Maria Grinberg
Russian-Soviet pianist and teacher (1908-1978)
Maria Israilevna Grinberg (Russian: Mария Израилевна Гринберг; September 6, 1908 – July 14, 1978) was a Russian pianist.
Biography
She was born in Odessa, Russian Empire. Her father was a Hebrew scholar and her mother taught piano privately. Until the age of 18, Maria took piano lessons from Odessa's noted teacher David Aisberg. Eventually she became a pupil of Felix Blumenfeld (who also taught Vladimir Horowitz) and later, after his death, continued her studies with Konstantin Igumnov at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1935, she won the Second Prize at the Second All-Union Pianist Competition.
Grinberg became a major figure of the Russian piano school. She was married to baritone Peter Kirichek, with whom she also performed. In 1935 she married the Polish poet, publicist and communist Stanislaw Stande, who emigrated to the Soviet Union in 1931. With him she had a daughter, Nika, who was also a pianist.
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