Yakov Zak
Yakov Izrailevich Zak ( (Russian: Яков Израилевич Зак), Jiakov Israilevič Sak; Odessa, 20 November [O.S. 7 November] 1913 – Moscow, 28 June 1976) was a Soviet and Russian pianist and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1966).
Born in Odessa, Zak studied piano at the Odessa Conservatory with Maria Starkhova, took classes on special harmony with Mykola Vilinsky, and later studied with Heinrich Neuhaus in Moscow, graduating in 1935.[1] Having made his debut in 1935, he rose to prominence[2] when he won First Prize and the Mazurka Prize at the III International Chopin Piano Competition in 1937. From 1935 Zak taught at the Moscow Conservatory, becoming a professor in 1947 and being granted a chair in 1965. His pupils include Eliso Virsaladze, Irina Zaritskaya, Nikolai Petrov, Evgeny Mogilevsky, Svetlana Navasardyan, Lyubov Timofeyeva, Valery Afanassiev, Ludmila Knezkova-Hussey, Vladimir Bakk, and Youri Egorov.
References[edit]
- ^ Slonimsky, Nicolas (1978). "Zak, Yakov". Baker's Biographical dictionary of musicians (6th ed.). New York: Schirmer Books. p. 1935. ISBN 0-02-870240-9.
- ^ Jean-Pierre Thiollet, 88 notes pour piano solo, "Solo nec plus ultra", Neva Editions, 2015, p. 51. ISBN 978 2 3505 5192 0.
- Yakov Zak, biography
- Yakov Zak, Stat'i, Materially, Vospominaniia (Papers, Documents, Memoirs), Moscow, "Sovetskii Kompozitor", 1980 [1]
- Yakov Zak plays Chopin – Sonata no.3 in B minor, op.58 on YouTube
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- International Chopin Piano Competition winners
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