Biography
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Igor Zhukov
Real name: Игорь Михайлович Жуков
Effective period / Period of releases: 1960 - 1994
Russian pianist, conductor and sound engineer.Born: August 31, 1936, in Gorky, now Nizhny Novgorod, Russia - died: January 26, 2018.
Based in Moscow since his early childhood, studied with the legendary Heinrich Neuhaus who taught at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory. After a series of success in competitions, the concert halls in Europe, Japan and the United States opened to him and his way to fame was paved. Especially for his being a congenial interpreter of the works of Alexander Scriabine.