Gilels biography
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Gilels biography
Emil Gilels
| Pianist Date of Birth: Country: Ukraine |
Biography of Emil Gilels
Emil Grigorievich Gilels was born on October 19, , in Odessa.
He started studying music at a young age, with his first teacher being I. I. Tkach, who had studied in Paris under the renowned Raoul Pugno (who was a student of Georges Mathias, a pupil of Chopin). Tkach immediately recognized Gilels' exceptional talent, and at the age of 9, he wrote in his evaluation: "In the future, the USSR will be enriched with a pianist of international scale." On June 11, , Gilels gave his first solo concert, and 50 years later, in , he celebrated this event with concerts at the Odessa Opera House and the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory.
In , Gilels enrolled in the Odessa Conservatory under the tutelage of B.
M. Reingbald, whom he considered his true musical mentor. Within a year, he participated in the All-Ukrainian Competition of Musicians in Kharkov, where he was heard by Arthur Rubinstein, who