Mr. Hautzig (pronounced HOWT-zig) won the 1943 Town Hall Endowment Series Award for best young artist that year. Walter Hautzig was born on Sept. 28, 1921, in Vienna to the former Rosa Zwim and David Hautzig, a bookbinder. Mr. Hauser finally surfaced at 2 p.m. and apologized, saying he had had to rush to another appointment. Audaciously, Mr. Hautzig joined him in a taxi, and when they arrived at a private apartment that happened to have a piano, Mr. Hauser pointed to it and said, “Spiel!” (“Play!”) Mr. Hautzig performed Beethoven’s “Waldstein” Sonata. In addition to his daughter, Mr. Hautzig is survived by a son, David, and three grandchildren.

Source: New York Times February 05, 2017 04:51 UTC