Release Date: 06 October 2023
Label: Scribendum Recordings
Packaging Type: Box Set
No of Units: 15
Barcode: 5060028048410
Genres: Classical Orchestral
Composer/Series: The Art of Yakov Flier
Description
Trained by iconic pianist, Konstantin Igumnov, Flier is remembered primarily as a teacher; over the years his students included Rodion Shchedrin, Viktoria Postnikova, Mikhail Pletnev, Vladimir Feltsman, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Bella Davidovich and Mikhail Rudy.
Jakov Flier was one of the leading Soviet pianists; his impeccable technique made him one of the most prominent concert pianists of his day in Russia and later worldwide
He might have had far greater success internationally, had he lived longer after the easing of the Cold War politics, which encumbered his career.
In 1936 he won first prize at the Vienna International Piano Competition, ahead of his friend and competitor, Emil Gilels. Gilels' daughter, Elena, graduated from Flier's Conservatoire class in Moscow.
Nikolayeva
Oskar Fried
Yakov Flier
Dimitri Mitropoulos
Willem Mengelberg, Concertegebouw Orchestra
Various Artists
Ernest Ansermet
Michael Rabin
