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Also Known As Emil Grigoryevich Gilels
Born October 19, 1916 • Odesa • Ukraine
Died October 14, 1985 (aged 68) • Moscow • Russia
Sviatoslav Richter, 1961.
Sviatoslav Richter
Russian musician
Mstislav Rostropovich
Mstislav Rostropovich
Russian musician
Sergey Rachmaninoff
Sergey Rachmaninoff
Russian musician
Anton Rubinstein
Russian composer and musician
Vladimir Horowitz
Vladimir Horowitz
Russian pianist
Sergey Taneyev.
Sergey Taneyev
Russian composer and pianist
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Icelandic musician
Leopold Godowsky
Leopold Godowsky
American pianist and composer
Lhévinne, Josef
Josef Lhévinne
Russian pianist
Alexander Tcherepnin
American composer
Moiseiwitsch, Benno
Benno Moiseiwitsch
British pianist
Anna Esipova
Russian musician
Pachmann, Vladimir von
Vladimir von Pachmann
Russian pianist
Gabrilowitsch, Ossip
Ossip Gabrilowitsch
Russian pianist
Sergey Prokofiev
Sergey Prokofiev
Russian composer
David Oistrakh
Russian violinist
Pete Johnson
American musician
Wojciech Adalbert Zywny
Polish musician
Leon Russell
American songwriter, producer, and musician
Cedar Walton
American musician