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Lili Kraus

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Lili Kraus

Hungarian-born pianist Lili Kraus, who made her home in New Zealand in the 1940s, left a strong impression on music lovers at that time. As this recital programme of 1946 proclaimed, 'her personality and her playing radiate vitality'. 

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-B-MUSIC-1946-01-cover

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Peter Walls, Classical musicians – New Zealand-based musicians, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/45491/lili-kraus (accessed 23 June 2026).

Story by Peter Walls, published 3 June 2014.