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Schwartz and John Berrie's 1983 article "Sviatoslav Richter – A Discography", in the 1970s, Richter announced his intention of recording his complete solo repertoire "on some 50 discs". This "complete" Richter project did not come to fruition, however, although twelve LPs worth of
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for decades, he insisted that the following disclaimer/apology be printed on a CD containing a performance thereof: "Just now
Sviatoslav Richter realised, much to his regret, that he always made a mistake in the third measure before the end of the second part of the 'Italian Concerto'. As a matter
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Early in his career, Richter also tried composition, and it even appears that he played some of his works during his audition for
Neuhaus. He gave up composition shortly after moving to Moscow. Years later, Richter explained this decision as follows: "Perhaps the best way I can put it is that I see
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for cello and orchestra. This was his sole appearance as a conductor. The soloist was
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By the beginning of World War II, Richter's parents' marriage had failed and his mother had fallen in love with another man. Because
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In 1970, Richter visited Japan for the first time, travelling across
Siberia by railway and ship as he disliked flying. He played Beethoven, Schumann, Mussorgsky, Prokofiev, Bartók and Rachmaninoff, as well as works by Mozart and Beethoven with Japanese orchestras. He visited Japan eight times.
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church. In the early 1920s
Richter became interested in music (as well as other art forms such as cinema, literature, and theatre) and started studying piano. Unusually, he was largely self-taught. His father gave him only a basic education in music, as did one of his father's pupils, a
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concluded that Richter's playing was "provincial", and wondered why Richter had been invited to play in London, given that London had plenty of "second class" pianists of its own. Following a July 18, 1961, concert, where Richter performed both of
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critic Bryce Morrison described Richter as follows: "Idiosyncratic, plain-speaking, heroic, reserved, lyrical, virtuosic and perhaps above all, profoundly enigmatic, Sviatoslav Richter remains one of the greatest recreative artists of all time."
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and regularly practised with local opera and ballet companies. He developed a lifelong passion for opera, vocal and chamber music that found its full expression in the festivals he established in La Grange de Meslay, France, and in Moscow at the
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of fact, through forty years – and no musician or technician ever pointed it out to him – he played 'F-sharp' rather than 'F'. The same mistake can be found in the previous recording made by Maestro Richter in the fifties."
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attended a Richter recital in 1958 in the Soviet Union. He reportedly wept during the recital and, upon returning to the United States, described Richter's playing as "the most powerful piano playing I have ever heard".
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separated them from their son, and Richter moved in with his aunt Tamara. He lived with her from 1918 to 1921, and it was then that his interest in art first manifested itself: he first became interested in
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described his first exposure to Richter as follows: "It really wasn't anything out of the ordinary. Then at some point I noticed my eyes growing moist: tears began rolling down my cheeks."
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Richter's belief that musicians should "carry ... out the composer's intentions to the letter", led him to be critical of others and, most often, himself. After attending a recital of
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from a heart attack on August 1, 1997, aged 82. He had been suffering from depression due to an inability to perform caused by changes in his hearing that altered his perception of pitch.
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without observing the first movement repeat, Richter asked him backstage to explain the omission. Similarly, after Richter realised that he had been playing a wrong note in Bach's
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Despite his large discography, Richter disliked making studio recordings, and most of his recordings originate from live performances. Thus, his live recitals from Moscow (1948),
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as the following: "Richter was certainly a marvellous pianist but not as impeccable as he was reputed to be. His music making was too dry for me. In Richter's interpretation of
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wrote of Richter: "Richter is an extraordinary phenomenon. The enormity of his talent staggers and enraptures. All the phenomena of musical art are accessible to him."
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Monsaingeon, p. 313 ("When I asked him why he didn't do the repeat of the exposition in the B minor Sonata, he seemed surprised and exclaimed 'But no one does it'".).
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label. Thus the West first became aware of Richter through recordings made in the 1950s. One of Richter's first advocates in the West was
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thing of genius and that is reflected in him. He shouldn't dominate the music, but should dissolve into it."
