Wilckens, Friedrich Christian 13.apr.1899-27.jul.1986 Austria Steiermark, Liezen - Germany, Munich
pianist, studied piano with Jerzy Lalewicz in Vienna, music history with Guido Adler at the University of Vienna, 1916 composition with Franz Schreker at the Music Academy in Vienna and March 1920 followed him to the Hochschule in Berlin, 1923-1928 pianist at several opera theatres in Berlin and 1928-1932 in Hannover, 1929-1931 he made 4 tours of Europe and the United States with the dancers Yvonne Georgi (1903-1975) and Harald Kreutzberg making the most profitable modern dance act in US history, as ballet pianist in duo with Harald Kreutzberg as solo dancer he made 13 more tours in the USA and 3 in South America, 1933-1978 residing with Kreutzberg in a luxurious chalet in Seefeld Tirol Austria with a second residence with Kreutzberg in Berlin, he performed as pianist at the Wiener Staatsoper in Vienna, 1943 performed at Teatro la Fenici in Venice Italy, 1960 he retired to Seefeld, 31.dec.1976 member of Austro Mechana AKM (Autoren, Komponisten und Musikverleger), inventor of a procedure to deduct without difficulty 40 good copies of a manuscript ; 'Don Morte' 1926 Berlin initiated a lifelong collaboration as composer and accompanist for dancer Harald Kreutzberg (Czechoslovakia, Liberec/Reichenberg 11.dec.1902-25.apr.1968 Switzerland, Muri) with whom he worked and lived together for most of his life