Ferruccio Busoni Born April 1st

Ferruccio Busoni was born April 1st, 1866 in Florence, Italy. Busoni was the only child of two musical parents. Born a child prodigy, his musical debut as a pianist came at age seven. He met his wife, Gerda Sjöstrand in 1888 while teaching in Helsinki. Classical pianist Egon Petri studied under Busoni and accidentally walked in on his teacher in bed with Italian painter Umberto Boccioni. Busoni moved to Berlin in 1894 where he lived till his death from kidney disease in 1924

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