Krystian Zimerman

Krystian Zimerman

male, 53 years old
Berlin Philharmonic, pianist, chopin, debussy, virtuoso, European classical music…Piano Concerto, International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition, PianoConcerto No. 1, piano
Krystian Zimerman is a Polish classical virtuoso pianist. He was born in Zabrze and studied at the Katowice Conservatory under Andrzej Jasinski....
Evgeny Kissin

Evgeny Kissin

male, 38 years old
virtuoso, Jewish person, ProMS, classical music, Anna Pavlovna Kantor, Piano Concerto…PianoConcerto No. 1, Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1, piano
Evgeny Igorevich Kissin is a virtuoso classical pianist. Kissin was born in Moscow to a Jewish family. At age 11 months, he reportedly was able to...
Emil Gilels

Emil Gilels

male, deceased (1985)
odessa, Classical pianist, pianist, Odessa Conservatory, From Odessa, Moscow Conservatory…PianoConcerto No. 1
Emil Grigoryevich Gilels (Russian: Эми́ль Григо́рьевич Ги́лельс, "Emi'li Grego'rievič Gi'lelis"; October 19 1916 – October 14 1985) was a Soviet...
Alexis Weissenberg

Alexis Weissenberg

male, 80 years old
Juilliard School of Music alumni, horowitz, PianoConcerto No. 1, Piano Concerto No. 3, schumann, rachmaninoff
Alexis Weissenberg (born July 26, 1929) is a Bulgarian-born French Jewish pianist. He was born in Sofia and had piano lessons from the age of three...
Philippe Entremont

Philippe Entremont

male, 75 years old
Collegium Musicum of Paris, Lauréat, PianoConcerto No. 1, Queen Elizabeth of Belgium, Long-Thibaud Competition, Columbia Records
Philippe Entremont (b. Rheims, June 7, 1934) is a French pianist and conductor. He has made many recordings during his career, notably one in 1961...
Walter Weller

Walter Weller

male, 70 years old
Great C Major, haydn, Decca, First Piano Concerto, PianoConcerto No. 1, Symphony No. 6
Walter Weller (born 30 November, 1939) is an Austrian conductor. Weller was born in Vienna, Austria where he first gained renown as a prodigy...
Bella Davidovich

Bella Davidovich

female, 81 years old
pianist, perestroika, From Baku, Eastern Europe, Moscow Conservatory, International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition…PianoConcerto No. 1, piano
Bella Davidovich (born July 16 1928) is a Jewish-born, Soviet and American pianist. Davidovich was born in Baku, Azerbaijan into a family of...
Alexander Siloti

Alexander Siloti

male
Maximov, Goldenweiser, C-sharp Minor Prelude, Alexander Ilyich Siloti, Fyodor Chaliapin, Josef Hofmann…PianoConcerto No. 1, Piano Concerto No. 2
Alexander Ilyich Siloti Siloti was born on his father's estate near Kharkov, Ukraine (then part of Imperial Russia). He studied piano at the Moscow...
Friedrich Kalkbrenner

Friedrich Kalkbrenner

male, deceased (1849)
Romantic composer, PianoConcerto No. 1, First Piano Concerto, Jewish, Christian Kalkbrenner, Friedrich Wilhelm Kalkbrenner
Friedrich Wilhelm Kalkbrenner (7 November 1785-10 June 1849) was a German pianist and composer. Son of Christian Kalkbrenner (1755-1806), a Jewish...
Tikhon Khrennikov

Tikhon Khrennikov

male, 96 years old
Leonid Borisovitch Kogan, Soviet composer, Hero of Socialist Labor, Yelets, Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov, Union of Soviet Composer…Symphony No. 1, PianoConcerto No. 1
Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov (born in Yelets, Orlov District) is a Russian and Soviet composer, but is better known for his political activities....