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Yakov Zak

1913 - 1976

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Yakov Izrailevich Zak ( (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. Having made his debut in 1935, he rose to prominence when he won First Prize and the Mazurka Prize at the III International Chopin Piano Competition in 1937. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yakov Zak is the 937th most popular musician (up from 1,104th in 2019), the 512th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 631st in 2019) and the 17th most popular Ukrainian Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Yakov Zak ranks 937 out of 3,175. Before him are Dorival Caymmi, Al Stewart, André Cluytens, Max Roach, Orhan Gencebay, and James Ingram. After him are Nikolai Noskov, Scott Travis, Lili Kraus, Michael Weikath, Charlie Haden, and Mordechai Gebirtig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Yakov Zak ranks 176. Before him are Nurkhon Yuldashkhojayeva, Gustaaf Deloor, Samuel Eilenberg, Sándor Tarics, Gangubai Hangal, and Salvador Artigas. After him are Salvador Espriu, Julius Döpfner, Ćamil Sijarić, Anni Steuer, František Čáp, and Albert Cossery. Among people deceased in 1976, Yakov Zak ranks 132. Before him are Sergei Shtemenko, Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam, Nikolay Nosov, Pál Turán, Floyd Council, and Paul Gallico. After him are Pierre Jean Jouve, Rudolph Minkowski, Maria Klenova, Imogen Cunningham, Julius Döpfner, and Jean Martinon.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Yakov Zak ranks 512 out of 1,365. Before him are Mikhail Fridman (1964), Yury Vlasov (1935), Petro Symonenko (1952), Grigory Yavlinsky (1952), Klim Churyumov (1937), and Len Blavatnik (1957). After him are Anatoliy Zlenko (1938), Mark Krein (1907), Giacomo Rizzolatti (1937), Nikolay Gamaleya (1859), Alexander Trepov (1862), and Inessa Kravets (1966).

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Among MUSICIANS In Ukraine

Among musicians born in Ukraine, Yakov Zak ranks 17. Before him are Gregor Piatigorsky (1903), Arkady Luxemburg (1939), Felix Blumenfeld (1863), Emanuel Feuermann (1902), Karol Mikuli (1821), and Mischa Elman (1891). After him are Karl Doppler (1825), Volodymyr Ivasyuk (1949), Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński (1807), Valentina Lisitsa (1973), Shura Cherkassky (1909), and Mieczysław Horszowski (1892).

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