Luboshutz (real name, Luboshitz), Pierre

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Luboshutz (real name, Luboshitz), Pierre

Luboshutz (real name, Luboshitz), Pierre, Russian-American pianist, brother of Léa Luboshutz; b. Odessa, June 17, 1891; d. Rockport, Maine, April 17, 1971. He studied violin with his father, then turned to the piano, and entered the Moscow Cons, as a pupil of Igumnov, graduating in 1912; also studied in Paris with Edouard Risler. Returning to Russia, he played in a trio with his 2 sisters, Léa (violin) and Anna (cello); in 1926, went to America as accompanist to Zimbalist, Piatigor-sky, and others. In 1931 he married Genia Nemenoff (b. Paris, Oct. 23, 1905; d. N.Y, Sept. 19, 1989), with whom he formed a piano duo (N.Y. debut, Jan. 18, 1937). As Luboshutz-Nemenoff, they gave annual concerts with considerable success. From 1962 to 1968 they headed the piano dept. at Mich. State Univ.; then returned to N.Y.

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