[Galamian, Ivan. (1903 - 1981)] Siloti, Alexander [Ziloti, Aleksandr Il'yich]. (1863 - 1945)
Signed Photograph to Ivan Galamian
Remarkable 8 x 10 inch photograph of the great Russian pianist, composer, conductor, and teacher, signed and inscribed in 1938 in Russian to the famed violinist and violin pedagogue Ivan Galamian, teacher of Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Michael Rabin and many other successful violinists: "To my dear young colleague, Ivan Alexandrovich Galamian from the old musician. N.Y. May 22, 1938. A.Ziloti." In fine condition, slight stain along left edge, chipped at upper and lower right corners in blank margin, all of which could be easily matted out of view and otherwise in fine condition. Signed photographs of Siloti are uncommon and this is a remarkable example.One of the most celebrated pianists/pedagogues of the late 19th century, Siloti was a student of Nikolay Rubinstein, Taneyev and Tschaikovsky in Moscow before moving to Weimar to study with Liszt. He returned to teach at the Moscow Conservatory in 1887, where among his students, was his cousin - Sergei Rachmaninoff. He toured frequently, gave important premieres of works by Debussy, Elgar, Glazunov, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Rimsky-Korsakov, Scriabin, Sibelius and Stravinsky and was Tchaikovsky's trusted editor, especially for the first and second piano concertos. Later, Siloti settled in New York, where he taught, among others, Marc Blitzstein and Eugene Istomin. (8505)
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