Jakob Gimpel
Jakob Gimpel was born in Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine on April 16th, 1906 and is the Pianist. At the age of 82, Jakob Gimpel biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Jakob Gimpel (April 16, 1906 - March 12, 1989) was a Polish concert pianist and educator. Jakob Gimpel was born in Lvov (then in Polish Galicia, part of the Austria-Hungarian Empire) and now Lviv, Ukraine.
Bronislav Gimpel, Gimpel's younger brother, was a well-known concert pianist, and his older brother, Karol Gimpel, was a celebrated concert pianist and conductor.
Performing career
Gimpel began his piano studies with his father, Adolph, and later studied piano with Cornelia Tarnowska and Eduard Steuermann, and music theory with Alban Berg. Gimpel made his debut in Vienna, Austria, in 1923, with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, conducted by Pierre Monteux. He played Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto.
Gimpel toured with violinists Bronisław Huberman, Erika Morini, Nathan Milstein, and his brother, Bronislav Gimpel. In 1937, Gimpel helped Huberman found the Palestine Symphony Orchestra, now the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Gimpel migrated to New York City in 1938 and later moved to Los Angeles.