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Yefim Bronfman

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Yefim Bronfman
Bronfman in 2009
Born
Yefim Naumovich Bronfman

(1958-04-10) April 10, 1958 (age 66)
NationalityAmerican, Israeli
OccupationPianist

Yefim "Fimi" Naumovich Bronfman (Russian: Ефим Наумович Бронфман; born April 10, 1958) is a Soviet-born Israeli-American pianist.[1][2]

Biography

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Bronfman was born in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, and immigrated to Israel at the age of 15. He was born into a musical Jewish family. His father Naum Bronfman was a concertmaster of the municipal opera orchestra, his mother Pauline Bronfman was a pianist, and his older sister Elizabeth later became a violinist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.[1][3] He became an American citizen in 1989.[4]

Bronfman's teachers were Arie Vardi, Rudolf Firkušný, Leon Fleisher, and Rudolf Serkin.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Yefim Bronfman Biography". www.musicianguide.com. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
  2. ^ Pâris, Alain (2015). Le nouveau dictionnaire des interprètes. Bouquins (Nouvelle éd. actualisée ed.). Paris: Robert Laffont. ISBN 978-2-221-14576-0.
  3. ^ "Musical meeting will lead to wedding bells". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
  4. ^ "The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence, 2013–14". New York Philharmonic. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
  5. ^ Wigler, Stephen (May 29, 1992). "Yefim Bronfman At 33, pianist already an old-timer". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  6. ^ "Yefim Bronfman". Mariinsky Theatre. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
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