7/26/1929 - 1/8/2012
Amazing Lives: Remembering the life, death and legacy of Alexis Weissenberg
GENEVA (AP) - Bulgarian-born French pianist Alexis Weissenberg, whose love of music from the age of 3 saved him and his mother from a German-guarded camp during World War II and carried him to the musical heights of 20th century performances with Herbert von Karajan and Leonard Bernstein, has died. He was 82.
Bulgaria's Ministry of Culture on Monday confirmed the death of Weissenberg, who was born into a Jewish family in the capital Sofia but spent most of his life abroad and became a...