Evgeny Mogilevsky is a Russia

Russia

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n pianist. Son and pupil of Seraphima Mogilevsky at the Stolyarsky Music school in his hometown. Later studied with Heinrich Neuhaus and Yakov Zak at the Moscow Conservatory. Father of the pianists Maxim and Alexander Mogilevsky.

In 1964 at the age of 18 he became the third Soviet pianist to win the Queen Elisabeth Competition

Queen Elisabeth Music Competition

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, after Emil Gilels

Emil Gilels

Emil Grigoryevich Gilels was a Soviet pianist, widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century.His last name is sometimes transliterated Hilels.-Biography:...

 and Vladimir Ashkenazy

Vladimir Ashkenazy

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. He has had a significant career, including internationally (in the USA as a Sol Hurok

Sol Hurok

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 artist). In the latter half of 1970s he performed throughout the world as a soloist with the USSR State Symphony Orchestra under Yevgeny Svetlanov. His recording of Rachmaninoff's 3rd Piano Concerto (Kirill Kondrashin conducting) won several prizes.

In 1992 began teaching at the Brussels Conservatory.