Elisabeth Leonskaja

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Elisabeth Leonskaja (b. November 23, 1945) is a distinguished Russian pianist and teacher. She was born to a Russian family living in Tbilisi, then the capital of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.

She gave her first concert at the age of eleven. In 1964 she began studies in the Moscow Conservatory. During her conservatory years she won prizes in the prestigious Enescu, Marguerite Long–Jacques Thibaud and Queen Elizabeth international piano competitions in Bucharest, Paris and Brussels.

She left the Soviet Union in 1978 and has since then lived in Vienna. A notable recording of hers is of Edvard Grieg's piano transcriptions of Mozart's piano sonatas K. 545 and k. 533, accompanied by Sviatoslav Richter, with whom she built a close friendship and collaboration. She recorded many years for Teldec, now for German label MDG and gives many Masterclasses.

Decorations and awards

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.

Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class (2005)^[1]
Honorary citizen of Deutschlandsberg (1999)

References

↑ "Reply to a parliamentary question" (pdf) (in German). p. 1683. Retrieved 4 February 2013.

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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 29718547 LCCN: n86864677 ISNI: 0000 0000 7839 1938 GND: 130219584 SUDOC: 138512566

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Name	Leonskaja, Elisabeth
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Short description	Russian musician
Date of birth	23 November 1945
Place of birth	Tbilisi
Date of death
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