Mikhaïl Faerman
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Mikhail Faerman is a Russian-Belgian classical pianist.
He was born in 1955, in Beltsi, Moldavia, USSR. He started to study piano at the age of three.
As he showed exceptional talent, he was sent in 1962 to sit for entrance examinations at the Central Music School of Moscow. He was admitted to the class of Evgenia Yarmonenko.
He entered the Moscow State Conservatory of Music http://www.mosconsv.ru/english.phtml at the age of 17 and studied there from 1972 to 1977 with distinguished Professor Jacob Flier
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In 1975 he won the First Prize at the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition
in Brussels.
He left the Soviet Union in October 1978 and moved to Belgium.
In 1979 he became a professor at the Royal Conservatory of Mons in Belgium.
Since then, Mikhail Faerman is regularly invited to share his knowledge as a member of the Jury at the Conservatories of Brussels, Liege, Luxembourg, Paris etc.
In March 1985 he participated in the Jury of the International Competition in Epinal http://www.concours-international-piano-epinal.org/, France.
In September 1985, Mr. Faerman was invited to play the piano at the International Festival of Seoul in South Korea, where he gave a concert with orchestra and a remarkable recital.
In November 1987 he served as president of the Jury of the First European Piano Competition.
Since 1997, he has been a professor of piano at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels.
Mikhail Faerman has an older brother, Vladimir Faerman, who is also a musical prodigy. Vladimir moved to America with his parents (who have since deceased) in 1979, thereby ending his musical career. He currently lives in New Jersey with his wife Galina Faerman and has a daughter, Zlata Faerman.
He was born in 1955, in Beltsi, Moldavia, USSR. He started to study piano at the age of three.
As he showed exceptional talent, he was sent in 1962 to sit for entrance examinations at the Central Music School of Moscow. He was admitted to the class of Evgenia Yarmonenko.
He entered the Moscow State Conservatory of Music http://www.mosconsv.ru/english.phtml at the age of 17 and studied there from 1972 to 1977 with distinguished Professor Jacob Flier
Yakov Flier
Yakov Vladimirovich Flier was a Russian concert pianist and teacher.Flier was born in Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Russia. He studied piano at the Moscow Conservatory with Konstantin Igumnov. By the 1930s he had become one of the most prominent Russian concert pianists...
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In 1975 he won the First Prize at the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition
Queen Elisabeth Music Competition
The Queen Elisabeth Music Competition, a founding member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions has been, since its foundation, considered the world over to be one of the most prestigious and most difficult. It is devoted to violin , piano , to composition and to singing...
in Brussels.
He left the Soviet Union in October 1978 and moved to Belgium.
In 1979 he became a professor at the Royal Conservatory of Mons in Belgium.
Since then, Mikhail Faerman is regularly invited to share his knowledge as a member of the Jury at the Conservatories of Brussels, Liege, Luxembourg, Paris etc.
In March 1985 he participated in the Jury of the International Competition in Epinal http://www.concours-international-piano-epinal.org/, France.
In September 1985, Mr. Faerman was invited to play the piano at the International Festival of Seoul in South Korea, where he gave a concert with orchestra and a remarkable recital.
In November 1987 he served as president of the Jury of the First European Piano Competition.
Since 1997, he has been a professor of piano at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels.
Mikhail Faerman has an older brother, Vladimir Faerman, who is also a musical prodigy. Vladimir moved to America with his parents (who have since deceased) in 1979, thereby ending his musical career. He currently lives in New Jersey with his wife Galina Faerman and has a daughter, Zlata Faerman.