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Something wrong?A Soviet pianist whose interpretations went so deep and whose repertoire ran so wide that the 20th century still hasn't settled on anyone better at the instrument.
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Sviatoslav Richter Edition, Volume 3Album, 1995Sviatoslav Richter Edition, Volume 5Album, 1995Sviatoslav Richter Edition, Volume 8Album, 1995Svjatoslav Richter in Prague: Chopin, ScriabinAlbumThe Russian RecitalAlbum1992Honorary Doctorate of Tours UniversityAward1990Royal Philharmonic Society Gold MedalAward1987Glinka State Prize of the RSFSRAward1986Léonie Sonning Music PrizeAward1985Order of LeninAward1977Honorary Doctor of the University of Strasbourg-IIAward1975Hero of Socialist LabourAwardOrder of LeninAward1968Robert Schumann Prize of the City of ZwickauAward1965Order of LeninAward1961People's Artist of the USSRAward1950State Stalin Prize, 1st degreeAward1915Born7 March 1915Also in Deutsch
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RICHTER Sviatoslav (cropped)
At a concert of Svyatoslav Richter Artist Andrey Kulagin
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Inna Zhvanetskaya, Opus for Piano (2003)
RIAN archive 478141 Mstislav Rostropovich, Dmitry Shostakovich and Svyatoslav Richter
RIAN archive 6583 Svyatoslav Richter and Mstislav Rostropovich
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RICHTER 2In their own words 2
, The interpreter is really an executant, carrying out the composer's intentions to the letter. He doesn't add anything that isn't already in the work.
I am not a complete idiot, but whether from weakness or laziness have no talent for thinking. I know only how to reflect: I am a mirror ... Logic does not exist for me.
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Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter was born March 20, 1915, in Russia, and grew up to become a classical pianist under the Soviet system. His virtuoso technique let him master an unusually vast repertoire, but what set him apart was the depth he brought to each interpretation - a combination that drew praise across borders and decades. By the time he died on August 1, 1997, the consensus had hardened: he was one of the greatest pianists the century produced, possibly the greatest. The recordings remain the argument.
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