Born: June 1, 1923 - Birsfelden, near Basel, Switzerland
Died: September 2, 2006 - Chernex, Switzerland The esteemed Swiss pianist and pedagogue, Karl (Rudolf) Engel, was a student of Paul Baumgartner at the Basel Conservatory from 1942 to 1945. After World War II he studied with Alfred Cortot at the École Normale de Musique in Paris in 1947-1948. In 1952 he won 2nd prize at the Queen Elisabeth of Belgium Competition in Brussels.

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