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Gilels

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[gi-lelz, gyee-lyils] / gɪˈlɛlz, ˈgji ljɪls /

noun

  1. Emil (Grigoryevich) 1916–85, Russian pianist.


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For one thing, he’s a graduate of the Moscow Conservatory, where he studied with Heinrich Neuhaus, the famous teacher of Richter and Gilels.

From Washington Post Aug. 6, 2015

The difference now isn’t just that the Tehran orchestra playing a pathetic Peace and Friendship Symphony is such a far cry from Emil Gilels playing Beethoven’s Emperor concerto.

From New York Times Feb. 3, 2010

Isolated within one school of music, in this case the Russian, the growth potential of an artist such as Gilels was, like a sapling in a tin can, limited.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gilels rewarded them with a magnificent performance of his tour de force, Liszt's massively difficult Sonata in B Minor.

From Time Magazine Archive

He laid more at the graves of Sergei Prokofiev, David Oistrakh and Emil Gilels.

From Time Magazine Archive

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