Competition: 1998

Martha Argerich

Martha Argerich, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, began piano studies at age five with Vincenzo Scaramuzza and quickly showed exceptional talent. She made her debut

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Dimitri Bashkirov

Dimitri Bashkirov has been known to the public since 1955, when he won the Grand Prix at the Marguerite Long Competition in Paris. Born in

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Michel Dalberto

Michel Dalberto has rightly achieved a reputation as one of the leading French pianists of his generation, despite a reserved style and penchant for less

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Jerome Lowenthal

Jerome Lowenthal has been a prominent presence in the international piano world for more than a half-century. A former student of three legendary musicians –

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Victor Merzhanov

Victor Merzhanov was born in Tambov on August 15, 1919 and studied at Tambov Musical College with Solomon Starikov and Alexander Poltoratsky. Between 1936-1941 he

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György Sándor

György Sándor was an internationally respected pianist and piano teacher, especially known for his recordings of music of Bartók and Prokofiev. His cousin Arpád Sándor

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Maria Tipo

Tipo was born in Naples. She was taught originally by her mother, Ersilia Cavallo, who was a pupil of Ferruccio Busoni. She went on to

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Hiroko Nakamura

As a child prodigy, who began playing the piano at the age of three, Hiroko Nakamura has won numerous prizes. In 1959, she became the

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