Flora Zygman Explained

Flora Zygman
Other Names:Flora Guenzburg Zygman, Flora G. Zygmanowa
Nationality:Polish, American
Occupation:Pianist

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]

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=6GhFAQAAMAAJ&dq=Flora+Zygman&pg=RA6-PA28 "Flora Zygman Goes to Europe"
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=x-w6AQAAMAAJ&q=Guenzberg "Flora Guenzberg-Zygman's Debut"
  3. February 4, 1921. Flora Zygman Gives Studio Musicale. Music News. 13. 6.
  4. News: Donaghey. Frederick. 1918-12-16. Saturday to Monday in Music. 23. Chicago Tribune. 2020-05-18. Newspapers.com.
  5. News: 1917-04-30. About Sunday's Music. 15. Chicago Tribune. 2020-05-18. Newspapers.com.
  6. News: Donaghey. Frederick. 1917-04-29. About Music and Musicians. 65. Chicago Tribune. 2020-05-18. Newspapers.com.
  7. https://books.google.com/books?id=BpHlAAAAMAAJ&dq=Flora+Zygman&pg=PA134 "Temple Judea Symphony Orchestra Concert"
  8. September 27, 1918. An Attractive Studio Recital. Music News. 10. 4. Internet Archive.
  9. News: 1919-11-14. Flora Zygman Gives First Piano Recital. 11. New York Herald. 2020-05-18. Newspapers.com.
  10. https://books.google.com/books?id=gNtFAQAAMAAJ&dq=Flora+Zygman&pg=RA3-PA9 "Flora Zygman Has Debut"
  11. https://books.google.com/books?id=lptQAAAAYAAJ&dq=Flora+Zygman&pg=PA236 "Flora Zygman to Play for Ampico"
  12. May 6–13, 1921. Zygman-Hoffmann. Music News. 13. 20.
  13. August 27, 1920. Flora Zygman and Rosa Olitzka. Music News. 12. 25.
  14. October 8, 1920. Flora Zygman Returns to Her Chicago Classes. Music News. 12. 26.
  15. News: 1932-09-20. New 'Who's Who' Off Presses. 19. The Los Angeles Times. 2020-05-18. Newspapers.com.
  16. News: May 29, 1940. 1940-41 Who's Who Has 31,752 Names: 2,862 New Sketches Appear in Biographical Volume to Be Out Friday. 28. The New York Times. ProQuest.

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