Lev Vinocour
Lev Vinocour is a pianist from Russia.
He began his studies at the age of six. He studied at the School of Music in Saint Petersburg and continued his studies at the Moscow Conservatory under the direction of Lev Vlassenko.
He has won prizes in many competitions, such as Busoni International Competition, International Piano Competition in Epinal, France and the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition. He has also recorded CDs, the most known being his performance of Schumann.
From the liner notes of his new album Robert Schumann: Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra :
Vinocour became German citizen in 2002.
