Alexander Zakin

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Alexander Zakin (* January 22 . Jul / 4. February  1903 . Greg in Tobolsk ; † 16th October 1990 in New York City ) was a Russian - American pianist .

Life

Zakin, the son of a violinist , began his training at the St. Petersburg Conservatory at the age of eight with Aleksander Michałowski and studied there from 1914 with Leonid Nikolajew .

After the October Revolution , Zakin emigrated in 1921 and continued his studies in Berlin . In 1926 he made his debut as a pianist. Adam Yellow Trunk, Leopold Wed man and Lewitsch (then replaced by J. Pomerane and later Rio Gebhardt ) and Zakin formed the piano - quartet DECLARATION (First Piano Quartet) , also known by the name of The Piano kiddies and Jazz on four wings occurred. They held concerts and played for radio and gramophone recordings .

After Hitler came to power , Zakin fled to Luxembourg . He worked at Radio Luxemburg and became a piano teacher for the grand ducal family.

1940 Zakin accompanist Isaac Stern , and their collaboration lasted until 1977. Especially known they were with their Brahms - Sonatas . Zakin also accompanied the violinists Paul Godwin , Dawid and Igor Oistrach , Leonid Kogan and the cellist Gregor Piatigorsky . He was in frequent contact with the impresario Sol Hurok . Zakin played repeatedly at the White House during the presidencies of Dwight D. Eisenhower , John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson . His extensive repertoire included works by Bach , Beethoven , Bartok , Ernest Bloch , Brahms, Debussy , Handel , Haydn , Hindemith , Darius Milhaud , Prokofjew , Robert Schumann , Grigoraş Dinicu , George Enescu , César Franck , Fritz Kreisler , Ottokar Nováček , Gaetano Pugnani , Pablo de Sarasate and Tchaikovsky .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Alexander Zakin, 87, A Piano Accompanist . In: The New York Times . 1990 ( nytimes.com [accessed June 18, 2017]).
  2. ↑ Gramophone : Isaac Stern - Recital (accessed June 18, 2017).
  3. ↑ ERKLA (First Piano Quartet) with Adam Gelbtrunk, Alexander Zakin and Leopold Mittmann (accessed on June 18, 2017).
  4. ↑ Ross Laird: Tantalizing Tingles: A Discography of Early Ragtime, Jazz, and Novelty Syncopated Piano Recordings, 1889-1934 . Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut, London 1995, ISBN 0-313-29240-X , pp. 59 .
  5. ↑ a b Alexander Zakin; Pianist Collaborated With Violinist Stern . In: Los Angeles Times . 1990 ( latimes.com [accessed June 18, 2017]).
personal data
SURNAME Zakin, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian-American pianist
DATE OF BIRTH 4th February 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Tobolsk
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1990
Place of death New York City