Augusta Scheiber

Augusta Scheiber was a concert pianist and
​chamber musician born in New York in the
first hours of the 20th century; she died 
there in 1993. Critics called her “an intensely
intelligent musician,” and noted “her amazing
technical equipment ​and a contagious
honesty in her music making.”

Scheiber studied with Samuel Chotzinoff
and took master classes with Wanda
Landowska. In a seven-decade career, she
performed many solo concerts and recitals,
and played regularly with ensembles that
included the Perolé Quartet and the
Schubert Music Society. Her concerts
at Town Hall between 1937 and 1959 were
reviewed in the New York and national
music press. She also performed around
the country, in Costa Rica, and in live radio
concerts on WNYC, WQXR, WOR, and
other stations. 
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For many years, she was on the faculty of the
Chatham Square Music School (later Mannes
College of Music), where her students 
included Giacomo Oliva and David
​Holtzman. Although she gave her last public
concert in 1975, she continued to practice
​and to play for the rest of her life.