Yakov Flier

Musical Artist

1912 – 1977

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Who was Yakov Flier?

Yakov Vladimirovich Flier was a Russian concert pianist and teacher.

Flier was born in Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Russia. He studied piano at the Moscow Conservatory with Konstantin Igumnov. By the 1930s he had become one of the most prominent Russian concert pianists. He mainly performed Romantic piano music, although he also played some contemporary music by the Russian composers Dmitri Kabalevsky, Dmitri Shostakovich, German Galynin, Sergey Prokofiev and Rodion Shchedrin. He taught piano for many years at the Moscow Conservatory. His notable students include Rodion Shchedrin, Viktoria Postnikova, Mikhail Pletnev, Lev Vlassenko, Natasha Vlassenko, Mikhaïl Faerman, Bella Davidovich, Regina Shamvili, Shoshana Rudiakov, Mikhail Rudy, Mark Zeltser, Vladimir Feltsman, Samvel Alumian and Mūza Rubackytė.

He was a contemporary and sometime rival of Emil Gilels. In the 1960s and 1970s Fliyer began to perform in Europe. During his concert tour in the USA Flier performed Rachmaninov's Third piano concerto with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein.

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Born
Oct 21, 1912
Orekhovo-Zuyevo
Education
  • Moscow Conservatory
Died
Dec 18, 1977
Moscow

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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