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Vladimir Ashkenazy

Six times Grammy Award winning pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy grew up in Gorky in the Soviet Union, the son of well known Russian composer David Ashkenazy and the actress Yevstolia Grigorievna. As a student he won numerous prestigious classical music competitions including the coveted International Tchaikovsky Competition. This was during the height of the Cold War and like many artists who had the opportunity to travel to foreign countries, the young Ashkenazy was put under pressure from the KGB to spy on his hosts, something Ashkenazy was reluctant to do. Ashkenazy had a diffi...
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