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Gidon Kremer

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Gidon Kremer (Gidons Krēmers; born 27 February 1947) is a Latvian classical violinist, artistic director, and founder of Kremerata Baltica. [1]

86 relations: Alban Berg, Alexander Raskatov, Alexander Vustin, Alfred Schnittke, André Previn, Arthur Lourié, Arvo Pärt, Astor Piazzolla, Bachwoche Ansbach, Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature, the Arts and Science, Baltic states, Béla Bartók, Brussels, Chamber music, Charles Van Damme, Classical music, David Oistrakh, Decca Records, Deutsche Grammophon, Dmitri Shostakovich, Echo Klassik, ECM Records, Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, Genoa, George Enescu, Giya Kancheli, Grammy Award, Gstaad, Hommage à Piazzolla, Igudesman & Joo, International Music Council, International Tchaikovsky Competition, Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, Jews, John Adams (composer), Kim Kashkashian, Kremerata Baltica, Latvia, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, Latvians, Léonie Sonning Music Prize, Leonid Desyatnikov, Lera Auerbach, List of lifetime achievement awards, Lithuania, Lockenhaus, Luigi Nono, Martha Argerich, Mieczysław Weinberg, Mikhail Pletnev, ..., Mischa Maisky, Moscow Conservatory, Munich, Nonesuch Records, Oleg Maisenberg, Oleh Krysa, Order of the Three Stars, Oumou Sangaré, Paganini Competition, Pēteris Vasks, Peter Schamoni, Philip Glass, Philips Records, Pour le Mérite, Praemium Imperiale, Queen Elisabeth Competition, Riga, Rolf Schock Prizes, Saeculum, Salzburg Festival, Sofia Gubaidulina, Soviet Union, The Holocaust, The Violin Player (film), Thomas Schippers, Thomas Zehetmair, Valentyn Sylvestrov, Valery Afanassiev, Verbier Festival, Victor Kissine, Victoria Poleva, Violin, Yo-Yo Ma, Yuri Bashmet, 44th Annual Grammy Awards, 57th Annual Grammy Awards. Expand index (36 more) »

Alban Berg

Alban Maria Johannes Berg (February 9, 1885 – December 24, 1935) was an Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School.

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Alexander Raskatov

Alexander Mikhailovich Raskatov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Раска́тов; born 9 March 1953 in Moscow) is a Russian composer.

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Alexander Vustin

Alexander Kuzmich Vustin, also Voustin or Wustin (Алекса́ндр Кузьми́ч Ву́стин, born 24 April 1943 in Moscow) is a Russian composer.

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Alfred Schnittke

Alfred Garrievich Schnittke (Альфре́д Га́рриевич Шни́тке, Alfred Garrievich Shnitke; November 24, 1934 – August 3, 1998) was a Soviet and German composer.

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André Previn

André George Previn, KBE (born Andreas Ludwig Priwin; April 6, 1929) is a German-American pianist, conductor, and composer.

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Arthur Lourié

Arthur-Vincent Lourié, born Naum Izrailevich Luria (Наум Израилевич Лурья), later changed his name to Artur Sergeyevich Luriye (Артур Серге́евич Лурье, 14 May 1892 in Propoysk – 12 October 1966 in Princeton, New Jersey) was a significant Russian composer.

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Arvo Pärt

Arvo Pärt (born 11 September 1935) is an Estonian composer of classical and religious music.

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Astor Piazzolla

Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla (March 11, 1921July 4, 1992) was an Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger.

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Bachwoche Ansbach

The Bachwoche Ansbach (Ansbach Bach Week) is a biennial music festival in Ansbach, Germany, dedicated to the life and works of Johann Sebastian Bach, held since 1947.

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Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature, the Arts and Science

The Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature, the Arts and Science is an award given annually by the Baltic Assembly for achievements in three categories: literature, art and science.

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Baltic states

The Baltic states, also known as the Baltic countries, Baltic republics, Baltic nations or simply the Baltics (Balti riigid, Baltimaad, Baltijas valstis, Baltijos valstybės), is a geopolitical term used for grouping the three sovereign countries in Northern Europe on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

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Béla Bartók

Béla Viktor János Bartók (25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist and an ethnomusicologist.

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Brussels

Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the de jure capital of Belgium.

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Chamber music

Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room.

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Charles Van Damme

Charles Van Damme (born May 1946) is a Belgian cinematographer and film director.

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Classical music

Classical music is art music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western culture, including both liturgical (religious) and secular music.

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David Oistrakh

David Fyodorovich Oistrakh (– 24 October 1974), PAU, was a renowned Soviet classical violinist and violist.

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Decca Records

Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis.

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Deutsche Grammophon

Deutsche Grammophon is a German classical music record label that was the precursor of corporation called PolyGram.

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Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (Дми́трий Дми́триевич Шостако́вич|Dmitriy Dmitrievich Shostakovich,; 9 August 1975) was a Russian composer and pianist.

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Echo Klassik

The Echo Klassik, often stylized as ECHO Klassik, is Germany's major classical music award in 22 categories.

