Sulamita Aronovsky
Sulamita Aronovsky | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Sulamita Ziuraitiene |
| Born | (1929年05月05日)5 May 1929 Kaunas, Lithuania |
| Died | 15 December 2022(2022年12月15日) (aged 93) |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupations | |
| Instrument | Piano |
Sulamita Aronovsky (5 May 1929 – 15 December 2022, née Ziuraitiene) was a Lithuanian-born British classical pianist and piano teacher who spent her formative years in Moscow and Soviet-occupied Lithuania, moving to London in 1971.
Aronovsky was born in Kaunas, Lithuania on 5 May 1929.[1] Her teachers included Lev Barenboim, Abram Schatzkes [ru], Grigory Ginsburg and Alexander Goldenweiser. An experienced Juror of International Competitions, she founded the London International Piano Competition in 1991.[2]
In 1971, after visiting family in the USA, she decided to defect to Britain, where she settled in Manchester, teaching at the Royal Northern College of Music.[1]
In the 1990s, Aronovsky moved to London, where she served as Professor of Piano at the Royal Academy of Music.[1] [3]
Aronovsky's students included Peter Lawson [fr], David Fanning, Julia Goldstein [ru], Vovka Ashkenazy [de], Melani Mestre, Michael Bell, John Thwaites, Pamela Chowhan, Ian Flint, Amir Katz, Andrew Wilde, Ian Fountain [he], Stefan Ćirić, Junko Urayama, Nils Franke, Howard Evans, Gareth Jones, Nicolas Hodges, Beate Perrey, Jonathan Powell,[4] Nicholas Angelich, Raul Jimenez, Toby Purser, Nicolette Wong, Panos Karan, Mantautas Katinas and Riyad Nicolas [Wikidata] among others.
Aronovsky died on 15 December 2022, at the age of 93.[1]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c d "Sulamita Aronovsky, pianist and teacher who defected from the USSR and founded the London International Piano Competition – obituary". The Telegraph. 26 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023. (subscription required)
- ^ "Pianos and Pianists - 4th World Piano Competition London". mvdaily.com.
- ^ "Royal Academy of Music - Study & Departments > Select a department > biogs > Sulamita Aronovsky". Archived from the original on 2009年11月05日. Retrieved 2009年12月29日.
- ^ "Jonathan Powell ‒ Pianist".
External links
[edit ]
This article on a Russian classical pianist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
This article about a Lithuanian musician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
- ^ {{cite web |url=http://www.ram.ac.uk/find-people?pid=136 |title=Find People - Study - Royal Academy of Music |website=www.ram.ac.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203210002/http://www.ram.ac.uk/find-people?pid=136 |archive-date=2010年12月03日}}
- 1929 births
- 2022 deaths
- 21st-century classical pianists
- 21st-century women pianists
- Russian classical pianists
- Russian women pianists
- Lithuanian classical pianists
- Lithuanian women pianists
- British women classical pianists
- Russian music educators
- Russian women music educators
- Academics of the Royal Academy of Music
- 20th-century Lithuanian Jews
- Jewish classical pianists
- Lithuanian music educators
- Lithuanian women music educators
- Musicians from Kaunas
- Academics of the Royal Northern College of Music
- Russian classical pianist stubs
- Lithuanian people stubs
- European musician stubs