Benno Moiseiwitsch
Benno Moiseiwitsch · Arts & Literature
Classical pianist
1890, Odessa, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) — 1963, London, England
Ukraine · United Kingdom
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Benno Moiseiwitsch was a Russian-born British pianist celebrated as one of the great Romantic interpreters of his era, especially of Rachmaninoff, Chopin and Schumann, and admired by Rachmaninoff himself. He was born to a Jewish family in Odessa and settled in Britain, becoming a naturalized British subject; he is Jewish. He gave many wartime charity concerts.
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Classical pianist
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
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