Renowned musician, Conductor, and Composer who won the 1978 Gold Medal at the VI International Tchaikovsky Competition.
He studied with the famed
He conducted a meaningful recitation of A German Requiem by Brahms in 2011 with Staatskapelle Dresden in memory of the Dresden firestorm.
His family was musical: his father was a bayan player and Teacher, and his mother was a Pianist.
He idolized Sergei Rachmaninoff and modeled both his teaching and his performances after the master.
