Vladimir Horowitz

Vladimir Horowitz ( Hebrew : ולדימיר הורוביץ, Ukrainian : Володимир Самійлович Горовиць, Volodimir Samiulovitsj Horowitz, Russian : Владимир Самойлович ГоровицVladimir Samoilovitsj Gorowitz) ( Kyiv , September 18 1903 - New York , November 5 1989 ) was a Ukrainian - American pianist, a of the most influential pianists in the world.

Life
Horowitz was born in Kiev, which in 1903 still in the Russian Empire was, but now the capital of Ukraine is. His father was an engineer, his mother also was a pianist and his first piano teacher. At ten he was enrolled at the Conservatory of Kiev . He first came to Sergei Tarnovski in the classroom and later Felix Blumenfeld. Blumenfeld then hadSimon Barere and Anatole Kitain under his wing. Horowitz 'exceptional talent was noticed, which gave him the opportunity to graduate in two years. He played as a graduation piece of the third piano concerto by Sergei Rachmaninoff . His debut in Kharkiv followed and the enthusiasm of the audience gave him the opportunity in Leningrad andMoscow to act.

At his own expense he went to Berlin , Hamburg and Paris for concerts to give. In 1928 he toured the United States and he decided never to go back to Russia, the painful consequence that he would never see his family. He also made ​​a successful debut here, along with conductor Thomas Beecham in Carnegie Hall .

In 1940 Horowitz settled in New York and in 1942 he became an American citizen. In 1953 he decided, empty through life for years as a concert pianist, to temporarily no longer appear on the stage, so he had enough time to coach young talent. In 1965 he returned to the stage and again he received very favorable reviews. When, in 1986made ​​a concert tour in old age to his homeland, was both an important musical and political moment and he received worldwide attention.

He died in New York at age 86 to a heart attack . He was in Milan buried.