Code | DS/UK/12601 |
Name | Berman; Lazar (1930-2005); Russian classical pianist |
Variations of Name | Lazar Naumovich Berman |
Dates | 26 February 1930-6 February 2005 |
Gender | Male (cisgender) |
Place of Birth/Origin | Leningrad, Soviet Union (born - now Russia) |
Relationships | Son of Anna Lazarevna Makhover (pianist) |
Biography | Lazar Berman Soviet Russian classical pianist, Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1988). He was hailed for a huge, thunderous technique that made him a thrilling interpreter of Liszt and Rachmaninoff and a late representative of the grand school of Russian Romantic pianism. Emil Gilels described him as a "phenomenon of the musical world". |