abstract:Emil Grigoryevich Gilels (, , , ; October 19, 1916 – October 14, 1985) was a Soviet pianist. He is widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century.
The Tchaikovsky Competition, designed to elevate the Communist nation even higher by proving Russian superiority in art as well as in science, featured a jury heavily weighted with Soviet musical greats, including pianists Sviatoslav Richter and EmilGilels, and composers Dmitri Kabalevsky and Aram Khachaturian.