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Birth name
  
Elena Emilevna Gilels

Name
  
Elena Gilels

Instruments
  

Occupation(s)
  
Genres
  
Classical

Role
  
Pianist


Born
  
September 5, 1948 (
1948-09-05
)

Died
  
June 17, 1996, Moscow, Russia

Albums
  
Klavierkonzert Nr. 27 / Konzert fur zwei Klaviere Es-dur (Wiener Philharmoniker feat. conductor: Karl Bohm, piano: Emil & Elena Gilels)

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Emil Gilels, Karl Bohm, Wolfgang Amadeus

MOZART Concerto for Two Pianos in E flat major K365 EMIL & ELENA GILELS


Emil & Elena Gilels play Schubert Sonata for 4 hands, D. 617 - live 1984


Elena Emilevna Gilels (Russian: Елена Эмильевна Ги́лельс; September 5, 1948 – June 17, 1996) was a Russian pianist.

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The daughter of pianist Emil Gilels, Elena Gilels studied at the Moscow Conservatory under Vera Gornostayeva and Yakov Flier, then with Pavel Serebryakov at the Leningrad Conservatory. Her repertoire focused on the works of Haydn, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Liszt, Schumann, Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev. Elena Gilels is perhaps best remembered for her performances of Mozart's piano concertos. She frequently performed with her father Emil Gilels, with whom she recorded Mozart's Concerto for Two Pianos, KV. 365.

Literature

  • Grigoryev L. Platek J. "Modern pianists." Moscow, "Soviet composer", 1990
  • References

    Elena Gilels Wikipedia


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