Vladimir Ashkenazy
With Joan Bakewell. Though he now spends a lot of time conducting,
Vladimir Ashkenazy 's reputation was first established as a pianist capable of performing a vast repertoire. He was born in Gorky and studied at the Moscow Conservatoire but then defected from Russia in pursuit of artistic and political freedom. Ashkenazy reveals his feelings about his return to Russia 26 years later and how he coped with the harsh words said against him during his exile. With works by Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Beethoven, Mozart and Sibelius. Revised repeat