First Piano Quartet

Its founding members were Vladimir Padwa, George Robert, Adam Garner, and Henry Holt.

[1] In 1943, Franz Mittler and Edward Edson replaced George Robert and Henry Holt, who had joined the army.

[citation needed] The quartet toured extensively with their four Steinway pianos from the 1940s through the late 1950s, and made recordings in the 1940s and 1950s.

[5] D'Attili, a former child prodigy from Rome was brought to the United States in 1927 by Benjamino Gigli and was probably the most well-known of the group.

Both were directed by Otto Lang, and The First Piano Quartette was nominated for an Academy Award in 1954 in the category Best Short Subject, One-reel.