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ALEXANDER UNINSKY (KIEV, 2 FEBRUARY [O.S. 20 JANUARY], 1910 – DALLAS, 19 DECEMBER, 1972)

 

 

 

 

Alexander Uninsky was an American classical pianist of Ukrainian origin. Alexander Uninsky was born in Kiev (then in the Russian Empire, now in Ukraine). He initially studied piano there in the conservatory which had been opened in 1913, and whose other graduates included Vladimir Horowitz and Alexander Brailowsky. He subsequently moved to Paris in 1923, where he studied with Lazare Lévy. He was awarded the conservatory’s first prize for piano. In 1932 he won the second International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition. In fact, Uninsky tied for first place with the blind Hungarian pianist Imre Ungar, and the judges decided to award victory on the basis of the toss of a coin. Ungar lost. In 1955, he took up a teaching post at the Toronto Conservatory of Music, where he numbered among his pupils the Canadian composer Bruce Mather. Mather commemorated his teacher in his 1974 composition In memoriam Alexander Uninsky.  Subsequently he taught at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. His pupils included Jeffrey Swann, David Morgan, Carmen Alvarez, Boaz Heilman, Dr. Henry Doskey, David Golub and Dubravka Tomšič Srebotnjak. He played his last concert in San Jose, Costa Rica, on October 19, 1972 for the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the National Theatre. He played Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto #1 Opus 23 with the Costa Rican National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gerald Brown. He was suffering an advanced arthritis. He committed suicide two months later, in December 19, 1972 in Dallas, Texas, aged 62.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Chopin, Uninsky – 14 Valses

Label: Philips – G 03.005 L

Series: Great Classics For Everyone

Format: Records, LP, Mono

Page: France

Release date: 1958

Genre:  Classical

Style: Romantic

14 Waltzes

En Mi Bémol Majeur, Op. 18

En La Bémol Majeur Op. 34, Nº 1

En La Mineur, Op. 34, Nº 2

En Fa Majeur, Op. 34 Nº 3

En La Bémol Majeur, Op. 42

En Ré Bémol Majeur, Op. 64, Nº 1

En Ut Diese Mineur, Op. 64, Nº 2

En La Bémol Majeur, Op. 64, Nº 3

En La Bémol Majeur, Op. 69, Nº 1

En Si Mineur, Op. 69, Nº 2

En Sol Bémol Op. 70, Nº 1

En Fa Mineur, Op. 70, Nº 2

En Ré Bémol Majeur, Op. 70 Nº 3

En Mineur, Op. Posthume