René Urtreger (1934-2026)

The French pianist was among Paris's leading jazz artists in the 1950s and beyond

René Urtreger, a French jazz pianist who, as an adolescent, was hidden from the Nazis during the German occupation of Paris before his mother was sent to Auschwitz and became one of the country’s most accomplished players, died on July 16 at age 92. [Photo above of René Urtreger]