Vladimir Ashkenazy
Birthday: 1937-07-06
Place of Birth: Gorky, Russian SFSR, USSR, [now Nizhny Novgorod, Russia]
Biography: 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]
Movies
Elgar: The Man Behind the Mask
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Vladimir Ashkenazy: The Vital Juices Are Russian
This film is a portrait film of Vladimir Ashkenazy directed by Christopher Nupen. It includes sequen...
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: The First 50 Years
Go behind the scenes with one of London's most important musical institutions....
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We Want the Light
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The Trout
Christopher Nupen's record of the concert given by five young musicians in the new Queen Elizabeth H...
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The Greatest Love and the Greatest Sorrow
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Eighth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: Here to Make Music
Emmy Award winning documentary, directed by Peter Rosen, about the Eighth Van Cliburn International ...
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Itzhak Perlman: Virtuoso Violinist
Documentary on the life and career of violinist Itzhak Perlman, including interviews, archival foota...
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Beethoven Piano Concertos 1-5
These recordings, filmed in March and April 1974 for the BBC, occurred at the tail end of the old pe...
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Beyond Perfection: The Pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli – a name that provokes almost a sense of awe and intimidation, even am...
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Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
A documentary on the mysterious and influential pianist....
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Alexander Scriabin – Towards the Light / Calculation and Ecstasy
Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915) born in Moscow, was an innovative, mystical, avant-garde Russian pian...
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Mozart: Great Piano Concertos Vol. I
Mitsuko Uchida piano | Homero Francesch piano Mozarteum Orchestra, Salzburg; Royal Philharmonic Orc...
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Double Concerto
Documentary film about Vladimir Ashkenazy's and Daniel Barenboim's 1966 performance of Mozart's Conc...
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