Yefim Bronfman
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Yefim Bronfman | |
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| Born | Yefim Naumovich Bronfman April 10, 1958 |
| Nationality | American, Israeli |
| Occupation | Pianist |
Yefim "Fimi" Naumovich Bronfman (Russian: Ефим Наумович Бронфман; born April 10, 1958) is a Soviet-born Israeli-American pianist.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Bronfman was born in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, and immigrated to Israel at the age of 15. He was born into a musical Jewish family. His father Naum Bronfman was a concertmaster of the municipal opera orchestra, his mother Pauline Bronfman was a pianist, and his older sister Elizabeth later became a violinist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.[1][3] He became an American citizen in 1989.[4]
Bronfman's teachers were Arie Vardi, Rudolf Firkušný, Leon Fleisher, and Rudolf Serkin.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Yefim Bronfman Biography". www.musicianguide.com. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
- ^ Pâris, Alain (2015). Le nouveau dictionnaire des interprètes. Bouquins (Nouvelle éd. actualisée ed.). Paris: Robert Laffont. ISBN 978-2-221-14576-0.
- ^ "Musical meeting will lead to wedding bells". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
- ^ "The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence, 2013–14". New York Philharmonic. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
- ^ Wigler, Stephen (May 29, 1992). "Yefim Bronfman At 33, pianist already an old-timer". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ^ "Yefim Bronfman". Mariinsky Theatre. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
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Categories:
- 1958 births
- Living people
- Uzbekistani emigrants to Israel
- Grammy Award winners
- American people of Uzbekistani-Jewish descent
- Israeli classical pianists
- Jewish American classical musicians
- Jewish classical pianists
- Male classical pianists
- Uzbekistani Jews
- Soviet Jews
- Curtis Institute of Music alumni
- 21st-century classical pianists