Anton Door (20 June 18337 November 1919) was an Austrian pianist and music educator, also known in Russia as Anton Andreyevich Door.
Biography
Anton Door was born in
Vienna and studied piano with
Carl Czerny and theory with
Simon Sechter. He began a concert career in 1850, touring as a soloist in Germany and Italy. He was appointed Court Pianist and a member of the Royal Academy in
Stockholm, and taught for ten years at the Moscow Conservatory. From 1868-1901 he taught in Vienna at the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde. He served as president of the Friends of
Johannes Brahms Society and instituted the organization's concert series.
Door was known for emphasis on technical ability, and notable students include
Stephan Elmas,
Robert Fischhof, Alexander von Zemlinsky,
Fritz Steinbach and
Laura Netzel. He died in Vienna.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky dedicated his Valse-Caprice, Op. 4 (1868) to Anton Door.
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