• Name: Samuil Feinberg
• Birth Date: May 26, 1890
• Birth Place: Odesa, Ukraine
• Piano Lineage: Alexander Goldenweiser
• Favorite Recording: Scriabin Sonata 4 in F-sharp major, Op. 30

"He believed that self-promotion was degrading, and that great art would speak for itself. He believed that any form of praise marked the limit of achievement, and therefore marked the end of the creative process.8 His refusal to promote himself or his compositions, combined with the complexities and extreme technical demands of his early compositions invited accusations of elitism, a curse which haunted much of his early career as a composer." Source: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/2022/23641/Cavanaugh%2C%20Sean%20%28DM%20Piano%29.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y