Ludmila Lazar. Ganz died in Chicago at the age of 95. A newspaper headline read, "A Last link with Liszt passes on". Family Rudolph Ganz was the son of Rudolf Ganz, Sr., and Sophie Bartenfeld. He had three brothers: Paul, Emil, and Hans. Ganz married American soprano Mary Forrest in 1900, in Berlin. They had a son, Anton Roy Ganz, born in 1903, who later served as Swiss Ambassador to the Soviet Union. After Mary Forrest Ganz died in 1956, Ganz married Esther LaBerge, who was a concert singer and associate professor of voice at Chicago Musical College, in 1959. Esther LaBerge Ganz had one daughter, Jeanne Colette Collester, a professor of art history. Esther LaBerge Ganz died in 2007. References External links Rudolph Ganz Papers at the Newberry Library Ganz: Piano Concerto in E-Flat Major / La Montaine: Piano Concerto No. 4 (Cedille Records) Ganz at the piano, performing his '7 Klavierstücke' (at YouTube.com) 1877 births 1972 deaths American classical composers American classical pianists American male classical pianists American conductors (music) American male classical composers American male conductors (music) American people of Swiss-German descent Lausanne Conservatory alumni Male conductors (music) Musicians from Zürich Recipients of the Legion of Honour Swiss classical composers Swiss classical pianists Swiss emigrants to the United States Swiss male classical composers Swiss conductors (music)