Alexandre Solopov died on January 13 in Montreal, Canada.
Born in Vladivostok, Sasha moved to Moscow at age 16, graduating from the classes of Lev Vlassenko and Mikhail Pletnev. He moved to Montreal in 1996 and taught at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University.
He was piano coach to Angelina Jolie for the film Beyond Borders.
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Two dozen of the world’s leaing musicians have published a letter of admiration for the pianist Pavel Kushnir, who was arrested for posting an anti-Putin video and was allowed to die of hunger in jail. […]
US astronaut Sarah Gillis took her violin into outer space, beyond the pull of gravity. So how does she play weightless? Report here: The post A violin solo from outer space appeared first on Slippedisc.
We have been notified of the death of Alan Cuckston, a widely recorded English harpsichordist and pianist. Born in Leeds, he toured with the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields and Pro Cantione Antiqua and recorded much […]
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