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Kevin Bazzana – Sviatoslav Richter (1915–1997); Bruno Monsaingeon:
501:. In 1956, he again toured Czechoslovakia, then in 1957, he toured
443:, Richter wept with joy; he awarded Cliburn a 25, a perfect score.
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1125:'s selected études, preludes and sonatas (multiple performances),
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1796:. About Richter in His Own Words. — Moscow: Agraf, pp. 217—226
765:, a piece for two pianos, which Richter performed with pianist
2639:
1754:
Fanning, David (2001). "Sviatoslav (Teofilovich) Richter". In
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Best Classical Performance – Concerto or Instrumental Soloist
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Richter's last recorded orchestral performance was of three
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Richter's comment on inner sleeve of Stradivarius CD 33323.
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said: "Of the Russian pianists, I like only one, Richter."
753:, Germany, on March 30, 1995. The program consisted of two
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to Sviatoslav Richter – Notebooks and Conversations p. XX.
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Bruno Monsaingeon, The Enigma (film biography of Richter).
2194:
to Sviatoslav Richter – Notebooks and Conversations p. XX.
1844:. Lebanon NH: Northeastern University Press. p. 260.
232:(1872–1941), was a pianist, organist and composer born to
2591:
Portrait of an Artist, by Heinrich Neuhaus, available at
2792:(5th ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. p. 675.
2078:"The Reputation Is Legendary, The Playing Unpredictable"
1397:, who was Richter's friend, wrote in her autobiography,
2818:
Sviatoslav Richter: Pianist of the Century. Discography
1309:
2015 Ukrainian Stamp commemorating the birth of Richter
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after all". Similarly, during a recording session for
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in New York City, when Richter's performance alongside
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no point in adding to all the bad music in the world".
2437:"Review Digest for Performances by Sviatoslav Richter"
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Central to his repertoire were the works of Schubert,
2228:"Sviatoslav Richter Recital, Museo Del Prado, Madrid"
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1347:, instead of flowing water you hear frozen icicles."
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Piero Rattalino, Sviatoslav Richter – Il Visionario.
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In April 1958, Richter was on the jury of the first
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682:)". The performance took place shortly thereafter.
375:convinced him to be interviewed for a documentary.
2992:Sviatoslav Richter's memorial website (in Russian)
986:. Richter also often accompanied singers such as
749:Richter's last recital was a private gathering in
597:, was received with hostility by British critics.
236:expatriates, who from 1893 to 1900 studied at the
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2027:(2). Archived from the original on March 19, 2006
1129:'s C major Fantasy (multiple performances),
606:'s piano concertos, the critics reversed course.
4770:Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
2205:"Sviatoslav Richter – Performance Chronology IV"
4855:State Prize of the Russian Federation laureates
2837:Sviatoslav Richter: Notebooks and Conversations
2061:http://www.sviatoslavrichter.ru/chronograph.php
1983:. trovar.com. February 22, 2001. Archived from
1765:The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
413:). The title role was played by Boris Smirnov.
276:Even at an early age, Richter was an excellent
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1258:, Liszt's two Piano Concertos, Rachmaninoff's
1170:(multiple performances, 1965–66), Beethoven's
998:and his wife and long-time artistic companion
473:In 1948, Richter and Dorliak gave recitals in
391:in 1950. In 1952, Richter was invited to play
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2005:Liner notes for Deutsche Grammophon 449 821–2
1651:, July 5, 2012. Retrieved on August 11, 2020.
8:
4815:Recipients of the Léonie Sonning Music Prize
2606:"Sviatoslav Richter on SONY BMG Masterworks"
2501:Robert Schumann's correspondence, about 1832
1626:[svʲɪtɐsˈɫaftʲɪɐˈfʲiləvʲɪtɕˈrʲixtər]
1497:Robert Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau
772:At the time of his death, he was rehearsing
763:Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Beethoven
651:, which after his death in 1997 was renamed
221:), the hometown of his parents. His father,
2988:Concert list program with Google Earth maps
1262:and Schumann's Toccata, among many others.
