Jakob Gimpel

Jakob Gimpel (April 16, 1906 – March 12, 1989)[1] was a Polish concert pianist and educator.[2]

Jakob Gimpel was born in Lwów (then in Polish Galicia, part of the Austria-Hungarian Empire, and now Lviv, Ukraine). Gimpel's younger brother, Bronislav Gimpel, was a noted concert violinist, and his older brother, Karol Gimpel, was a pianist and conductor.[3][4]

  1. ^ Slonimsky, Nicolas; Theodore Baker (1992). Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (Eighth ed.). New York, New York: Schirmer Books.
  2. ^ Schonberg, Harold C. (1998). "Jakob Gimpel". American Record Guide, Volume 61, Issue.
  3. ^ "Jakob Gimpel, a Concert Pianist, Dies at 82". The New York Times. March 15, 1989. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  4. ^ Gimpel, Peter (2004). "Jakob Gimpel: A Biographical Essay". Jakob & Bronislaw Gimpel Archives. Archived from the original on October 9, 2007.