Topic: MILESTONESJun-Dec07
Pianist Natalia Karp, whose life was spared during the Holocaust because of her musical talent, died on 9 July 2007, The Daily Telegraph of London reports. Born in Krakow, Poland to wealthy parents, Karp showed promise as a musician early on and decided at age 13 to pursue a career as a pianist. Guided by her grandfather, a gifted cantor, she went to Berlin three years later to study with Artur Schnabel. At 18, Karp performed Chopin's First Piano Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic; rather than pursuing her nascent career in the city, however, she returned to Poland to be with her ailing mother.

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