Marija Israilewna Grinberg

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Maria Grinberg in 1968

Marija Israilewna Grinberg , ( Russian Мария Израилевна Гринберг Marija Israilevna Grinberg * August 24 . Jul / 6. September  1908 greg. In Odessa , Russian Empire ; † 14. July 1978 in Tallinn , Estonian SSR ) was a Soviet pianist and piano teacher.

Life

She was the daughter of Srul Grinberg, a Hebrew teacher, and Fanja Grinberg (née Noskina), who taught her how to play the piano at a young age. Until 1925 she was taught by Dawid Eisberg, a student of Theodor Leschetizky . She studied at the Moscow Conservatory under the direction of Felix Blumenfeld and Konstantin Igumnow . At the age of 27, she took second place in the national state competition. From that moment on, Grinberg became more and more a fixture in Soviet pianist art.

Two years later, in 1937, her husband and father were arrested and murdered. Afterwards she could only work as a piano accompanist in an amateur group. After Josef Stalin died in 1953, Grinberg was allowed to give concerts again. Their style was compared with that of Vladimir Horowitz or Svyatoslaw Richter .

In 1961 she was awarded the Honorary Degree of Honored Artist of the RSFSR . Nine years later she was appointed professor at the Gnessin Music Institute . Among her students were many new modern pianists who established themselves as regulars in the Moscow art scene, including Regina Shamvili . In 1970 the Soviet label Melodija published her complete recording of Beethoven's piano sonatas , which was praised as a “unique creative achievement” in the magazine Sovetskaya musyka .

Maria Grinberg died ten weeks before her 70th birthday. Vladimir Minin , the director of the Gnessin institute, refused to dedicate a commemorative ceremony to her due to personal quarrels until the deputy minister of culture, Vladimir Popov, stepped in and exerted pressure.

literature

  • Ajsik Inger, Walentina Konen: Marija Grinberg: statji, wospominanija, materijaly. Sowetskiy kompozitor, Moscow 1987. (Russian, 'Maria Grinberg: Essays, Recollections. Materials').

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ajsik Inger: Pijanistka Marija Grinberg on magazines.russ.ru (Russian).
  2. ↑ "Betchowenijana" Marii Grinberg. In: Sovetskaya Musyka. No. 3, 1978, pp. 81-82.
personal data
SURNAME Grinberg, Marija Israilewna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Гринберг, Мари́я Израилевна; Grinberg, Marija Israilevna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet pianist
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Odessa , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH July 14, 1978
Place of death Tallinn , Estonian SSR