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Andrei Gavrilov
Andrei Gavrilov
Russian musician
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Vladimir Horowitz
Vladimir Horowitz
American classical pianist and composer
2
Murray Perahia
Murray Perahia
American pianist and conductor
3
Yury Bashmet
Yury Bashmet
Russian conductor, violinist, and violist
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Dinu Lipatti
Dinu Lipatti
Pianist, Composer
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Mstislav Rostropovich
Mstislav Rostropovich
Russian cellist and conductor
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Vladimir Feltsman
Vladimir Feltsman
Russian musician
7
Maria Yudina
Maria Yudina
pianist from Russia
8
John Lill
John Lill
English classical pianist
9
David Oistrakh
David Oistrakh
Soviet violinist
10
Sergei Prokofiev
Sergei Prokofiev
Ukrainian & Russian Soviet pianist and composer
11
Ilya Itin
Ilya Itin
Russian pianist
12
Conrad Tao
Conrad Tao
American musician
13
Joseph Banowetz
Joseph Banowetz
American musician
14
Cyprien Katsaris
Cyprien Katsaris
French musician
15
Brigitte Engerer
Brigitte Engerer
French pianist
16
Ivo Pogorelić
Ivo Pogorelić
Croatian pianist
17
Andrej Hoteev
Andrej Hoteev
Russian pianist
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David Fray
David Fray
French pianist
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Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang
Chinese pianist
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Michael Korstick
Michael Korstick
German pianist
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Wilhelm Kempff
Wilhelm Kempff
German pianist and composer
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Soviet pianist
Record Labels
Awards Received
Stalin Prize
Order of Lenin
Hero of Socialist Labour
Order of the October Revolution
People's Artist of the USSR
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" III class
Léonie Sonning Music Prize
Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
People's Artist of the RSFSR
Lenin Prize
Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR
State Prize of the Russian Federation
Grammy Award
Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
Robert Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau
Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎
Richter in 1966

Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter March 20 [O.S. March 7] 1915 – August 1, 1997) was a Soviet and Ukrainian pianist who is frequently regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time. He is known for the "depth of his interpretations, his virtuoso technique, and his vast repertoire."