Flora Zygman
A smiling young woman, wrapped in a fur, wearing a dark hat. The black-and-white photo is in an oval frame.
Flora Zygman, from a 1919 publication.
NationalityPolish, American
Other namesFlora Guenzburg Zygman, Flora G. Zygmanowa
OccupationPianist

Flora Guenzburg Zygman (died after May 1940) was a Polish-born American pianist based in Chicago.

Early life

Flora Guenzburg Zygman was from Warsaw.[1] She studied with Sergei Bortkiewicz and with Alexander Glazunov in Saint Petersburg.[2]

Career

Zygman taught[3] and played piano in Chicago[4][5] from 1917,[6] and was a soloist with the Temple Judea Symphony Orchestra in Chicago in 1918.[7] In 1919 she was a soloist with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.[8] She made her New York debut in 1919, in an afternoon at the Aeolian Hall.[9] "The young pianist played with daylight cheerfulness and feminist sensitiveness," reported one reviewer, "and with no little technical skill."[10]

She made piano roll recordings for Ampico in 1920.[11] She also played in trios with violinist Edmund Zygman and cellist Adolf Hoffman,[12] and gave a concert with German contralto Rosa Olitzka on Mackinac Island in 1920.[13][14]

In 1922, 1928, 1932, 1936 and 1940, she was briefly noted for being the very last alphabetical listing in each year's new edition of Who's Who in America.[15][16]

References

  1. "Flora Zygman Goes to Europe" Music News 14(February 17, 1922): 28.
  2. "Flora Guenzberg-Zygman's Debut" Musical Courier (May 10, 1917): 16.
  3. "Flora Zygman Gives Studio Musicale". Music News. 13: 6. February 4, 1921.
  4. Donaghey, Frederick (1918-12-16). "Saturday to Monday in Music". Chicago Tribune. p. 23. Retrieved 2020-05-18 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "About Sunday's Music". Chicago Tribune. 1917-04-30. p. 15. Retrieved 2020-05-18 via Newspapers.com.
  6. Donaghey, Frederick (1917-04-29). "About Music and Musicians". Chicago Tribune. p. 65. Retrieved 2020-05-18 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Temple Judea Symphony Orchestra Concert" The Reform Advocate (March 16, 1918): 134.
  8. "An Attractive Studio Recital". Music News. 10: 4. September 27, 1918 via Internet Archive.
  9. "Flora Zygman Gives First Piano Recital". New York Herald. 1919-11-14. p. 11. Retrieved 2020-05-18 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Flora Zygman Has Sucessful [sic] Debut" Musical America (November 22, 1919): 9.
  11. "Flora Zygman to Play for Ampico" The Music Trades (December 27, 1919): 34.
  12. "Zygman-Hoffmann". Music News. 13: 20. May 6–13, 1921.
  13. "Flora Zygman and Rosa Olitzka". Music News. 12: 25. August 27, 1920.
  14. "Flora Zygman Returns to Her Chicago Classes". Music News. 12: 26. October 8, 1920.
  15. "New 'Who's Who' Off Presses". The Los Angeles Times. 1932-09-20. p. 19. Retrieved 2020-05-18 via Newspapers.com.
  16. "1940-41 Who's Who Has 31,752 Names: 2,862 New Sketches Appear in Biographical Volume to Be Out Friday". The New York Times. May 29, 1940. p. 28 via ProQuest.
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