- Abram Lufer
Abram Lufer (born in
Kiev , August 25, 1905 - died in Kiev, July 13, 1948) was an Ukrainian pianist.The Head of the Lysenko Musical Institute's piano department since 1929, Lufer won the Kharkiv'30 All-Ukrainian Piano Competition and was appointed the
National Philharmonic Society of Ukraine 's soloist. Two years later he was awarded a 4th prize at the II Fryderyk Chopin competition - having tied withBolesław Kon , he lost at the coin flipping. His disciple Tatyana Goldfarb was awarded a 9th prize at the competition's next edition.He was appointed a professor at the Kiev Conservatory in 1935. In the post-war he served as the institution's director and resumed his role at the Kiev Philharmonic.
References
* [http://en.chopin.nifc.pl/chopin/persons/detail/cat/3/page/3/id/30 Fryderyk Chopin Information Center - Abram Lufer]
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