Yefim Bronfman - master of the keyboard

About this episode

Pianist Yefim Bronfman discusses his friendship with Manny, their shared interests, and answers listener questions about music and performance.

Pianist Yefim Bronfman, “Fima,” chats with Manny about their decades-long friendship, their love of sports, their surprising anxiety around live broadcast performances. They’ll answer listeners’ questions about recovering from injuries and picking repertoire, even the stuff no one heard of! Fima and Manny work together in our Newly Dead game to identify odd ways composers have died.

People in this episode

Host: Manny

Guest: Yefim Bronfman

Topics covered

• friendship
• live performance
• sports
• music repertoire
• composer deaths

Keywords

• Yefim Bronfman
• Manny
• live performance
• music repertoire
• composer deaths
• sports
• anxiety
• injuries

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