Famous People with Name Isador

Isador Goodman            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Isador Goodman: was a South African-Australian Jewish pianist, teacher and composer. He became a household name in Australia in the 1930s-1970s, taught at the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music for 50 years, introduced many Australians to classical music, and contributed hugely to music making in his adopted country.One of his compositions was performed when he was only six, and at seven he played the Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor[1] with the Cape Town Symphony Orchestra. His father died when he was 12, and he moved to London with his mother. He studied piano at the Royal College of Music with Lloyd Powell (1888-1975; a student of Busoni[2] and Clara Schumann[1]) and conducting with Constant Lambert. In 1924, at age 15, he played the Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat under Malcolm Sargent. This concerto was to become his "calling card".