[2] In 1901/02, he continued his studies with Alfred Reisenauer at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig, where he was employed as a teacher for higher piano playing.
In 1921, he was appointed professor in Bavaria, but he returned to the Academy of Music in Munich and taught a master class for piano.
[5] In Spring 1919, Pembaur submitted eight piano pieces for the Reproduktionsklavier [de] Welte-Mignon, including two compositions by his father, probably his earliest recordings.
[6] On 29 October 1918, Thomas Mann heard him in an event with Joachim von Delbrück, who was reading from his novel Der sterbende Chopin that evening.
Mann commented on this in his diary as follows: "I listened to the music, especially the sonata with the Funeral march, which P. played excellently, with intimate pleasure.