Vladimir Ashkenazy

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Biography

Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy (sometimes transliterated Ashkenazi) (Russian: Влади́мир Дави́дович А́шкенази) (born July 6, 1937) is a Russian conductor and, more notably, a pianist. He was born in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.

Ashkenazy began his studies at the age of 6 and showing prodigious talent, was accepted at the Central Music School at 8. A graduate of the Moscow Conservatory, he won second prize in the prestigious International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1955 and shared first prize in the 1962 International Tchaikovsky Competition with English pianist John Ogdon.

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1	Etude in E major, op. 10 no. 3 'Tristesse'	19
2	Nocturne No.1 in B flat minor, Op.9 No.1	17
2	Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.2 -"Moonlight" - 1. Adagio…	17
4	Barcarolle in F sharp major, op. 60	16
5	Nocturne No.5 in F sharp, Op.15 No.2	14
5	Nocturne No.2 in E flat, Op.9 No.2	14
7	Chopin: Nocturne No.2 in E flat, Op.9 No.2	9
8	Chopin: Waltz #6 In D Flat, Op. 64/1, "Minute"	8
9	Waltz in C sharp minor, op. 64 no.2	7
9	Prelude #7 in A, Op. 28 #7	7
9	Chopin: Nocturne No. 2 in E Flat, Op. 9 No. 2	7
9	Chopin: Waltz #10 In B Minor, Op. 69/2	7
9	Nocturne No 2 In E Flat, Op 9	7
14	Nocturne In F Sharp Major, Op. 15 No. 2	6
14	Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18 - 2. Adagio sostenuto	6