Frits Hartvigson (sometimes Fritz) (31 May 1841 – 8 March 1919) was a Danish pianist and teacher, who spent many years in England and gave a number of important English concerto premieres.
At the Crystal Palace on 6 October 1866 he played for the first time in England Liszt's arrangement for piano and orchestra of Schubert's Wanderer Fantasy.
[5] On 23 May 1867, he and Walter Bache gave the first performance in England of Liszt's symphonic poem Die Ideale, in an arrangement for two pianos.
[2][5] He was the soloist in the English premiere of Hans von Bronsart's Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor on 30 September 1876.
The conductor was Hans von Bülow[9] and the orchestra included many advanced students of the Royal Normal College for the Blind and their professors.
[2] His prominent pupils included William Murdoch,[14] Alfred Hollins,[15] Constance Bache and Pauline Ellice[9] and George Thalben-Ball.
His brother Anton Hartvigson (1845-1911) was also a prominent pianist and teacher, also at the Normal College for the Blind for some time, but was based mainly in Copenhagen.