Isabella Vengerova
Isabella Vengerova · Arts & Literature
Pianist and teacher
1877, Minsk, Russian Empire — 1956, New York City, USA
Russia · United States
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Isabella Vengerova was a Russian-American pianist and one of the most influential piano teachers of the twentieth century, a founding faculty member of the Curtis Institute of Music whose students included Leonard Bernstein, Samuel Barber, and Gary Graffman. She helped shape American classical music through her pedagogy. Vengerova was Jewish, born to a Jewish family in Minsk.
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Pianist and teacher
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
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