Mayor Brenner
Mayor Rafailoviç Brenner | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 January 1907 |
| Died | 7 April 1973 |
| Nationality | Azerbaijani |
| Citizenship | Soviet Union Azerbaijani Republic |
| Occupation | Actress |
Mayor Rafaelovich Brenner (Azerbaijani:Mayor Rafailoviç Brenner, b. 7 January 1907, Dnipro, Russian Empire - d. 7 April 1973, Baku, Azerbaijan SSR) was a Soviet pianist and music teacher. People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1968).[1]
He was a student of Uzeyir Hajibeyov.
Life
[edit]After graduating from the Ekaterinoslav Music Technical School, he entered the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in the class of Leonid Nikolaev. Upon completing his studies at the conservatory, he performed as a soloist and ensemble musician. From the mid-1930s, he settled in Baku and completed his postgraduate studies at the Baku Conservatory under the guidance of Uzeyir Hajibeyov.[2]
In the 1930s and 1940s, he became the first performer of several works by Azerbaijani composers such as Gara Garayev, Fikret Amirov, and others. Brenner was one of the founders of the Azerbaijani piano school, teaching at the conservatory from 1935 and becoming a professor in 1951. Among his students was, notably, Farhad Badalbeyli.[3]
He passed away on April 7, 1973, in Baku, and was buried in the Second Alley of Honorary Burial in Baku.
Awards
[edit]- Honored Art Workers of the Azerbaijan SSR
- People's Artists of the Azerbaijan SSR
References
[edit]- ^ Видные деятели фортепианной культуры Азербайджана / сост. и авт. предисл. Т. Сеидов. — Баку: Ишыг, 1988. — p. 168. — ISBN 5-89650-001-7.
- ^ гл. ред. Ю. В. Келдыш. "Бреннер, Майор Рафаилович". Музыкальная энциклопедия. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "Бреннер Майор Рафаилович - пианист и педагог". ourbaku.com. 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- Burials at II Alley of Honor
- 1907 births
- 1973 deaths
- Soviet pianists
- Azerbaijani pianists
- 20th-century pianists
- Soviet music educators
- Azerbaijani music educators
- People's Artists of the Azerbaijan SSR
- Honored Art Workers of the Azerbaijan SSR
- Saint Petersburg Conservatory alumni
- Baku Academy of Music alumni
- Academic staff of the Baku Academy of Music
- Soviet classical musicians
- Azerbaijani classical musicians