EDITH PICHT-AXENFELD PLAYS CHOPIN -_-_-_ Ballade #1 Hinterzarten Back 1972 -_-_-_ Edith Picht-Axenfeld (1 January 1914 in Freiburg im Breisgau – 19 April 2001 in Hinterzarten) was a German pianist and harpsichordist. Career She started her concert career in 1935, and took part two years later in the III International Chopin Piano Competition, when she was awarded the sixth prize; this launched her career. After the Second World War, Picht-Axenfeld performed at an intercontinental level, was acti