Lazare Lévy

Lazare Lévy, also hyphenated as Lazare-Lévy,[1] (18 January 1882 – 20 September 1964) was an influential French pianist, organist, composer and pedagogue.

His fellow musicians and friends included Jacques Thibaud, Alfredo Casella, Maurice Ravel, Alfred Cortot, George Enescu, and Pierre Monteux.

Camille Saint-Saëns, who saw him at one of his early recitals, considered him to possess "that rare union of technical perfection and musicality.

He also supported French composers Darius Milhaud and Paul Dukas early in their careers by playing their works.

[7] Among his pupils were Agnelle Bundervoët,[6] Jean Langlais,[10] Clara Haskil,[11] Lukas Foss,[12] Solomon, John Cage, and Monique Haas.