Rosa Tamarkina

Rosa Tamarkina
Rosa Tamarkina with Jakov Zak, Witold Małcużyński and Lance Dossor. Warsaw, February 1937
Background information
Birth nameRosa Vladimirovna Tamarkina
Born(1920-03-23)23 March 1920
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR
Died5 August 1950(1950-08-05) (aged 30)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
GenresClassical music
OccupationVirtuoso pianist
InstrumentPiano
Years active1933–1950

Rosa Vladimirovna Tamarkina (Russian: Ро́за Влади́мировна Тама́ркина; 23 March 1920  5 August 1950) was a Soviet pianist who won second prize in the III International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (1937).