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)
- The Trout (1970)
- Double Concerto (1966)
- Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould (2009)
- We Want the Light (2004)
- Eighth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: Here to Make Music (1989)
- Itzhak Perlman: Virtuoso Violinist (1978)
- Elgar: The Man Behind the Mask (2010)
- Ashkenazy Observed (1987)
- The Greatest Love and the Greatest Sorrow (1994)
- Beethoven Piano Concertos 1-5 (1974)
- Mozart: Great Piano Concertos Vol. I (2005)
- Alexander Scriabin – Towards the Light / Calculation and Ecstasy (1996)
- Beyond Perfection: The Pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (2020)