Yakov Izrailevich Zak ( uk, Яків Ізраїлович Зак), (russian: link=no, Яков Израилевич Зак), ''Jiakov Israilevič Sak'';
Odessa, – 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
Mykola Mykolayovych Vilinsky ( uk, Микола Миколайович Вілінський; 14 May 18889 September 1956) was a Soviet and Ukrainian composer who held senior chairs at the Odesa Conservatory and later the Kyiv Conservatory. He ...
, and later studied with
Heinrich Neuhaus
Heinrich Gustav Neuhaus ( pl, Henryk (Harry) Neuhaus, russian: Ге́нрих Густа́вович Нейга́уз, Genrikh Gustavovič Nejgauz, 10 October 1964) was a Russian-born pianist and teacher of German and Polish extraction. Part of ...
in Moscow, graduating in 1935.
Having made his debut in 1935, he rose to prominence
Jean-Pierre Thiollet
Jean-Pierre Thiollet (; born 9 December 1956) is a French writer and journalist.
Primarily living in Paris, he is the author of numerous books and one of the national leaders of the European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (CEDI), a ...
, 88 notes pour piano solo, "Solo nec plus ultra", Neva Editions, 2015, p. 51. . when he won First Prize and the Mazurka Prize at the
III International Chopin Piano Competition
The III International Chopin Piano Competition ( pl, III Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina) was held from 21 February to 13 March 1937 in Warsaw. It was the last competition before the outbreak of World War II, and the ...
in 1937. From 1935 Zak taught at the
Moscow Conservatory
The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (russian: Московская государственная консерватория им. П. И. Чайковского, link=no) is a musical educational inst ...
, 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
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, Lyubov Timofeyeva,
Valery Afanassiev
Valery Afanassiev (russian: Валерий Павлович Афанасьев, ''Valerij Pavlovič Afanasiev''; born 8 September 1947) is a Russian pianist, writer and conductor.
Life
Valery Afanassiev was born in Moscow. He studied piano at ...
,
Ludmila Knezkova-Hussey,
Vladimir Bakk, and
Youri Egorov
Youri Aleksandrovich Egorov (russian: Юрий Александрович Егоров; 28 May 1954 – 16 April 1988) was a Soviet and Monegasque classical pianist.
Early years
Born in Kazan, USSR, Youri Egorov studied music at the Kazan Conser ...
.
References
Yakov Zak, biography
#Yakov Zak, Stat'i, Materially, Vospominaniia (Papers, Documents, Memoirs), Moscow, "Sovetskii Kompozitor", 198
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1913 births
1976 deaths
20th-century classical composers
20th-century classical pianists
Musicians from Odesa
Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
Moscow Conservatory alumni
Moscow Conservatory academic personnel
People's Artists of the RSFSR
People's Artists of the USSR
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
International Chopin Piano Competition winners
Jewish classical composers
Jewish classical pianists
Odesa Jews
Russian classical pianists
Russian male classical composers
Russian music educators
Soviet classical pianists
Soviet male classical composers
Soviet music educators
Burials at Kuntsevo Cemetery