Vladimir Ashkenazy
1937-07-06 (1937)Gorky, Russian SFSR, USSR, [now Nizhny Novgorod, Russia]Acting
Biography
Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy (b.1937) is an internationally recognized solo pianist, chamber music performer, and conductor. He is originally from Russia and has held Icelandic citizenship since 1972. He has lived in Switzerland since 1978. Ashkenazy has collaborated with well-known orchestras and soloists. In addition, he has recorded a large storehouse of classical and romantic works. His recordings have earned him five Grammy awards plus Iceland's Order of the Falcon. [Wikipedia]
Known For
Le Grand Échiquier
TV • 1972
Van de Schoonheid en de Troost
TV • 2000
The Trout
MOVIE • 1970
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
MOVIE • 2009
Itzhak Perlman: Virtuoso Violinist
MOVIE • 1978
Beethoven Piano Concertos 1-5
MOVIE • 1974
The Greatest Love and the Greatest Sorrow
MOVIE • 1994
We Want the Light
MOVIE • 2004
Elgar: The Man Behind the Mask
MOVIE • 2010
Ashkenazy Observed
MOVIE • 1987
Beyond Perfection: The Pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
MOVIE • 2020
Eighth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: Here to Make Music
MOVIE • 1989
Alexander Scriabin – Towards the Light / Calculation and Ecstasy
MOVIE • 1996
Double Concerto
MOVIE • 1966
Mozart: Great Piano Concertos Vol. I
MOVIE • 2005