Leopoldine Blahetka

Marie Leopoldine Blahetka (16 November 1809 – 17 January 1885) was an Austrian pianist and composer.

[1] At the age of 9, Leopoldine Blahetka made her first public appearances, and the Viennese press described her as a "child prodigy".

[2] The family moved to Vienna and George Blahetka took a job with the Traeg music publishing house.

Afterwards, she studied with Joseph Czerny, Hieronymus Payer, Eduard Freiherr von Lannoy, Joachim Hoffmann, Catherina Cibbini-Kozeluch, Friedrich Kalkbrenner, Ignaz Moscheles, and later composition with Simon Sechter.

[2] Robert Schumann, who heard her on her concert tour in Germany, judged her playing to be "a truly feminine one, delicate, prudent and elaborate".