{{#if:February 2007{{#ifexist:Category:Articles to be expanded since February 2007 Yefim "Fima" Naumovich Bronfman (Russian: ???? ???????? ????????; born April 10, 1958) is a Russian-Israeli pianist.

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Biography

He was born in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, and emigrated to Israel at the age of 15. He now has US citizenship.

He made his international debut in 1975 with Zubin Mehta and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.

He made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1989 and gave a series of recitals with Isaac Stern in 1991. He won a Grammy award in 1997 for his recording of the three Bartók piano concertos with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Another recording with Salonen, of the concertos of Sergei Rachmaninov, was pirated by the record label Concert Artist and re-issued with the piano part falsely attributed to Joyce Hatto.

Bronfman is also devoted to chamber music and has performed with many chamber ensembles and instrumentalists.

He made a set of Prokofiev's complete sonatas and concertos (with Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra) for Sony Records. ^[1]

In 1999, he appeared in Disney's Fantasia 2000, in a short clip introducing the "Steadfast Tin Soldier" segment. His rendition of Dmitri Shostakovich's Piano Concerto #2 in F-Major (1st movement) with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is the music used for the segment.

In March, 2006, Bronfman performed the Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1 with the San Francisco Symphony conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich.

Bronfman has also made an appearance with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, performing Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto.

His recent appearances have included performances with the Orchestre de Paris and the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. In January 2007, he also premiered Esa-Pekka Salonen's piano concerto, of which he is the dedicatee, with the New York Philharmonic conducted by the composer. This was later followed by a European premiere at the Proms with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. In May 2008, Bronfman performed the Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 1 with Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony, during a three-week Brahms Festival. ^[2] On Sept. 3, 2008, Bronfman performed Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor by Sergei Rachmaninov under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas at the Opening Gala of the San Francisco Symphony , and on Sept. 28 and 29 with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. David Robertson. ^[3]. On March 25 and 26 2009, he performed Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor by Sergei Rachmaninov, this time under the baton of Pinchas Zukerman with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, Canada.

Bronfman's older sister, Elizabeth Krupnik is a violin player with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra for the past 28 years.

References

1. Sony Classics
2. San Francisco Symphony website
3. St. Louis Symphony website