Evgeny Igorevich Kissin is a virtuoso classical pianist. Kissin was born in Moscow to a Jewish family. At age 11 months, he reportedly was able to hum along to a Bach tune his sister Alla was playing on the piano. At age 6 he commenced his own piano studies at the esteemed Gnessin School of Music for Gifted Children where he became a student of Anna Pavlovna Kantor. Wikipedia
... Works Credits Evgeny Kissin Send to Friend Birth Oct 10, 1971 in Moscow, Russia Genre Country Keyboard Music Concerto Russia Period Years Active Contemporary 1983- Other Entries... www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=41:3314
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Musical awards and tributes from around the world have been showered upon Evgeny Kissin . In 1987 he received the Crystal Prize of the Osaka Symphony Hall for the best performance of the year 1986 (which was his first performance in Japan ). In 1991 he www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Kissin-Evgeny.htm
This set is described as being from historic recordings from the Russian Archives. Being as the recordings date from the 1980s one can be understandably sceptical about the over-used epithet 'historic'. But in this case the description 'historic' is alt www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2004/Mar04/Kissin...
Through his extraordinary virtuosity and powerful interpretations, Evgeny Kissin stands at the forefront of the young generation of pianists. He is now in demand the world over, appearing regularly with such conductors as Seiji Ozawa , Claudio Abbado , V www.sonyclassical.com/artists/kissin/bio.html