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Kiew, September 18, 1903 – New-York, November 5, 1989)

Vladimir Horowitz was born in Kiev, Russian Empire (now the capital of Ukraine). There are unsubstantiated claims that Horowitz was born in Berdychiv (a city near Zhytomyr in Ukraine), but his birth certificate unequivocally states Kiev as his birthplace.

Horowitz was the youngest of four children of Samuil Horowitz and Sophia Bodik, who were assimilated Jews. Samuil was a well-to-do electrical engineer and a distributor of electric motors for German manufacturers. Horowitz was born in 1903, but in order to make him appear too young for military service so as not to risk damaging his hands, his father took a year off his son’s age by claiming he was born in 1904. The 1904 date appeared in many reference works during the pianist’s lifetime.

Horowitz’s uncle Alexander was a pupil and close friend of Alexander Scriabin. When Horowitz was 10, it was arranged for him to play for Scriabin, who told his parents that he was extremely talented.

Horowitz received piano instruction from an early age, initially from his mother, who was herself a pianist. In 1912 he entered the Kiev Conservatory, where he was taught by Vladimir Puchalsky, Sergei Tarnowsky, and Felix Blumenfeld. His first solo recital was in Kharkiv in 1920.

Vladimir Horowitz plays Chopin's Waltz No 7 in C-sharp minor

Chopin – Waltz No. 7 – Vladimir Horowitz, Piano

The Waltz No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor is the second work of Frédéric Chopin’s opus 64 and the companion to the Minute Waltz (Op. 64, No 1). It was composed in 1847 and have three themes with different speeds.

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano

Liszt – Funerailles – Vladimir Horowitz

Written in October 1849 in response to the crushing of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 by the Habsburgs, Funérailles is the 7th and one of the most famous pieces in Harmonies poétiques et religieuses (Poetic and Religious Harmonies).

Liszt - Sonata in B Minor - Horowitz, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Sonata

Liszt – Piano Sonata in B Minor – Vladimir Horowitz, Piano

The Piano Sonata in B minor is a sonata for solo piano by Franz Liszt. It was completed in 1853 and published in 1854 with a dedication to Robert Schumann in return for his dedication of his Fantasie in C major, Op. 17 (published 1839) to Liszt.

Chopin - Ballade No. 1 - Vladimir Horowitz, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Ballade / Piano

Chopin – Ballade No. 1 – Horowitz, Piano

Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23, dates to sketches Chopin made in 1831 during his eight-month stay in Vienna. It was completed in 1835 after his move to Paris, where he dedicated it to Baron Nathaniel von Stockhausen, the Hanoverian ambassador to France.

Schubert Liszt - Serenade - Vladimir Horowitz, Piano

Piano / CLASSICAL MUSIC / Lied / ROMANTIC MUSIC / Transcription

Schubert-Liszt – Ständchen (Serenade) – Horowitz, Piano

Franz Schubert composed a number of works known as Ständchen (serenade). Franz Liszt’s transcription for piano solo is the fourth lied from Schwanengesang, a collection of songs written by Schubert at the end of his life and published posthumously.

Mozart - Piano Sonata No. 10 - Horowitz, Piano

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Sonata

Mozart – Piano Sonata No. 10 – Vladimir Horowitz

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major, K. 330 / 300h, is one of the three works in the cycle of piano sonatas K.330-331-332. The work is one of Mozart’s most popular piano sonatas.

Beethoven - Waldstein Sonata -Horowitz, Piano

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Piano / Sonata

Beethoven – Sonata No. 21 (Waldstein) – Horowitz, Piano

Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No 21 in C major, Op. 53, known as the Waldstein, is one of the three most notable sonatas of his middle period (the other two being the Appassionata, Op. 57, and Les Adieux, Op. 81a).

Schumann - Kinderszenen - Horowitz, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano

Schumann – Kinderszenen – Vladimir Horowitz, Piano

Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood), Op. 15, by Robert Schumann, is a set of thirteen pieces of music for piano written in 1838. Schumann wrote 30 movements for this work but chose 13 for the final version.

Chopin - Étude No. 5 (Black Key) - Horowitz, Piano

Etude / Piano / ROMANTIC MUSIC

Chopin – Étude Op. 10 No. 5 (Black Key) – Horowitz, Piano

Étude Op. 10 No. 5 in G-Flat Major, is known as the “Black Key Étude” as, except for one note, its right-hand part is entirely on black keys.

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Ballade / Piano

Chopin – Ballade No. 4 – Vladimir Horowitz, Piano

Chopin’s Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52, was composed in 1842 in Paris and Nohant and revised in 1843. The work was dedicated to Baroness Rothschild, wife of Nathaniel de Rothschild.