of Brahms' Piano
   Concerto No. 1 under music director Fritz Reiner. "Mrs. Norton
   was an avid supporter of new music, as well, premiering and
   performing works by Paul Hindemith, Honegger, Charles Ives and
   others," adds Druckenbrod. Later in life, Norton taught one year
   at Carnegie Mellon University, and worked "behind-the-scenes
   work for classical music in Pittsburgh."

Karl