Theodor Leschetizky (22 June 1830 – 14 November 1915) was a Polish pianist, professor and composer. Theodor Leschetizky was born on the estate of the family of Count Potocki in Łańcut. His father was a gifted pianist and music teacher of Viennese birth. His mother Therèse (von) Ulmann was a gifted singer of German origin. Leschetizky's father gave him his first piano lessons and then took him to Vienna to study with Czerny. At age eleven he performed a Czerny piano concerto in Lemberg (near Łańcut), with Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (the son of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) conducting.

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