1102:(multiple years), la Grange de Meslay near
4830:Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medallists
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1144:'s B-flat Sonata (multiple performances),
2910:. Boston: Northeastern University Press.
2664:, Richter International Piano Competition
910:Variations, and in the 1990s, several of
418:Symphony-Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
174:Learn how and when to remove this message
509:, and Warsaw. In 1958, Richter recorded
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4775:Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR winners
2997:Website of Memorial Richter's apartment
2319:Richter International Piano Competition
2101:Claudia Cassidy, Chicago Tribune, 1960.
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285:. At age 15, he started to work at the
2593:http://www.trovar.com/str/neuhaus.html
2306:"Sviatoslav Richter Chronology – 1995"
2280:"Sviatoslav Richter Chronology – 1994"
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1981:"Sviatoslav Richter Chronology – 1950"
1704:"The 20 Greatest Pianists of all time"
1231:, Richter's RCA Victor recording with
1065:Richter performing live (London, 1989)
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321:, a pianist and piano teacher, at the
264:and, briefly, worked as organist of a
2571:"Year in Review — Arts & Culture"
2380:"A Richter rehearsal at the Barbican"
1661:Wigler, Stephen (February 11, 1996).
1624:
938:, which he learned in four days, and
653:December Nights of Sviatoslav Richter
560:, creating a sensation. In a review,
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3033:Léonie Sonning Music Prize Laureates
934:He gave the premiere of Prokofiev's
493:. In 1954, Richter gave recitals in
112:adding citations to reliable sources
4880:20th-century Russian male musicians
4870:Ukrainian people of Russian descent
2889:Szvjatoszlav Richter – A zongorista
2076:Michael Kimmelman (June 22, 1997).
2015:Coleman, Alexander (October 1997).
1906:"from Russia with (forbidden) love"
1034:, where Perahia performed Chopin's
4865:Ukrainian people of German descent
2891:. Budapest: Rozsavolgyi es Tarsa.
1730:"The genius of Sviatoslav Richter"
1692:Great Pianists of the 20th Century
1301:Memorable statements about Richter
505:, then again performed in Prague,
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2927:Sviatoslav Richter: Il Visionario
2529:See, e.g., www.classicstoday.com.
2390:from the original on May 27, 2024
1904:Benjamin Ivry (January 5, 2005).
1541:Order of Merit for the Fatherland
820:In this 1963 studio recording of
663:side to celebrate the performer.
4845:Russian people of German descent
4825:Recipients of the Order of Lenin
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4750:Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery
4740:20th-century classical pianists
2857:. Video interview-documentary.
2234:. trovar.com. February 16, 1995
2017:"Sviatoslav Richter, 1915–1997"
1535:Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR
1529:Order of the October Revolution
1414:Memorable statements by Richter
395:in a film based on the life of
99:needs additional citations for
4860:Recipients of the Stalin Prize
2972:Brief obituary of Nina Dorliak
2839:. Princeton University Press.
2820:. London: Travis & Emery.
2765:"Sviatoslav Richter (pianist)"
2475:Arnold, Sue (March 11, 2001).
2386:. Vol. 264. p. 265.
2378:Horder, Mervyn (May 1, 1994).
2260:. trovar.com. January 18, 1995
1617:Sviatoslav Teofilovich Rikhter
1547:Russian Federation State Prize
66:Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter
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4805:People's Artists of the RSFSR
4790:Recipients of the Lenin Prize
4290:Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
2906:Rasmussen, Karl Aage (2010).
2887:Rasmussen, Karl Aage (2010).
2868:Rasmussen, Karl Aage (2007).
2258:Sviatoslav Richter Chronology
2232:Sviatoslav Richter Chronology
519:Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
379:Rise to international profile
358:Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko
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34:Eastern Slavic naming customs
4800:People's Artists of the USSR
2908:Sviatoslav Richter – Pianist
2870:Svjatoslav Richter – Pianist
1794:Valentina Chemberdzhi (2004)
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1181:(multiple performances) and
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481:, then in 1950 performed in
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2853:Monsaingeon, Bruno (1998),
2835:Monsaingeon, Bruno (2001).
