Yevgeny Shenderovich
Yevgeny Mikhailovich Shenderovich (1918–1999) was a pianist, teacher, and composer. He was born in Rostov-on-Don and died in Jerusalem.
He studied at a music school with Yakov Druskin and at a music college with V. V. Shaub. In 1945, he graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory, where he studied with M. Ya. Khalfin, Leonid Nikolayev, and O. K. Kalantarova. From 1944, he performed with the Leningrad Regional Philharmonic, and from 1948 to 1959 he worked as a concertmaster at the Leningrad Conservatory. He performed with singers including Yevgeny Nesterenko, Yelena Obraztsova, Boris Rudenko, and Maria Bieshu, and worked with composers Dmitri Shostakovich and Georgy Sviridov.
Shenderovich also accompanied performers at national and international competitions. He taught at the Leningrad Conservatory from 1959, becoming an associate professor in 1966. From 1976 to 1991, he worked in the concertmaster studies department at the Moscow State Conservatory, where he became a professor in 1986. More than 20 of his students won prizes in competitions. After moving to Israel in 1991, he taught at the music academies in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and performed in concerts with Israeli vocalists.
Shenderovich wrote piano pieces, romances, and music for dramatic productions, and arranged Russian folk songs for voice and piano. He also wrote articles and pamphlets on the art of concert accompaniment, including “On Overcoming Pianistic Difficulties in Piano Scores” (1962). His memoir, “With a Singer on the Concert Stage,” was written in Jerusalem in 1997. His distinctions included competition diplomas for best accompaniment and best concert program, a diploma from the 1978 International Tchaikovsky Competition, and the title Honored Artist of the RSFSR, awarded in 1981.