Biography
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Real name: Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy - Влади́мир Дави́дович А́шкенази
Effective period / Period of releases: 1955 - 2017
Russian-born Icelandic conductor and pianist, born 6 July 1937 in Gorky, Soviet Union (now Nizhny Novgorod, Russia). He has been a citizen of Iceland, the home of his wife Þórunn, since 1972. Father of Dimitri Ashkenazy and Vovka Ashkenazy.