Gregor Piatigorsky

Gregor Piatigorsky
Piatigorsky in 1945
Born(1903-04-17)April 17, 1903
Ekaterinoslav, Russian Empire (now, Dnipro, Ukraine)
DiedAugust 6, 1976(1976-08-06) (aged 73)
Los Angeles, California, US
NationalityAmerican
OccupationCellist
Spouse
(m. 1937)
ChildrenJephta Piatigorsky (1937–2019)
Joram Piatigorsky (b. 1940)
RelativesDaniel B. Drachman (son-in-law)

Gregor Piatigorsky (Russian: Григо́рий Па́влович Пятиго́рский, Grigoriy Pavlovich Pyatigorskiy; April 17 [O.S. April 4] 1903 – August 6, 1976[1]) was a Russian Empire-born American cellist.

  1. ^ Piatigorsky, Jacqueline (1988). Jump in the Waves A Memoir. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 177. ISBN 0-312-01834-7.