1812:Monsaingeon 2001, pp. 12–14
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1606:Святослав Теофилович Рихтер
1491:People's Artist of the USSR
1270:Richter appeared in a 1952
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4835:Russian classical pianists
4795:Moscow Conservatory alumni
4785:Heroes of Socialist Labour
2786:Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003).
2510:Recorded Sound, July 1983.
2338:Monsaingeon, pp. 383–406.
1842:Sviatoslav Richter Pianist
1510:Léonie Sonning Music Prize
1237:Chicago Symphony Orchestra
1194:, for which he had used a
554:Chicago Symphony Orchestra
469:Richter performing in 1964
195:Richter's father, Teofil,
32:In this name that follows
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27:Soviet pianist (1915–1997)
4850:Soviet classical pianists
2925:Rattalino, Piero (2005).
2872:. Copenhagen: Gyldendal.
2744:Honorary Doctors of Music
2045:: CS1 maint: unfit URL (
1948:"Monster at the keyboard"
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1554:Order of Arts and Letters
1433:to attend; leave again."
1221:The Well-Tempered Clavier
1185:(multiple performances).
1151:Pictures at an Exhibition
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928:The Well-Tempered Clavier
633:Central Clinical Hospital
383:In 1949, Richter won the
223:Teofil Danilovich Richter
4875:Music & Arts artists
3966:Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
3135:Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
1840:Rasmussen, Karl (2010).
1768:(2nd ed.). London:
1516:Hero of Socialist Labour
1504:University of Strasbourg
988:Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
4840:Male classical pianists
4620:record label executives
3882:Victoria de los Ángeles
3527:Gramophone Hall of Fame
3076:Witold Lutosławski
2175:Transsiberian Express,
1821:Monsaingeon 2001, p. 20
1502:Honorary Doctor of the
1335:From Russia to the West
1018:Approach to performance
429:Tchaikovsky Competition
4745:20th-century composers
2632:"Владимир Софроницкий"
2178:Le Monde de la musique
2116:April 8, 2009, at the
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1584:, was named after him.
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4106:Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
3838:Michael Tilson Thomas
3472:Pierre-Laurent Aimard
3182:Mstislav Rostropovich
2982:of Sviatoslav Richter
2581:on December 19, 2008.
2447:on September 29, 2007
2329:Monsaingeon, p. 143.
1573:Hall of Fame in 2012;
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1260:Second Piano Concerto
948:Mstislav Rostropovich
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422:Mstislav Rostropovich
352:In 1943, Richter met
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4810:Musicians from Odesa
4780:Grammy Award winners
4755:Classical piano duos
4618:Producers/engineers/
4085:Anne Sofie von Otter
3676:Nikolaus Harnoncourt
3360:Lars Ulrik Mortensen
3265:Nikolaus Harnoncourt
2929:. Zecchini Editore.
2725:Monsaingeon, p.28/9.
2712:Bruno Monsaingeon:
2691:Monsaingeon, p. 267.
2682:Monsaingeon, p. 196.
2368:Monsaingeon, p. 153.
2356:Monsaingeon, p. 413.
1770:Macmillan Publishers
1377:Vladimir Sofronitsky
1244:Piano Concerto No. 2
691:Novodevichy cemetery
431:in Moscow. Watching
205:Richter was born in
123:"Sviatoslav Richter"
108:improve this article
68:(March 20 [
4608:The Tallis Scholars
4573:Alban Berg Quartett
4311:Sergei Rachmaninoff
4029:Dmitri Hvorostovsky
3697:Herbert von Karajan
3683:Christopher Hogwood
3657:Carlo Maria Giulini
3650:John Eliot Gardiner
3643:Wilhelm Furtwängler
3348:John Eliot Gardiner
3123:Dmitri Shostakovich
2855:Richter, the Enigma
2816:Hunt, John (2009).
