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Leonid Chizhik
Soviet pianist, composer and music educator

Leonid Chizhik

Intro
Soviet pianist, composer and music educator
Genres
Awards Received
Merited Artist of the RSFSR
Music

Leonid Chizhik, also known as Leonid Arkadievich Chishik, was born on January 1, 1947, in Chişinău, Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic. He is a jazz pianist and university lecturer at the universities of Weimar and Munich. Since 1991, Leonid Chizhik and his family have been living in Munich, Germany.