Elena Emilevna Gilels (; September 5, 1948 – June 17, 1996) was a Soviet and Russian pianist.

The daughter of pianist Emil Gilels, Elena Gilels studied at the Moscow Conservatory under Vera Gornostayeva and Yakov Flier, then with Pavel Serebryakov at the Leningrad Conservatory. Her repertoire focused on the works of Haydn, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Liszt, Schumann, Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev. Elena Gilels is perhaps best remembered for her performances of Mozart's piano concertos. She frequently performed with her father Emil Gilels, with whom she recorded Mozart's Concerto for Two Pianos, KV. 365.

Elena Gilels

References

Literature

Grigoryev L. Platek J. "Modern pianists." Moscow, "Soviet composer", 1990

1948 births

1996 deaths

Russian classical pianists

Russian women pianists

Moscow Conservatory alumni

20th-century classical pianists

20th-century classical musicians

Women classical pianists

20th-century women pianists

Elena Gilels