Alexander Uninsky, born February 15, 1910 in Kiev, Russian Empire (now Ukraine), was a pianist. He studied at the Kiev Conservatory and later with Lazare Lévy in Paris. Uninsky's breakthrough came in 1932 when he tied for first place with Imre Ungar at the II International Chopin Piano Competition; a coin toss decided Ungar lost. In the early 1950s, Uninsky was signed by the Philips recording company and released several albums, including Piano Concerto No. 1 (B Flat Minor) Op.23 in 1952 and Tableaux D'Une Exposition (1953). In 1955, he started teaching at the Toronto Conservatory of Music, where Bruce Mather was his student. Uninsky's final concert was on October 19, 1972, performing Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Costa Rican National Symphony Orchestra. He died in Dallas, Texas, on December 19, 1972.
