Emil Grigoryevich Gilels (Э́миль Григо́рьевич Ги́лельс) (October 19, 1916 – October 14, 1985) was a Ukrainian classical pianist of the Soviet era. Jump to: navigation, search October 19 is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... Jump to: navigation, search October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in Leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... A pianist is a person who plays the piano. ... Soviet redirects here. ...

Gilels was born in Odessa in 1916 to a musical family; both his parents were musicians. He began studying the piano at 6, making his first public debut at the age of 13 in 1929. In 1930 Gilels entered the Odessa Conservatory where he was coached by Berta Reingbald, whom Gilels credited as his first formative influence. Jump to: navigation, search ODESSA (German Organisation der ehemaligen SS-Angehörigen; The Organization of Former SS-Members) was an alleged Nazi-German fugitive network set up towards the end of World War II by a group of SS officers. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ...

In 1933 Gilels won the newly-founded All Soviet Union Piano Competition at age 17. After graduating from the Odessa Conservatory in 1935, he moved to Moscow, where he studied under the famous piano teacher Heinrich Neuhaus until 1937. A year later, at age 22, he won the Ysaÿe International Festival in Brussels, beating such competitors as Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli and Moura Lympany. Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA:   listen?) is the capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva. ... Heinrich Gustavovich Neuhaus (April 12, 1888 – October 10, 1964) was a Soviet pianist and pedagogue of German extraction. ... Emblem of the Brussels-Capital Region Flag of The City of Brussels Brussels (Dutch: Brussel, French: Bruxelles, German: Brüssel) is the capital of Belgium and is considered by many to be the headquarters of the European Union, as two of its four main institutions have their headquarters in the... Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (January 5, 1920 – June 12, 1995) was an Italian classical pianist. ... Dame Moura Lympany (August 18, 1915 - March 28, 2005) was a British concert pianist. ...

Gilels was the first Soviet artist to be allowed to travel extensively in the West. After the war, he toured Europe starting from 1947 as a concert pianist, and made his American debut in 1955 playing Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 in Philadelphia. He taught as a professor for the Moscow Conservatory after 1952. In his late days he remained in his native Russia and rarely ventured abroad. World map showing Europe (geographically) When considered a continent, Europe is the worlds second-smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 km² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only. ... Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский, sometimes transliterated as Piotr, Anglicised as Peter Ilich), (May 7, 1840 – November 6, 1893 (N.S.); April 25, 1840 – October 25, 1893 (O.S.)) was a Russian composer of the Romantic era. ... Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovskys Piano Concerto No. ... Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ... The Moscow Conservatory is a prominent music school in Russia. ...

He was the winner of the prestigious Stalin Prize in 1946, the Order of Lenin in 1961 and 1966 and the Lenin Prize in 1962. The USSR State Prize (Russian:Госуда́рственная пре́мия СССР) was the Soviet Unions highest civilian honour. ... The Order of Lenin (ru: Орден Ленина), named after the leader of the Russian Revolution, was the second highest national order of the Soviet Union (Highest was the Order of Victory). ... Lenin Prize (Russian: Ле́нинская пре́мия) was one of the highest awards in the Soviet Union. ...

Gilels was the dedicatee of Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 8 and also gave its first performance on December 30, 1944, in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Серге́й Серге́евич Проко́фьев) (April 271, 1891 – March 5, 1953) was one of the Soviet Unions greatest composers. ...

Gilels was universally admired for his superb technical control and burnished tone. His interpretations of the central German-Austria classics formed the core of his repertoire, in particular Beethoven, Brahms and Schumann, but he was equally illuminative in Scarlatti, Bach as well as twentieth-century music like Debussy, Bartók and Prokofiev. 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. ... Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (May 7, 1833 – April 3, 1897) was a German composer of classical music. ... Jump to: navigation, search Robert Schumann (June 8, 1810 – July 29, 1856) was a German composer and pianist. ... Jump to: navigation, search Domenico Scarlatti (October 26, 1685 – July 23, 1757) was an Italian composer of the Baroque era. ... Jump to: navigation, search The 1748 Haussmann portrait of the composer Johann Sebastian Bach (March 21, 1685 – July 28, 1750) was a German composer and organist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra and keyboard drew together almost all of the strands of the baroque style and brought it... Claude Debussy Claude Achille Debussy (August 22, 1862 – March 25, 1918), composer of impressionistic classical music. ... Béla Viktor János Bartók (March 25, 1881 – September 26, 1945) was a composer, pianist and collector of East European folk music. ... Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Серге́й Серге́евич Проко́фьев) (April 271, 1891 – March 5, 1953) was one of the Soviet Unions greatest composers. ...

He was in the midst of completing a complete survey of Beethoven's piano sonatas for the German record company Deutsche Grammophon when he died in 1985 in Moscow. Deutsche Grammophon is a German record company. ...

Recording highlights

1935 - Liszt: Fantasia on Themes from Mozart's Marriage of Figaro

1951 - Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9 The Hungarian Rhapsodies, (S/G244, R106) Rapsodies hongroises or Ungarische Rhapsodien) are a set of pieces of music by Franz Liszt, originally for solo piano. ...

1955 - Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 (cond. Cluytens)* Sergei Rachmaninoffs Piano Concerto No. ...

1958 - Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83 (cond. Reiner) The Piano Concerto No. ... Fritz Reiner (December 19, 1888 - November 15, 1963) was a symphonic music conductor. ...

1954 - Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 (cond. Cluytens)* The Piano Concerto No. ...

1957 - Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 (cond. Ludwig) Ludwig van Beethovens Piano Concerto No. ...

1957 - Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 4 in F sharp major, Op. 30* The fourth piano sonata (Opus 30) written by Scriabin in 1903 is in the key of F sharp major. ...

1968 - Medtner: Piano Sonata No. 10 in A minor, Op. 38 No. 1

1972 - Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44 (cond. Maazel) Lorin Varencove Maazel (born March 6, 1930) is a conductor, violinist and composer. ...

1973 - Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 Appassionata Ludwig van Beethovens Piano Sonata No. ...

1973 - Debussy: Images, Book 1*

1973 - Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K595 (cond. Boehm) Karl Böhm (August 28, 1894 - August 14, 1981) was a noted conductor. ...

1974 - Grieg: Lyric Pieces Title page of the fourth volume of Lyric Pieces Lyric Pieces (Norwegian: Lyriske stykker) is a collection of 66 small to medium sized pieces for solo piano written by Edvard Grieg. ...

1974 - Prokofiev: Sonata No. 8 in B flat major, Op. 84

1978 - Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58

1982 - Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 Hammerklavier Beethovens Hammerklavier sonata, Op. ...

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External links

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