Vainberg, Moisey Samuilovich

Vainberg [Víghnbirk] (Vaynberg, Weinberg), Moisey Samuilovich (12–8–1919, Warsaw). Pianist and comp. Grad. 1939 from the Warsaw Cons., where his teachers incl. Turczinski. When the Nazis invaded Poland, sought refuge in the USSR and continued his training with V. A. Zolotaryov at the Minsk Cons. Grad. in 1941 and is now considered one of the most important Soviet symphonists. Continues the tradition of his close friend Shostakovich , while also incl. Jewish, Polish, and Moldavian elements…