Bella Davidovich (born 1928) is a Azerbaijani pianist. She shared the first prize of the fourth International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition in 1949 with Halina Czerny-Stefanska. 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ...

Davidovich was born in Baku and began studying piano when she was six. Three years later, she played Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 with a Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1939, she moved to Moscow to continue her musical education. When she won the first prize in 1949, it launched her on a very successful career in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. In the following years she appeared as soloist with the Leningrad Philharmonic and also taught at the Moscow Conservatory. Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptized December 17, 1770 – March 26, 1827) was a German composer of Classical music, the predominant musical figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras. ... The St. ... The Moscow Conservatory is a prominent music school in Russia. ...

In 1978 she emigrated to the U.S. where she became a naturalized citizen. She has taught at the famous Juilliard School of Music in New York City since 1982. The Juilliard School is a performing arts conservatory in New York City, informally but definitively identified as simply Juilliard, and most famous for its musically-trained alumni. ...