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Zadora, Michael
Pianist and composer. Born in New York City. At the age of fourteen his parents took him to Europe where he studied first at the Paris Conservatory, then under Leschetizky. Five years later he went to Busoni, thus beginning a close intimate friend and colleague. In Berlin he was professor of piano at the Hochschule der Musik and the Klindworth Scharwenka Academie, held a master class in piano at the Conservatory of Lwow, and was head of the piano department at the Institute of Music Art in New York in 1913-14. Zadora gave the first all-Busoni piano recital in Beethoven Hall in Berlin about a year before the composer's death. Four years on a concert tour of South America followed, and extensive tours in England and the United States. Well known as a composer, his original works include "Firgish Sketches," "Preludes for Piano," and many others, as well as transcriptions of Bach and Buxtehude.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943

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