Alma Stencel
Alma Stencel was an American pianist and musical prodigy.
Early life
Stencel was born in Colfax, Washington, and raised in San Francisco, the daughter of Sigmund Stencel and Martha Stencel. She was a piano student of Hugo Mansfeldt, Emil Sauer in Vienna, and Leopold Godowsky in Berlin.Career
Stencel was considered a child prodigy in San Francisco. She studied in Vienna and Berlin in 1900 and 1901, and made her London debut in 1902, at age 14, at St. James' Hall.In 1904 she toured in eastern Europe and Russia with Czech violinist Jan Kubelik. She played for Czar Nicholas II, Emperor Franz Josef, King Edward VII, and William Howard Taft during her concert career.