Alexander tsfasman biography

Born in Zaporozhe formerly Alexandrovsk , Ukraine, Tsfassman began to study piano at an early age, and in he graduated from the piano class of Feliks Blumenfeld at the Moscow Conservatory. While still a student he formed an ensemble of jazz orchestra and piano soloist, a novelty at that time in Soviet Russia, and it was attacked by the Association of Proletarian Musicians for introducing "decadent" Western music.

Alexander Naumovich Tsfasman (Russian: Александр Наумович Цфасман; born December 14, - died February 20, ) was a.

From to he headed the large jazz orchestra of Radio Moscow. In later years he appeared mostly as a piano soloist with stage orchestras in performances of his own works or his piano arrangements of popular Soviet songs. In he was named "Meritorious Artist. Baker, Biog Dict, s. Tsfassman, in: Sovyetskaya Musika , 5 , Sources: Encyclopaedia Judaica.

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