Vladimir Ashkenazy
Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy (b.1937) is an internationally recognized solo pianist, chamber music performer, and conductor. He is originally from Russia and has held Icelandic citizenship since 1972. He has lived in Switzerland since 1978. Ashkenazy has collaborated with well-known orchestras and soloists. In addition, he has recorded a large storehouse of classical and romantic works. His recordings have earned him five Grammy awards plus Iceland's Order of the Falcon. [Wikipedia]
Known for
- The South Bank Show (1978)
- Le Grand Échiquier (1972)
- Van de Schoonheid en de Troost (2000)
- Double Concerto (1966)
- Ashkenazy Observed (1987)
- The Trout (1970)
- Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould (2009)
- Eighth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: Here to Make Music (1989)
- Alexander Scriabin – Towards the Light / Calculation and Ecstasy (1996)
- Itzhak Perlman: Virtuoso Violinist (1978)
- Elgar: The Man Behind the Mask (2010)
- We Want the Light (2004)
- Mozart: Great Piano Concertos Vol. I (2005)
- The Greatest Love and the Greatest Sorrow (1994)
- Beyond Perfection: The Pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (2020)
- Beethoven Piano Concertos 1-5 (1974)