Vladimir Ashkenazy
Vladimir Ashkenazy · Arts & Literature
Pianist and conductor acclaimed for his recordings of the Romantic repertoire
1937, Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod), Soviet Union
Soviet Union · Iceland · Switzerland
Vladimir Ashkenazy is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Pianist and conductor acclaimed for his recordings of the Romantic repertoire
Ashkenazy is one of the great pianists of his generation and a distinguished conductor, acclaimed above all for his recordings of the Romantic repertoire — Rachmaninoff, Chopin and Beethoven — and later leading orchestras worldwide. His father, the pianist David Ashkenazy, was Jewish; his mother was Russian, and he left the Soviet Union in 1963.
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Pianist and conductor acclaimed for his recordings of the Romantic repertoire
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
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