2384:Contemporary Review
2286:on November 9, 2017
1954:. January 7, 1999.
1543:, 4th class (1995);
1525:(1965, 1975, 1985);
1449:After playing some
1371:Dmitri Shostakovich
1286:The Composer Glinka
982:and members of the
976:Elisabeth Leonskaja
689:Richter's grave at
535:Deutsche Grammophon
521:under the baton of
402:The Composer Glinka
369:legal repercussions
323:Moscow Conservatory
262:Odessa Conservatory
238:Vienna Conservatory
4594:The King's Singers
4527:Jean-Pierre Rampal
4499:Anne-Sophie Mutter
4318:Sviatoslav Richter
4215:Marc-André Hamelin
4180:Vladimir Ashkenazy
3910:Montserrat Caballé
3615:Sergiu Celibidache
3324:Anne-Sophie Mutter
3212:Sviatoslav Richter
3176:Marie-Claire Alain
3153:Jean-Pierre Rampal
3105:Sergiu Celibidache
2986:Pete Taylor, 2010:
2977:Paul Geffen, 1999:
2952:Sviatoslav Richter
2734:Monsaingeon, p.61.
2636:www.sofronitsky.ru
2347:Monsaingeon, p. 48
2082:The New York Times
1673:on August 27, 2018
1582:9014 Svyatorichter
1461:Honours and awards
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4234:Vladimir Horowitz
4092:Luciano Pavarotti
3824:Leopold Stokowski
3758:Yevgeny Mravinsky
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3575:Leonard Bernstein
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3301:Sofia Gubaidulina
3295:Hildegard Behrens
3271:Krystian Zimerman
3111:Arthur Rubinstein
3064:Leonard Bernstein
2936:978-88-87203-35-6
2917:978-1-55553-710-4
2898:978-963-87764-8-8
2879:978-87-02-03430-1
2846:978-0-571-20553-0
2827:978-1-901395-99-0
2799:978-3-540-00238-3
2642:on July 15, 2010.
2207:. April 11, 2022.
2021:The New Criterion
1987:on March 24, 2007
1935:978-0-394-52813-7
1893:978-5-93123-010-8
1877:978-5-901685-95-2
1851:978-1-55553-710-4
1802:978-5-17-101111-6
1779:978-1-56159-239-5
1667:The Baltimore Sun
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1559:Doctor of Music,
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618:Later years
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335:Emil Gilels
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164:August 2023
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4724:Categories
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3534:Conductors
3466:Unsuk Chin
2166:Monsaignon
2087:August 28,
1734:Classic FM
1636:References
1571:Gramophone
1406:Gramophone
1344:Jeux d'eau
1274:, playing
1216:RCA Victor
1146:Mussorgsky
1047:Recordings
960:Oleg Kagan
877:Stravinsky
840:media help
786:Repertoire
782:, D. 459.
487:Bratislava
134:newspapers
38:patronymic
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4565:Ensembles
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3366:Arvo Pärt
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1960:0261-3077
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339:Radu Lupu
302:Richter,
273:harpist.
250:Civil War
213:, in the
187:Childhood
80:Biography
4464:Yo-Yo Ma
3354:Yo-Yo Ma
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1246:won the
1235:and the
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1204:Schumann
1200:Steinway
1142:Schubert
1127:Schumann
1123:Scriabin
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1098:(1963),
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861:Scriabin
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729:Schumann
495:Budapest
266:Lutheran
255:painting
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3867:Singers
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2157:piece?"
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1266:In film
1239:of the
1208:Toccata
1183:Debussy
1160:Miroirs
1096:Leipzig
912:Debussy
889:Britten
733:Toccata
707:cycle,
704:Miroirs
499:Hungary
479:Romania
219:Ukraine
148:scholar
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643:Career
637:Moscow
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483:Prague
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1589:Notes
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1276:Liszt
1164:Liszt
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1104:Tours
1088:Sofia
940:No. 9
759:Reger
755:Haydn
699:Ravel
627:Death
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591:Haydn
507:Sofia
503:China
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