Leopold Winkler

Leopold Winkler (15 June 1860 – 21 December 1924) was a German-born American pianist, composer, and music educator. Life and career The son of Solomon and Bertha Winkler, in Gleiwitz, Kingdom of Prussia, in what is today Gliwice, Poland. He entered the Vienna Conservatory in 1870 at the age of ten, His first performances in America were performed that year under conductors Anton Seidl and Frank Van der Stucken In 1915/1916 he performed in a concert series of sonata recitals for cello and piano given at Hunter College.

Winkler died at the Harlem Hospital on 21 December 1924 following an attack of apoplexy while traveling on the New York City Subway. He was a member of the Arion Society of New York.