Anna Barbara Speckner
Anna Barbara Speckner was a German harpsichordist, pianist, and music editor. She was married to Greek musicologist, pianist, and philosopher Thrasybulos Georgiades.
Life
Speckner was born in Munich, Germany on 20 October 1902. She studied piano with composer August Schmid-Lindner at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich from 1927 to 1936. She then went on to study with Dorothee Günther-Schule in Munich. From 1962 to 1968, Speckner taught harpsichord during the summer months at the Mozarteum University Salzburg. In 1966, she began teaching at the Orff Institute Salzburg.In 1936, Speckner married Thrasybulos Georgiades, director of the Athens Conservatoire. She taught and performed in Munich, Athens, Heidelberg, and Salzburg. In 1963, a documentary film directed by Aito Mäkinen was produced in the Ateneum Museum of Speckner performing the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Among Speckner's students is Romanian-German composer and organist Michael Radulescu. Speckner died on 10 February 1995 in Munich at the age of 92.