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