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Born: September 29, 1882 - Vienna, Austria
Died: January 20, 1949 - Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany |
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The Austrian-born German pianist and arranger, Fritz Malata, initially pursued an engineering education and worked as an engineer in the USA from 1907 to 1909. In 1911, inspired by conductor Fritz Steinbach, he decided to devote himself to music. He studied for a time at the Cologne Conservatory under Lazzaro Uzielli, and from 1913 to 1914, he worked as a répétiteur and assistant to Steinbach, who was serving as General Music Director of Cologne. In 1914, Malata won the Cologne Pianist Competition, which was held biennially by the renowned piano manufacturer Rud. Ibach Sohn.
Fritz Malata briefly taught in Bonn before joining the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt, where he taught from 1916 to 1948. In 1922, he was one of the founders of the International Society for Contemporary Music. He, also, produced piano transcriptions of works by J.S. Bach. Tragically, he took his own life. His daughter, Veronika Malata (1915-2008), became a well-known textile artist in Austria." |
