Olga Von Till

Olga Von Till (March 27, 1897 – February 6, 1996) was an American classical pianist and piano teacher.

Biography Till was born in the borough of Brooklyn, New York, in 1897. As a teenager she worked as a pianist accompanying silent films. At age 17, before World War I broke out, she travelled to Budapest, Hungary, to study with Béla Bartók at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music. Bartok encouraged Till's compositional skills, an indication that he was confident in her talent. While there she also studied under Zoltán Kodály and Ernő Dohnányi.

Von Till returned to the US after the war and taught piano in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Her pupils included Bill Evans,