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Yakov Izrailevich Zak (Ukrainian: Яків Ізраїлович Зак), (Russian: Яков Израилевич Зак), Jiakov Israilevič Sak; Odessa, 20 November [O.S. 7 November] 1913 – Moscow, 28 June 1976) was a Soviet and Russian pianist and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1966).

Born in Odessa, Zak studied piano at the Odessa Conservatory with Maria Starkhova, took classes on special harmony with Mykola Vilinsky, and later studied with Heinrich Neuhaus in Moscow, graduating in 1935.[1] Having made his debut in 1935, he rose to prominence[2] when he won First Prize and the Mazurka Prize at the III International Chopin Piano Competition in 1937. From 1935 Zak taught at the Moscow Conservatory, becoming a professor in 1947 and being granted a chair in 1965. His pupils include Eliso Virsaladze, Irina Zaritskaya, Nikolai Petrov, Evgeny Mogilevsky, Svetlana Navasardyan, Lyubov Timofeyeva, Valery Afanassiev, Ludmila Knezkova-Hussey, Vladimir Bakk, and Youri Egorov.

References

1. Yakov Zak, biography
2. Yakov Zak, Stat'i, Materially, Vospominaniia (Papers, Documents, Memoirs), Moscow, "Sovetskii Kompozitor", 1980
3. Yakov Zak plays Chopin – Sonata no.3 in B minor, op.58 on YouTube

На других языках

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[de] Jakow Israilewitsch Sak

Jakow Israilewitsch Sak (russisch Яков Израилевич Зак, wiss. Transliteration Jakov Izrailevič Zak; * 7. Novemberjul. / 20. November 1913greg. in Odessa; † 28. Juni 1976 in Moskau) war ein sowjetischer Pianist und Klavierpädagoge jüdischer Herkunft.

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- [en] Yakov Zak

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[es] Yakov Zak

Yákov Zak (Odesa, Ucrania, 20 de noviembre de 1913 - Moscú, antigua URSS, 27 de junio de 1976) fue un pianista ruso ganador de la tercera edición del Concurso Internacional de Piano Frédéric Chopin, en 1937.

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[ru] Зак, Яков Израилевич

Я́ков Изра́илевич Зак (1913—1976) — советский пианист, педагог. Народный артист СССР (1966).

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