Gregory Haimovsky

Gregory S. Haimovsky, born on February 13, 1926 in Moscow, is a Russian pianist, writer, and pedagogue. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1950 but faced career obstacles due to Stalin's anti-Semitism, spending 16 years isolated from concert stages. Haimovsky returned to Moscow in 1966 and became known for premiering works by Olivier Messiaen in the USSR, including "Quartet for the End of Time" and Turangalila-Symphony. He emigrated to Israel in 1972, teaching at the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem. After moving to the U.S. in 1977, he became a professor at New York University from 1984 to 2001, founding the NYU Chamber Music Society. Haimovsky also published six books in Russian and one translated in English between 2002 and 2012.

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