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Galina Werschenska was born on 21 December, 1906 in Russia, is a Russian-born Danish pianist. Discover Galina Werschenska's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 87 years old?
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87 years old |
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21 December, 1906 |
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2 December, 1994 |
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Galina Werschenska Height, Weight & Measurements
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She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Galina Werschenska Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Galina Werschenska worth at the age of 87 years old? Galina Werschenska’s income source is mostly from being a successful pianist. She is from Russia. We have estimated Galina Werschenska's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
When she was 12, on her own initiative she studied piano under Nadezhda Golubovskaya (1891–1975), first at Alexander Siloti's school, later at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory where she graduated with distinction in 1924.
Galina Plesner Werschenska (21 December 1906 – 2 December 1994) was a Russian-born Danish pianist who settled in Denmark in 1929.
She quickly gained a reputation as a soloist, a chamber musician and an educator.
In addition to performances throughout Denmark, she appeared in Norway, Sweden, Germany and Poland, frequently playing piano concertos under Danish and foreign conductors.
Many of her 78-rpm recordings have been reissued as CDs.
Born on 21 December 1906 in Saint Petersburg, Galina Werschenska was the daughter of the Polish physician Joseph Werschenski (died 1934) and his Russian wife.
As a child, she experienced the hardships of the Russian Revolution, including the confiscation of her family's property.
On 10 August 1925, she married the Danish official Karl Ingemund Plesner (1900–1950).
After she had briefly started her concert career in Russia, the couple moved to Denmark in November 1929.
Despite giving birth to her first child, thanks to her husband's support Werschenska managed to perform her first concert within a year.
She became acquainted with two of the country's leading pianists, Agnes Adler and Johanne Stockmarr, who treated her as an equal.
Furthermore, Anton Svendsen, director of the Royal Danish Conservatory, had invited her to perform.
Her concert was a great success, receiving critical acclaim mentioning her fine technique and her romantic style.
In the 1930s, she concentrated above all on chamber music, playing in various trios together with the cellist Louis Jensen and in a quintet with four strings from the Royal Orchestra.
As a soloist, she played with the radio symphony orchestras of Scandinavia, Warsaw and Berlin.
After her husband died in a car accident in 1950, she suffered from a nervous ailments which disabled her hands.
Although she later started to play again, often performing in hospitals, sanatoriums and prisons.
Galina Werschenska died in Aarhus on 2 December 1994.
