Bruno Leonardo Gelber

Bruno Leonardo Gelber ( born March 19, 1941 in Buenos Aires ) is an Argentine pianist.

Life

Bruno Leonardo Gelber was born into a musical family, his father was a violist at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, his mother a pianist. With three years Yellow piano began to play and at the age of five he mastered all the sonatas and concertos.

From 1946 he studied, along with Enrique Barenboim, Martha Argerich and Julio F. Largacha in Vincento Scarramuzza in Buenos Aires. 1948 forced him an outbreak of polio in a year's break. But his condition improved soon, so that he could give his first concert in the Argentine broadcasting in 1949. During his further education he has performed in many concert halls of his country. 1956 Yellow played under the baton of Lorin Maazel in Teatro Colon. At 20 he received a scholarship from the French government and continued his studies with Marguerite Long in Paris continued. After him his concert appearances made ​​known throughout Europe.

Yellow has previously worked with many leading orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic, the London Symphony Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. His repertoire includes the great classical and romantic piano works. He is considered one of the best Brahms interpreters of the world. Also on German television Yellow has occurred. In 1971 he produced the Saarland Radio, directed by Peter Rocholl a piano program with works by Scarlatti, Schubert and Chopin, which was broadcast in the following years several times in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

1989 and 1999 was Yellow in Argentina the Konex Prize. In addition, he was awarded the Grand Prix de l' Académie Charles Cros and the Prix de l' Académie de Paris.