# Peter Wallfisch

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**Hans Peter Wallfisch** (20 October 1924 – 10 November 1993)[1] was a concert pianist and teacher, resident in the United Kingdom from 1951 onwards.

## Life

Wallfisch was born in [Breslau](/source/Breslau), [Lower Silesia](/source/Province_of_Lower_Silesia), in 1924. In 1938, he emigrated to [Palestine](/source/Mandatory_Palestine); he studied at the Jerusalem Conservatoire, and was later a teacher there. In the late-1940s, he studied in [Paris](/source/Paris) with [Marguerite Long](/source/Marguerite_Long).[1] In 1948, he won the first prize of the [Béla Bartók](/source/B%C3%A9la_Bart%C3%B3k) Competition in [Budapest](/source/Budapest).[2]

In 1951, he moved to the United Kingdom, and married the cellist [Anita Lasker](/source/Anita_Lasker-Wallfisch) the following year;[1][3] they had a son, the cellist [Raphael Wallfisch](/source/Raphael_Wallfisch), and a daughter, the [psychotherapist](/source/Psychotherapist) [Maya Lasker-Wallfisch](/source/Maya_Lasker-Wallfisch).[4]

He performed in Europe and elsewhere. As well as the Classics, he was interested in lesser-known music of different nations; among English composers he was particularly interested in the music of [Frank Bridge](/source/Frank_Bridge), and also of [Kenneth Leighton](/source/Kenneth_Leighton), who dedicated compositions to him.[4]

From 1973 to 1991 Wallfisch was professor of piano at the [Royal College of Music](/source/Royal_College_of_Music). He suffered a stroke in 1991, which affected his ability to play, and he ceased performing in public. He died in [London](/source/London) in 1993.[4]

## References

1. [Hans Peter Wallfisch](https://www.rcm.ac.uk/singingasong/featuredmusicians/hanspeterwallfisch/) [Royal College of Music](/source/Royal_College_of_Music). Retrieved 31 October 2018.

1. Bieliczkyné Búzás Éva. ["RÁDIÓFÓNIA"](http://mek.oszk.hu/14600/14630/pdf/14630_2.pdf) (in Hungarian). p. 23. Retrieved 2020-08-29.

1. McKevitt, Greg (27 January 2025). ["'It was an escape into excellence': How music saved the life of a teenage Jewish cellist in Auschwitz"](https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250123-how-music-saved-the-life-of-teenage-jewish-cellist-in-auschwitz). *BBC Culture*. BBC. Retrieved 13 August 2025.

1. [Obituary:Peter Wallfisch](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-peter-wallfisch-1504673.html) *[The Independent](/source/The_Independent)*, 16 November 1993. Retrieved 31 October 2018.

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