Sulamita Aronovsky, born in Lithuania

Lithuania

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, is a classical

Classical music

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 pianist

Pianist

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 and piano

Piano

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 teacher who spent her formative years in Russia, moving to London in 1971.

Her teachers include Lev Barenboim

Lev Barenboim

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, Abram Schatzkes, Grigory Ginsburg and Alexander Goldenweiser

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.
An experienced Juror of International Competitions, she founded the London International Piano Competition in 1991.
She is now Professor of Piano at the Royal Academy of Music

Royal Academy of Music

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 and currently resides in London.
Her students include Peter Lawson

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, David Fanning

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, Julia Goldstein, Vovka Ashkenazy, Michael Bell

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, John Thwaites

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, Pamela Chowhan, Ian Flint, Amir Katz

Amir Katz

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, Andrew Wilde

Andrew Wilde

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, Ian Fountain, Junko Urayama, Nils Franke, Howard Evans

Howard Evans

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, Gareth Jones

Gareth Jones

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, Nicolas Hodges

Nicolas Hodges

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, Jonathan Powell

Jonathan Powell (musician)

Jonathan Powell is a British pianist and composer. He was a student of Denis Matthews and Sulamita Aronovsky. He made his performing debut at the age of 20 in the Purcell Room in London....

, Nicholas Angelich

Nicholas Angelich

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, Raul Jimenez

Raúl Jiménez

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, Toby Purser, Nicolette Wong, Panos Karan

Panos Karan

Panos Karan is a pianist of Greek origin. He was educated at the Royal Academy of Music as a student of Sulamita Aronovsky. He made his professional debut performance at the Southbank Centre at the age of 19. Other performances have included the Hermitage Theatre, Konzerthaus, Vienna, St...

, Bartosz Barasinski, Mantautas Katinas, Stefan Ciric and Riyad Nicolas among others.

External links

• Biography of Aronovsky on RAM
• London International Piano Competition