Ryszard Bakst (April 4, 1926–March 25, 1999) was a Polish and British pianist and piano teacher of Jewish/Polish/Russian origin.[1]
Bakst was a descendant of the Russian artist Leon Bakst. His teachers were initially his mother and pianist Józef Turczyński, then Abram Lufer (who had won the 1927 Chopin International Piano Competition) and later Konstantin Igumnov and Heinrich Neuhaus at the Moscow Conservatory, and finally with pianist Zbigniew Drzewiecki.
Bakst was a prize winner at the 4th Chopin International Piano Competition (1949) and performed in Europe and the USA.
He immigrated to Great Britain in 1968.
Among his students are Jose de la Vega, Paul Lewis, Janusz Olejniczak, Ronan O'Hora, Raymond Clarke, Mark Anderson, Matthew Schellhorn, Murray McLachlan, Graham Scott, Peter Seivewright, and Tim Horton.