Classical musician who won the 1992 concerto Gramophone Award for his recording of the Medtner Piano Concertos No. 2 and 3.
He medaled in the 1976 Montreal International Piano Competition and the 1978 Tchaikovsky International Competition.
He advocated the works of neglected composers like Muzio Clementi, Nikolai Medtner, Carl Maria von Webe.
His family was residing in Aniskino when he was born in Soviet-controlled Russia.
He became a resident at the Yehudi Menuhin School in 1990.
