Background
Grigoriy was born on May 16, 1904 in Nizhniy Novgorod.
Grigoriy was born on May 16, 1904 in Nizhniy Novgorod.
In 1924 he graduated from Moscow Conservatory.
In 1927 he gained fourth prize in the Warsaw International Frederick Chopin Competition. He was recognized as one of the finest musicians in the Soviet Union and toured Europe several times. He became an important professor at the Moscow Conservatory in 1929. Among his pupils were G. Aksel’rod, S. Dorenskii, and A. Skavronskii.