Baltimore, Maryland
1928 - 2019
Agi Rado, an internationally-recognized concert pianist and Holocaust survivor, died February 22 at her home at Springwell Senior Living Community in Mt. Washington. Ms. Rado was born in Budapest on August 26, 1928, to Imre Rado and Valerie Bjor Rado, Ms. Rado's first piano teacher. She made her...
Read MoreAgi and Hoke L. Smith provided each other support and affection in their later years, until his death in 2004. They were both vibrant, sensitive, creative people & are missed.
Jon M Shafer
February 15, 2022 | School
I studied with Agi for several years when I was a student at Park Schol and Johns Hopkins. We remained friends for many years afterwards. i studied with her again for a couple of years in my 50's. She was one feisty woman. I'll never forget her extreme scorn for self-satisfied playing- I learned the hard way! She'll always represent for me a striving for more meaningful playing.
-Steve Hulse
October 06, 2019
Dear Ms. Rado, Beyond all else, THANK YOU, for all your help, support, & teaching during the time during which I was privileged to be your student. Love & RESPECT, Bill Judges
July 16, 2019
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Barbara Johnson
February 25, 2019
Agi gave me a dozen or so 'coaching' sessions - she refused to call them lessons - which revamped my technique and gave me a chance to absorb some of her European romanticist interpretation.
Lewis Berman
February 25, 2019 | Baltimore, MD
