Walter Niemann. Photo: Duo Art Music Bulletin, Volume 14, Numbers 11& 12, August- September 1928, page 4

Exhibition: Walter Niemann – Composer – Pianist – Author

This year’s exhibition, curated by Peter Seidle, sheds light on Walter Niemann (1876–1953), who was considered one of the foremost experts on the pianist scene in the first half of the 20th century. Born in Hamburg, and later a long-time resident of Leipzig, he came from an old family of church musicians in North Frisia; his father, the pianist Rudolf Niemann, was a student of Ignaz Moscheles, A. Marmontel, and Hans von Bülow.