Louis Milton Teicher (pronounce as TIE-cher; August 24, 1924 – August 3, 2008) was an American piano player, half of the piano duo Ferrante & Teicher.
"No one was more blessed than I to have Lou Teicher as my best friend since we met at the Juilliard School of Music at the ages of 9 and 6. Although we were two individuals, at the twin pianos our brains worked as one. Lou was certainly one of the world's most gifted pianists. I will miss him dearly and as pianists it's ironic how we both ended up living on keys," his longtime partner Arthur Ferrante, who lived on Longboat Key, Florida, said in a statement at the time of Teicher's death.[1] Ferrante subsequently died on September 19, 2009.
Teicher was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania to a Jewish family.[2] He became a resident of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey in the 1970s.[3]
Teicher died of heart failure at his summer home in Highlands, North Carolina, aged 83.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Lou Teicher achieved stardom as half of popular piano pair". Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Sarasota, FL. Archived from the original on 21 November 2015.
- ^ "Wilkes-Barre and Kingston | Encyclopedia.com".
- ^ McLellan, Dennis of the Los Angeles Times. ""Lou Teicher, half of popular piano team, dies at 83"". Archived from the original on March 2, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-04., The Record (Bergen County), August 7, 2008. Accessed August 7, 2008.
- ^ Weber, Bruce (August 6, 2008). "Lou Teicher, of Ferrante & Teicher, Popular Piano Duo of '60s, Dies at 83". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
External links
edit- Lou Teicher at IMDb