Russia's great modern pianists / by Dr. Mark Zilberquit.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Russian Publication details: Neptune, NJ : Paganiniana Publications, 1983.Description: 511 pages : black and white photographs ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0876667965
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • ML 397  .Z54 1983
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Contents:
Lazar Berman -- Tikhon Khrennikov -- Nikolai Petrov-- Valdimir Krainev -- Emil Gilels -- Andrei Gavrilov -- Eliso Virsaladze -- Gregory Sokolov -- Sviatoslav Richter -- Mikhail Plentnyov -- Dmitri Bashkirov -- Rodionn Shchedrin.
Summary: "The private lives and professional habits and tastes of most living Russian and Soviet born pianists are completely unknown to most Western music lovers. Thus the great need for a book dealing with these subjects. The author, a well-known music journalist and piano teacher, has brought all of this information together. This book contains illustrated biographies of the lives of the greatest living Russian piano virtuosi including Emil Gilels, Lazar Berman, Sviatoslav Richter, Eliso Virsaladze, Vladimir Krainev, Andrei Gavrilov, Nikolai Petrov, Dmitri Bashkirov, Mikhail Pletnyov, Gregory Sokolov, and, last but not least, the well-known pianist composers Rodion Shchedrin and Tikhon Khrennikov." -- From the book jacket.
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BOOKS BOOKS Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks ML 397 .Z54 1983 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan NPML21060063

This text includes black and white photographs depicting the personal and professional music careers of each of the pianists profiled.

Includes index.

Lazar Berman -- Tikhon Khrennikov -- Nikolai Petrov-- Valdimir Krainev -- Emil Gilels -- Andrei Gavrilov -- Eliso Virsaladze -- Gregory Sokolov -- Sviatoslav Richter -- Mikhail Plentnyov -- Dmitri Bashkirov -- Rodionn Shchedrin.

"The private lives and professional habits and tastes of most living Russian and Soviet born pianists are completely unknown to most Western music lovers. Thus the great need for a book dealing with these subjects. The author, a well-known music journalist and piano teacher, has brought all of this information together. This book contains illustrated biographies of the lives of the greatest living Russian piano virtuosi including Emil Gilels, Lazar Berman, Sviatoslav Richter, Eliso Virsaladze, Vladimir Krainev, Andrei Gavrilov, Nikolai Petrov, Dmitri Bashkirov, Mikhail Pletnyov, Gregory Sokolov, and, last but not least, the well-known pianist composers Rodion Shchedrin and Tikhon Khrennikov." -- From the book jacket.

Translated from Russian into English.

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