Gleb Borisovich Axelrod was a Russia

Russia

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n pianist.

He was a disciple of Grigory Ginzburg

Grigory Ginzburg

Grigory Romanovich Ginzburg was a Jewish-born, Russian pianist.-Biography:Ginzburg first studied with his mother before being accepted as a student in Alexander Goldenweiser's class at Moscow Conservatory. In 1927 he gained fourth prize in the Warsaw International Frederick Chopin Competition...

. Axelrod won, ex-aequo with Marina Slesaryeva, the II piano edition of the Prague Spring Festival Competition (1951). In 1955 he obtained a 4th prize at the Concours Long-Thibaud

Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition

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, and two years later he was awarded the inaugural edition of the Vianna da Motta Competition

Vianna da Motta International Music Competition

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's 2d prize. He subsequently held a professorship at the Moscow Conservatory

Moscow Conservatory

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.