Van Cliburn

Van Cliburn

male, 75 years old
From Fort Worth, Texas, Juilliard School of Music alumni, from Louisiana, International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition, InternationalTchaikovskyCompetition, from Longview, Texas
Van Cliburn was transformed from a highly regarded yet relatively unknown artist to musical superstar faster than any other classical musician in...
Mayuko Kamio

Mayuko Kamio

female
zurich, Russian National Orchestra, Zürcher Kammerorchester, BBC Philharmonic, InternationalTchaikovskyCompetition, Japanese
Mayuko Kamio is a young Japanese violinist. Ms. Kamio is currently studying with Zakhar Bron at the Hochschule Musik und Theater (HMT) in Zurich,...
Mikhail Pletnev

Mikhail Pletnev

male, 52 years old
arkhangelsk, Lev Vlasenko, Mikhail Vasilievich Pletnev, Russian National Orchestra, Moscow Conservatory, InternationalTchaikovskyCompetition
Mikhail Vasilievich Pletnev in Arkhangelsk, Russia is a pianist, conductor, and composer. He was born to a very musical family; his father played...
Gidon Kremer

Gidon Kremer

male, 62 years old
Classical musician, violinist, Classical violinist, Kremerata Baltica, rheingau musikpreis, From RIGA…Queen Elisabeth Music Competition, InternationalTchaikovskyCompetition
Gidon Kremer (born February 27, 1947) is a Latvian violinist and conductor. Kremer was born in Riga to parents of German-Jewish origin, his father...
Denis Matsuev

Denis Matsuev

male, 34 years old
Russian, Classical pianist, Yamaha Artist, InternationalTchaikovskyCompetition, Denis Leonidovich Matsuev
Denis Leonidovich Matsuev (born June 11, 1975) is a Russian pianist who won the first prize in the prestigious International Tchaikovsky...
Akiko Suwanai

Akiko Suwanai

female, 37 years old
Columbia University, Uwe-Martin Haiberg, Cho-Liang Lin, Queen Elisabeth Music Competition, Toho Gakuen School of Music, Universität der Künste Berlin…InternationalTchaikovskyCompetition
is a Japanese classical violinist. She was the youngest winner of the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1990. In addition, she won second...
Ayako Uehara

Ayako Uehara

female
pianist, Japanese, Sydney International Piano Competition, InternationalTchaikovskyCompetition, Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition, Kagawa Prefecture
(born 1980 in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a classical pianist. She won 2nd prize in the 2000 Sydney International Piano Competition. In...
Peter Donohoe

Peter Donohoe

male, 56 years old
Classical pianist, musician, Organ Symphony, Feruccio Busoni, Hyperion Records, InternationalTchaikovskyCompetition…tchaikovsky
Peter Donohoe is an English pianist. Born in Manchester, he studied with Derek Wyndham at the Royal Northern College of Music, and then with Yvonne...
John Lill

John Lill

male, 65 years old
Cleveland, Alumni of the Royal College of Music, australian broadcasting corporation, prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 5, Royal Festival Hall…InternationalTchaikovskyCompetition
John Lill (born March 17, 1944, Leytonstone, England) is an English classical pianist. Lill studied at the Royal College of Music and under Wilhelm...
Mischa Maisky

Mischa Maisky

male, 61 years old
Jewish, labor camp, Moscow Conservatory, InternationalTchaikovskyCompetition, From RIGA, gorky
Mischa Maisky (born January 10, 1948 in Riga) is a celebrated cellist who won 6th Prize at the Moscow International Tchaikovsky Competition in...