Maria Curcio

Maria Curcio was an Italian classical pianist who became a sought-after teacher. Her students included Barry Douglas, Ignat Solzhenitsyn, Martha Argerich, Radu Lupu, Mitsuko Uchida, Evelyne Brancart, Myung-Whun Chung, Leon Fleisher, Rafael Orozco, Christopher Elton, Hilary Coates, Simone Dinnerstein, Massimiliano Mainolfi, Matthew Schellhorn and Geoffrey Tozer. She was the last student of Artur Schnabel and she passed on his teachings to her own students.