Charles Reiner

Charles Reiner (7 April 1924 – 19 August 2006, Montreal) was a Canadian pianist and music educator of Hungarian birth. He won several competitions, including the Geneva International Music Competition in 1948. After moving to Montreal in 1951 he became a naturalized Canadian citizen. He performed internationally as both a concert pianist and accompanist, and performed frequently on CBC Radio and CBC Television during his career. He had a lengthy and fruitful collaboration in concert and on record with the violinist Henryk Szeryng. He was a founding member of both the Canadian Piano Quartet and Musica Camerata Montreal. He taught for forty years on the music faculty of the Schulich School of Music at McGill University.