Background
Anton Door was born in Vienna and studied piano with Carl Czerny and theory with Simon Sechter.
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. Door was known for emphasis on technical ability, and notable students include Robert Fischhof, Alexander von Zemlinsky, Fritz Steinbach and Laura Netzel. He died in Vienna. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky dedicated his Valse-Caprice, Operation
4 (1868) to Anton Door.
He was appointed Court Pianist and a member of the Royal Academy in Stockholm, and taught for ten years at the Moscow Conservatory.