
-Alexander Aliabiev/Franz Liszt - The Nightingale piano: Grigory Ginzburg (1903-1961) recorded in Moscow 1947 Grigory Ginzburg 4th Prize winner, 1st International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (1927). Grigori Ginzburg was born into a family with no musical traditions. However, his parents insisted that their three sons become acquainted with the basics of music and play piano at least on an amateur level. Grigory the youngest child displayed the greatest interest in music and could play a tune by ear when he was but four years old. Tales of the remarkably talented boy reached Alexander Goldenweiser in Moscow. In 1910, the Ginzburgs introduced their son to Goldenweiser, who immediately decided to teach him music and piano playing. After the death of Grigori's father, Goldenweiser became almost a surrogate family to the boy. Goldenweiser placed particular emphasis on the development of basic technique. He worked Ginzburg through Hanon's exercises, teaching how to transpose them to any chosen key, play complicated rhythms, tempos and contrasting dynamics. Ginzburg was accepted to the Moscow Conservatoire at the age of thirteen, to the so-called lower course, but soon became a full-time student in Alexander Goldenweiser's class. Goldenweiser was Ginzburg's only teacher during the entire course of his musical education. Ginzburg made his debut as a pianist in 1922, when he sensationally played Franz Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major with the renowned <b>...</b>
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