Zinaida Grigoryevna Gilels (Ukrainian: Зінаїда Григорівна Гілельс, Russian: Зинаида Григорьевна Гилельс, February 24, 1924, Odesa - May 7, 2000) was a Soviet and later an American violinist and pedagogue.
Then from 1943 until her graduation in 1949 she studied at the Moscow Conservatory with David Oistrach.
She taught at Moscow Central Music School from 1960 until 1983, first as an assistant of Yury Yankelevich[2] and then leading her own studio.
[citation needed] She was a visiting professor in the Institute Musicale St. Cecilia, Portogruaro, Italy since 1986, in the Violin School and Festival in Kuhmo, Finland from 1987 to 1992, and in Ryoko Saski School Music, in Tokyo, Japan from 1994.
She developed a teaching method to enable young violinists to overcome the difficulties of playing the violin, and her method is continued in the Zinaida Gilels Violin School in Latisana, Italy.