Yakov Zak
Yakov Zak · Arts & Literature
Classical pianist
1913, Odessa, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) — 1976, Moscow, USSR (Russia)
Ukraine · Russia
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Yakov Zak was a Soviet classical pianist who won first prize at the 1937 Ysaÿe (Chopin) International Competition in Brussels and became one of the most respected pianists and teachers of the Soviet school, long a professor at the Moscow Conservatory. He was born in Odessa and was Jewish.
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Classical pianist
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