Background
DRESS EL, Otto was born on April 16, 1880 in London. Youngest son of late Professor Richard Dressel and Lina Schulz.
DRESS EL, Otto was born on April 16, 1880 in London. Youngest son of late Professor Richard Dressel and Lina Schulz.
Loudon; Weimar.
After having studied at the Latin school in Weimar, at which he often took a part at the school concerts, with his brother Dettmar Dressel, the violinist, he took up the piano as his profession, studying under his father, to whose position at the Guildhall School of Music he succeeded, 1905. Also a pupil of Arthur Friedheim. First appearance in London, 1902, at a ’cello recital given by his eldest brother Hans.
Has played in America and Germany, where he appeared several times before the late Grand Duke of Saxony. Professor of Pianoforte at the Guildhall School of Music; solo pianist.