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ΠΎΡ. ΠΡΠΎΡ ΡΠ΅ΠΊΡΡ Π½Π°ΠΏΠΈΡΠ°Π½ Ρ ΠΈΡΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ΠΈΠ΅ΠΌ Π»Π΅ΠΊΡΠΈΠΊΠΈ 67 ΡΠ·ΡΠΊΠΎΠ² ΠΈ Π½Π°ΡΠ΅Π·ΠΊΠΈ ΠΈΠ· 170 ΡΠ΅ΠΊΡΡΠΎΠ² Π΄ΡΡΠ³ΠΈΡ
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Kushnir engaged in civil activism, participating in protests against the annexation of Crimea and the war in
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September 19, 1984, in a Jewish family. His father, Mikhail Borisovich Kushnir (1945β2020), was a musician and a teacher at a children's music school, who developed his own method of teaching music to children, widely used in music schools in Russia. His mother, Irina Mikhailovna Levina (born
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Kushnir was almost unknown during his life. He did not seek fame as a musician, and made very few recordings. He believed that the arts should be free to the audience, and refused to advertise himself. He preferred smaller cities, and wanted to stay in
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1944), was a music teacher. His paternal grandfather was a singing teacher and a choral conductor, his grandmother was an accompanist. Pavel started to play piano at two, and then studied at a music school in Tambov. At the age of 17, Kushnir performed the complete cycle of
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ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡΡ Π² ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠ½Π°ΡΠ΅ ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ΅ΠΆΠΈΡΠΈΡ. Π ΠΏΡΡΡ ΡΠ°ΡΠΎΠ² ΡΡΡΠ°, Π² ΠΏΡΠΈΡΡΡΡΡΠ²ΠΈΠΈ Π΄Π²ΡΡ
Π±ΠΎΠΌΠΆΠ΅ΠΉ ΠΈ Ρ ΠΏΠΎΠ»Π½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠ½Π°ΡΠΎΠΉ ΠΏΡΡΠ½ΡΡ
ΡΠ΅Π», ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎ Π³Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎ ΠΈΠ³ΡΠ°ΡΡ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ΄ΠΈΡ ΠΠ΅Π±ΡΡΡΠΈ Π½Π° ΠΊΠ»Π°Π²ΠΈΠ°ΡΡΡΠ΅, ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΈΡΠΎΠΉ ΡΠΏΠΈΡΡΠΎΠΌ ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠΆΠΆΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠΉ, ΠΈ Π²ΠΈΠ΄Π΅ΡΡ ΠΏΡΠΎΠ»ΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡΠΈΠ΅ΡΡ ΠΈΠ· Π³Π»Π°Π· Π±ΠΎΠΌΠΆΠ΅ΠΉ ΡΠ»Π΅Π·Ρ."
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imprisoned, drafted into the army, or fired". He thought that he had more freedom outside of the capital, and hoped that there he could avoid playing at state pro-war concerts. After his death, his friends started writing about his overlooked genius.
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a "a disgrace to our homeland". Kushnir was accused under "the article on public calls for terrorist activity". His case was unknown to human rights activists. He died on July 27, on the fifth day of a dry
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praised this performance, noting that "he demonstrated the development of
Rachmaninoff's ideas, and he purified it from all overlays, from any pop stylings β he made it crystal clear". For the
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family for two years. There were eleven people at the ceremony in
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radio station, Kushnir recorded a cycle "Mazurkas on
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