Jennifer Koh

Jennifer Koh

female
music education, Czech Philharmonic, Saint Louis Symphony, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, TchaikovskyCompetition, Oberlin Conservatory
Jennifer Koh is an American Violinist, born to Korean parents. She is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory as well as the Curtis Institute and...
Misha Dichter

Misha Dichter

male, 64 years old
pianist, mussorgsky, American, juilliard, liszt, International Tchaikovsky Competition…TchaikovskyCompetition
Misha Dichter (born September 27, 1945) is a classical pianist who was born in Shanghai (his Polish parents fled there early in World War II). When...

Truls Mørk

male, 48 years old
Truls Otterbech Mørk, Norwegian classical cellist, stradivarius, Order of St. Olav, Oslo Philharmonic, TchaikovskyCompetition…Cassado Cello Competition, Naumberg Competition, International Tchaikovsky Competition
Truls Otterbech Mørk is a Norwegian cellist. He was born in Bergen, Norway, the child of two professional musicians, his father a cellist and his m...

Terence Judd

male, deceased (1979)
Classical pianist, Romantic music, prokofiev, pianist, romantic, English…International Tchaikovsky Competition, tchaikovsky, TchaikovskyCompetition
Terence Judd was an outstanding 20th century English pianist who died young, poised on the verge of a musical career. Born in 1957 of...

Rosina Lhévinne

female, deceased (1976)
Jewish, Russian, Classical pianist, Classical musician, American, juilliard school…International Tchaikovsky Competition, TchaikovskyCompetition
Rosina Lhévinne (born Rosina Bessie, March 29 1880 in Kiev, Russia (now Ukraine) - November 9 1976 in Glendale, California), Russian pianist and p...
Eleonore Schoenfeld

Eleonore Schoenfeld

female, deceased (2007)
polish, Russian, tchaikovsky, new york philharmonic, cellist, ballet…TchaikovskyCompetition, Geneva International Music Competition
Eleonore Schoenfeld is considered one of the most influential cellists of the 20th century. Born in Maribor, Slovenia to a Polish father and a...
Shmuel Ashkenasi

Shmuel Ashkenasi

male, 68 years old
Seven Last Words of Christ, tchaikovsky, schubert, Jewish person, Merriweather Post Competition, Queen Elizabeth Competition…TchaikovskyCompetition
Born in 1941, Israeli violinist Shmuel Ashkenasi began his musical training in Tel-Aviv studying with legendary pedagogue Ilona Feher, the teacher...
Vakhtang Jordania

Vakhtang Jordania

male, deceased (2005)
musician, cancer death, tbilisi, Soviet defector, carnegie hall, republic of georgia…TchaikovskyCompetition
Vakhtang Jordania (born Tbilisi, Georgia on 9 December 1942 - died Broadway, Virginia 4 October 2005) was a Georgian conductor. Jordania was born...
Kristaps Bergs

Kristaps Bergs

male
cello, Classical musician, riga, TchaikovskyCompetition
Kristaps Bergs is a cello soloist from Latvia. Born in Riga, Latvia, Kristaps Bergs studied cello at the E. Darzins Music School in Latvia from...