American pianist Joseph Banowetz died on 3 July at the age of 87, the University of North Texas announced. Banowetz was teaching at this University. Banowetz studied first in New York City with Carl Friedberg, a pupil of Clara Schumann. He continued his studies at the Vienna Akademie für Musik und Darstellende Kunst. He played as recitalist and orchestral soloist on five continents. He published several books and made a lot of recordings.