Igor Zhukov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Igor Zhukov

Russian pianist and conductor

Date of Birth: 31-Aug-1936

Place of Birth: Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 26-Jan-2018

Profession: audio engineer, conductor, pianist

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Igor Zhukov

  • Igor Mikhaylovich Zhukov (31 August 1936 – 26 January 2018) was a Russian pianist, conductor and sound engineer. Zhukov was born in Nizhny Novgorod in 1936 but his family moved to Moscow in the following year.
  • Four years later, they were evacuated to Vyatka (then known as Kirov) as a result of the Second World War.
  • After the war, they returned to Moscow, where Zhukov studied at the Conservatory in 1955, studying first with Emil Gilels and then, in 1955, with Heinrich Neuhaus.
  • He graduated in 1960, having won second prize in the Long-Thibaud Piano Competition in Paris.
  • Apart from a career as a pianist, Zhukov also conducted his own ensemble, the Moscow Chamber Orchestra until his retirement from conducting in 1994, and was the pianist of the long-running Zhukov Piano Trio which was founded in 1963 and continued performing until 1980.
  • (The other members were the violinist Grigory Feighin and cellist Valentin Feighin.) The trio was noted for its "Historic Concerts" which featured repertoire spanning the 17th to the 20th centuries.
  • Zhukov made recordings on the Melodiya/CBS label, among others (e.g.
  • the complete Scriabin sonatas).
  • Zhukov also had a passionate interest in recording, and said of himself "I'm the best pianist among recording engineers, and the best recording engineer among pianists."

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