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Richter, Sviatoslav
Born: Zhitomir, Ukraine, 20 March 1915; died Moscow, Russia, 1 August 1997
Genre: Classical
Sviatoslav Richter was one of the greatest Russian pianists of the twentieth century, and his death in 1997 at the age of eighty-two marked the end of an era of virtuoso pianists.
S richter biography
Richter was a kind of anti-career performer, a musician intent on going his own way and who disliked tying himself down to the obligations of touring and recording. His performances were spontaneous and unpredictable, in keeping with his dislike for routine.
Richter grew up in Odessa and was largely self-taught on the piano.
He could memorize music at sight, and by the age of eight was playing opera scores. As a teenager he became a rehearsal pianist.
In 1937 he enrolled at the Moscow Conservatory, where he studied with the legendary teacher Heinrich Neuhaus.
After hearing Richter play, Neuhaus pronounced the young pianist a genius and declared there was nothing he could teach him. In