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Also Known As Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazi • Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy
Born July 6, 1937 (age 87) • Nizhny Novgorod • Russia
Awards And Honors Grammy Award (2009) • Grammy Award (1999) • Grammy Award (1987) • Grammy Award (1985) • Grammy Award (1978) • Grammy Award (1973)
Mstislav Rostropovich
Mstislav Rostropovich
Russian musician
Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez
French composer and conductor
Marvin Hamlisch.
Marvin Hamlisch
American composer, pianist, and conductor
James Levine
James Levine
American conductor and pianist
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
American composer and conductor
Schuller, Gunther
Gunther Schuller
American composer
Barenboim, Daniel
Daniel Barenboim
Israeli musician and conductor
André Previn.
André Previn
American composer and musician
Georg Solti
Georg Solti
British conductor
Karajan, 1968
Herbert von Karajan
Austrian conductor
Erich Leinsdorf
American musician
Sergey Rachmaninoff
Sergey Rachmaninoff
Russian musician
Gabrilowitsch, Ossip
Ossip Gabrilowitsch
Russian pianist
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
Michael Tilson Thomas
Michael Tilson Thomas
American conductor and composer
Smetana
Bedřich Smetana
Bohemian composer
Nézet-Séguin, Yannick
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Canadian conductor and pianist
Bülow, Hans von
Hans von Bülow
German conductor
Sir Andrzej Panufnik
British composer and conductor
Szell
George Szell
American musician