Lilian Kallir

Lilian Kallir (May 6, 1931 – October 25, 2004) was a Czech-born American pianist.[1] Born in Prague in 1931, she moved to New York in 1940, where she studied the piano under Isabelle Vengerova and Herman de Grab, and composition and theory under Hugo Kauder.[2] She made her debut with the New York Philharmonic in 1957, and married fellow pianist Claude Frank in 1959, with whom she frequently performed together in her career.[2] In 1975, Kallir became a teacher at the Mannes School of Music, where she was once a student.