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The Vladimir Horowitz Archives – Wikipedia – Facebook

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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.

The pianist Vladimir Horowitz performs Chopin's Waltz No. 9 in A-flat major

Chopin – Waltz No. 9 – Vladimir Horowitz, Piano

Chopin’s Waltz No 9 in A-flat major, Op. 69, No. 1, is called The Farewell Waltz or Valse de l’adieu. The waltz was originally written as a farewell piece to Maria Wodzińska, to whom Frédéric Chopin was once engaged.

Vladimir Horowitz plays his variations on Bizet's Gypsy Dance from his opera Carmen

Piano / CONTEMPORARY MUSIC / Variation

Horowitz – Carmen Variations – Vladimir Horowitz, Piano

Carmen Variations are a set of variations composed and performed by the Russian-American pianist Vladimir Horowitz. They are based on the Gypsy Dance from Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen.

The pianist Vladimir Horowitz performs the third ans last movement from Mozart's Sonata No. 11 in A major, the Turkish March in A minor

CLASSICAL MUSIC / March / Piano / Sonata

Mozart – Turkish March – Horowitz, Piano

The Turkish March is the third movement from Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major (but the Turkish March is in A minor). It is often heard on its own and is one of Mozart’s best-known piano pieces.

The pianist Vladimir Horowitz performs Scarlatti's Sonata K. 466 in F minor

BAROQUE MUSIC / Piano / Sonata

Scarlatti – Sonata K. 466 in F Minor – Horowitz, Piano

Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti (26 October 1685 – 23 July 1757) who wrote the Sonata K. 466 in F Minor was an Italian composer who spent much of his life in the service of the Portuguese and Spanish royal families.

BAROQUE MUSIC / Piano / Sonata

Scarlatti – Sonata K. 87 – Horowitz, Piano

Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti (26 October 1685 – 23 July 1757) who wrote the Sonata K. 87 in B Minor was an Italian composer who spent much of his life in the service of the Portuguese and Spanish royal families.

Vladimir Horowitz performs Scriabin's Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 2 No. 1

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Etude

Scriabin – Etude in C-Sharp Minor – Horowitz, Piano

Scriabin’s etude in c-sharp minor was written in 1887, when the composer was just 15 years old. It was the first of the Three Pieces, Op. 2, and was one …

20th-CENTURY MUSIC / Piano / Toccata

Prokofiev – Toccata in D Minor – Horowitz, Piano

The Toccata in D minor Op 11 for solo piano was written by Sergei Prokofiev in 1912 and debuted by the composer on December 10, 1916 in Petrograd. It is a further development …

Liszt - Mephisto Waltz No 1 in A major - Horowitz, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Waltz

Liszt – Mephisto Waltz No. 1 – Horowitz, Piano

The Mephisto Waltzes are four waltzes composed by Franz Liszt from 1859 to 1862, from 1880 to 1881, and in 1883 and 1885. Nos. 1 and 2 were composed for orchestra, and later arranged for piano, piano duet and two pianos, whereas nos. 3 and 4 were written for piano only.

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Beethoven – Emperor Concerto (No. 5) – Vladimir Horowitz

The Piano Concerto No 5 by Beethoven, popularly known as the Emperor Concerto, was his last completed piano concerto. It was written between 1809 and 1811 in Vienna, and was dedicated to Archduke Rudolf, Beethoven’s patron and pupil.

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Steinway: New or Used, Before to Buy, 5 Things to Know

As price for a new Steinway piano are exorbitant you could be tempted by a used or restored one but they are still not cheap and they are things you should take care when buying one.