Sviatoslav Richter

1915 - 1997

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

genre: classical music, art music

country of citizenship: Russian Empire, Soviet Union, Russia

languages spoken, written or signed: Russian

educated at: Moscow Conservatory

occupation: composer, pianist

award 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 Awards, 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, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎, Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

student of: Heinrich Neuhaus

official website: www.sviatoslavrichter.ru

Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter (March 20 [O.S. March 7] 1915 – August 1, 1997) was a Soviet and Russian classical pianist. He is regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time, and has been praised for the "depth of his interpretations, his virtuoso technique, and his vast repertoire". Source: Wikipedia (en)