Born in Odessa, to a Jewish musical family (but neither parent was a professional musician). The author of this article combined 2 people from the same family under one name. Zinaida Gilels was a famous violin teacher in Moscow, in the Central Music School for Gifted Children (1968-1982) and later in USA. She was actually the niece of Elizaveta, was born in Odessa in 1924 and died in Boston in 2000. Her father was a clerk at a sugar refinery, mother was a housewife having many children. Both parents had children from previous marriages. However, due to inexplicable reasons the meeti…
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