Biography
Valery Vishnevsky (born September 30, 1947) is a Russian pianist.
He is widely known as a distinguished music professor at the St. Petersburg State Conservatory, where he has mentored numerous concert pianists.
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Among his students isVarvara Maggs .
Varvara Maggs was a legendary child pianist in St Petersburg, Russia. At the age of eight she won first prize in the St Petersburg Concerto Competition for Young Pianists. She performed Kabalevsky’s Piano Concerto N3 with the St Petersburg State Conservatoire Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons.
At the tender age of ten she performed Beethoven Piano Concerto N2 with the Rimsky-Korsakov Symphony Orchestra conducted by Algirdas Paulavicius.
At fourteen she entered the Mussorgsky Music College, having obtained the highest entrance marks in the history of the college. Shortly after her graduation from St Petersburg Conservatoire she moved to the UK.
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