Russian piano legend dies, 77

Russian piano legend dies, 77

RIP

norman lebrecht

January 31, 2023

The exceptional Evgeny Mogilevsky, winner of the 1964 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, has died suddenly.

His competition triumph atb 18 saw him bracketed with Gilels and Ashkenazy, the two previous Soviet winners. He toured the US for a while as a Sol Hurok artist before retiring in 1992 to teach at the Brussels Conservatoire.

He was a pianist’s pianist.

Comments

comment_count comments
Oldest
Newest
Oldest
Top rated

Comment as a guest:

MOST READ TODAY: