Known for his research and renditions of Beethoven. He abandoned his performing career because of a neurological finger disorder.
He fled to Great Britain after the Anschluss forced him out of Austria.
He was a music critic for the Daily Telegraph for 26 years, the last decade of which he was given the title Chief Music Critic.
He married famed Austrian Jewish Philosopher, political Activist, and musicologist Hedi Stadlen, with whom he fathered Nicholas and Godfrey.
He served as soloist for the European premiere of Arnold Schoenberg's Piano Concerto.
