Zhanna Arshanskaya Dawson was presumed dead along with 16000 Jews from Kharkov

Posted on June 2, 2012 by AmateurPianists No Comments

Zhanna Arshan­skaya Dawson was presumed dead along with 16000 Jews from Kharkov
It is recog­nition for a woman who played the piano in the vein of Vladimir Horowitz but with the modesty of an unknown. Recog­nition for a triumph of spirit amid the worst of humanity. Zhanna Dawson was selected for “her indomitable spirit, courage, …
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Now based in London, he has earned fawning reviews from critics who have compared him to the likes of Vladimir Horowitz and Mikhail Pletnev—the Daily Tele­graph even went so far as to call him “poten­tially one of the greatest pianists of the 21st …
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As it turned out, Richter was side­lined as the audience had voted for recitals inspired by Arthur Rubin­stein, Vladimir Horowitz and Spooner’s own compo­si­tions. They were treated to works by Chopin, Scar­latti, Rach­maninov, Schubert, Liszt and two …
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