Yefim "Fima" Naumovich Bronfman (Russian: Ефим Раумович
Ð'ронфман; born April 10, 1958) is a Soviet-born
Israeli-American pianist.Bronfman was born in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, and
immigrated to Israel at the age of 15. He became an American citizen
in 1989.Bronfman's teachers were Rudolf Firkušný, Leon Fleisher, and
Rudolf Serkin. He made his international debut in 1975 with Zubin
Mehta and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.He made his Carnegie Hall
debut in 1989 and gave a series of recitals with Isaac Stern in 1991.
He won a Grammy award in 1997 for his recording of the three Bartók
piano concertos with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles
Philharmonic. Another recording with Salonen, of the concertos of
Sergei Rachmaninoff, was pirated by the record label Concert Artist
and re-issued with the piano part falsely attributed to Joyce Hatto.
Ð'ронфман; born April 10, 1958) is a Soviet-born
Israeli-American pianist.Bronfman was born in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, and
immigrated to Israel at the age of 15. He became an American citizen
in 1989.Bronfman's teachers were Rudolf Firkušný, Leon Fleisher, and
Rudolf Serkin. He made his international debut in 1975 with Zubin
Mehta and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.He made his Carnegie Hall
debut in 1989 and gave a series of recitals with Isaac Stern in 1991.
He won a Grammy award in 1997 for his recording of the three Bartók
piano concertos with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles
Philharmonic. Another recording with Salonen, of the concertos of
Sergei Rachmaninoff, was pirated by the record label Concert Artist
and re-issued with the piano part falsely attributed to Joyce Hatto.
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