Alexis Weissenberg

Personal Info

  • Known ForActing
  • GenderMale
  • Birthday1929-07-26
  • Day of Death2012-01-08 (82 years)
  • Place of BirthSofia, Bulgaria
  • Also Known As-

Alexis Weissenberg

Biography

Alexis Sigismund Weissenberg (26 July 1929 – 8 January 2012) was a Bulgarian-born French pianist. Born into a Jewish family in Sofia, Weissenberg began taking piano lessons at the age of three from Pancho Vladigerov, a Bulgarian composer. He gave his first public performance at the age of eight. In 1941, he and his mother tried to escape from German-occupied Bulgaria for Turkey, but were...Read More

Acting Career