1. Emil Gilels - Steinway & Sons
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Emil Gilels - Steinway & Sons
2. Emil Gilels - Queen Elisabeth Competition
In 1938 Gilels and Flier set off to the Queen Elisabeth Competition. They were expected to uphold the victories of the Soviet violinists.
Emil Gilels was born in Odessa. He did not come from a musical family: his father worked as a clerk in the sugar refinery and his mother looked after the large family. At the age of five and a half he was taken to Yakov Tkach, a famous piano pedagogue in Odessa. He completed his first period of studies with unprecedented ease. In 1929 aged twelve, he gave his first public concert. In 1930 he was accepted to the conservatory in Odessa into the class of Berta Reingbald. Her main goal was his participation in the First All-Union Competition of Performers which was announced to take place in 1933 in Moscow. Gilels’ playing created a sensation - when he finished his programme the auditorium rose up in tumultuous ovation and even the jury stood to applaud. The question of first prize was not even discussed: in a unanimous decision Gilels was announced the winner. The competition changed Emil’s life - he was suddenly famous throughout the land. Following the competition, Gilels embarked on an extensive concert tour around the USSR. Gilels graduated from the Odessa Conservatory in the autumn of 1935. Subsequently, he was accepted into the class of Heinrich Neuhaus as a postgraduate student at the Moscow Conservatory, and Gilels renewed his commitment to giving concerts. The phenomenon, ‘Gilels’, found its recognition from the outside. Upon arriving to Moscow at the start of 1936, the conductor Otto Klemperer performed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Opus 37 with none o...
3. Emil Gilels - How Great Exactly? - Piano Street
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Emil Gilels - How Great Exactly?
4. Emil Gilels: a guide to the famous Soviet pianist and his best recordings
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Emil Grigoryevich Gilels was one of the greatest musicians of his time, one of the best pianists of all time, a pianist with staggering technique and ‘golden’ sound who redefined our understanding of what the piano could do. Even the formidable Sviatoslav Richter admitted that he thought twice before performing pieces associated with his fellow Soviet pianist, steering clear of Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto and Prokofiev’s Eighth Piano Sonata.
5. Communism's pianist poster boy? The truth about Emil Gilels and Stalin
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As a teenage virtuoso pianist from Odessa, Gilels was thrust forward as a propaganda torchbearer for Soviet ideals. A hundred years after the great musician’s birth, though, many believe the association wasn’t so straightforward
6. Childhood (1916-1929) - Emil Gilels Foundation
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Emil Gilels was born on the 19th October 1916 (6th October Old Style) in Odessa. Gilels did not come from a musical family: his father worked as a clerk in the sugar refinery and his mother looked after the large family. Whilst Gilels’ parents both had children from previous marriages, by an inexplicable twist of fate the union of Esfir and Grigory Gilels gave the world two outstanding musicians (three years after the birth of Emil the family rejoiced at the birth of his sister Elizaveta, who subsequently became a renowned violinist).
7. Gilels playing for the troops - Piano World Forum
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8. Emil Gilels - Boris Giltburg
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(I originally wrote this article for the October 2017 issue of Gramophone magazine. This is a modified, extended version.)
9. Musical Journey of Pianist Emil Gilels - Interlude.hk
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Discover his musical journey here!
10. The Music Plays On — Emil Gilels Plays Beethoven | by Donato Cabrera
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Music. Culture. Education.
11. Emil Gilels Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More... - AllMusic
Emil Gilels was one of the great pianists of history, renowned for his clear, steady playing as much as for his virtuoso brilliance.
Explore Emil Gilels's discography including top tracks, albums, and reviews. Learn all about Emil Gilels on AllMusic.
12. Emil Gilels | Classical Music, Soviet Union, Prodigy - Britannica
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Emil Gilels was a Soviet concert pianist admired for his superb technique, tonal control, and disciplined approach. Gilels began piano studies at age 6 and gave his first public concert in 1929 at age 13. In 1933 he gained top honours in the first All-Union Musicians Contest. After graduating from