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ECM Records

ECM (Edition of Contemporary Music) is an independent record label founded by Manfred Eicher in Munich in 1969.

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Ernst von Siemens Music Prize

The international Ernst von Siemens Music Prize (short: Siemens Music Prize, Ernst von Siemens Musikpreis) is an annual music prize given by the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste (Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts) on behalf of the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung (Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation), established in 1972.

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Genoa

Genoa (Genova,; Zêna; English, historically, and Genua) is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the sixth-largest city in Italy.

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George Enescu

George Enescu (19 August 1881 – 4 May 1955), known in France as Georges Enesco, was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor, and teacher.

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Giya Kancheli

Giya Alexandrovich Kancheli (გია ყანჩელი; born 10 August 1935 in Tbilisi, Transcaucasian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Georgian composer who resides in Belgium.

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Grammy Award

A Grammy Award (stylized as GRAMMY, originally called Gramophone Award), or Grammy, is an award presented by The Recording Academy to recognize achievement in the music industry.

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Gstaad

Gstaad is a village in the German-speaking section of the Canton of Bern in southwestern Switzerland.

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Hommage à Piazzolla

Hommage à Piazzolla is a set of recordings by the violinist Gidon Kremer dedicated to the music of Astor Piazzolla.

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Igudesman & Joo

Igudesman & Joo is a duo comprising classical musicians Aleksey Igudesman and Hyung-ki Joo, whose shows combine comedy with classical music and popular culture.

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International Music Council

The International Music Council (IMC) was created in 1949 as UNESCO's advisory body on matters of music.

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International Tchaikovsky Competition

The International Tchaikovsky Competition is a classical-music competition held every four years in Moscow, Russia, for pianists, violinists, and cellists between 16 and 32 years of age, and singers between 19 and 32 years of age.

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Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music

Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music (Jāzepa Vītola Latvijas Mūzikas akadēmija), formerly the Riga Conservatory, is a higher education establishment of music at 1 Barona Street, Riga, Latvia.

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Jews

Jews (יְהוּדִים ISO 259-3, Israeli pronunciation) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and a nation, originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The people of the Kingdom of Israel and the ethnic and religious group known as the Jewish people that descended from them have been subjected to a number of forced migrations in their history" and Hebrews of the Ancient Near East.

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John Adams (composer)

John Coolidge Adams (born February 15, 1947) is an American composer of classical music and opera, with strong roots in minimalism.

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Kim Kashkashian

Kim Kashkashian (Քիմ Քաշքաշյան), born August 31, 1952 in Detroit, Michigan, is a Grammy-award winning Armenian-American violist.

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Kremerata Baltica

Kremerata Baltica is a chamber orchestra consisting of musicians from Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania).

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Latvia

Latvia (or; Latvija), officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republika), is a sovereign state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe.

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Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic

The Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (Latvian SSR; Latvijas Padomju Sociālistiskā Republika; Латвийская Советская Социалистическая Республика, Latviyskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika), also known as Soviet Latvia or Latvia, was a republic of the Soviet Union.

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Latvians

Latvians (latvieši; lețlizt) are a Baltic ethnic group, native to what is modern-day Latvia and the immediate geographical region.

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Léonie Sonning Music Prize

The Léonie Sonning Music Prize, or Sonning Award, which is recognized as Denmark's highest musical honor, is given annually to an international composer or musician.

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Leonid Desyatnikov

Leonid Arkadievich Desyatnikov (Леони́д Арка́дьевич Деся́тников, born: 16 October 1955, Kharkiv) is a Russian composer who first made a reputation with a number of film scores, then achieving greater fame when his controversial opera The Children of Rosenthal was premiered at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.

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Lera Auerbach

Lera Auerbach (Лера Авербах, born Valeria Lvovna Averbakh, Валерия Львовна Авербах; 21 October 1973, Chelyabinsk) is a Soviet-Russian-born American classical composer and pianist.

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List of lifetime achievement awards

Lifetime achievement awards are awarded by various organizations, to recognize contributions over the whole of a career, rather than or in addition to single contributions.

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Lithuania

Lithuania (Lietuva), officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika), is a country in the Baltic region of northern-eastern Europe.

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Lockenhaus

Lockenhaus (Hungarian Léka; Croatian Livka) is a town in the district of Oberpullendorf in the Austrian state of Burgenland.

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Luigi Nono

Luigi Nono (29 January 1924 – 8 May 1990) was an Italian avant-garde composer of classical music and remains one of the most prominent composers of the 20th century.

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Martha Argerich

Martha Argerich (born June 5, 1941) is an Argentine classical pianist.

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Mieczysław Weinberg

Mieczysław Weinberg (also Moisey or Moishe Vainberg, Moisey Samuilovich Vaynberg; Моисей Самуилович Вайнберг; Mojsze Wajnberg; 8 December 1919 – 26 February 1996) was a Soviet composer of Polish-Jewish origin.

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Mikhail Pletnev

Mikhail Vasilievich Pletnev (Михаи́л Васи́льевич Плетнёв, Mikhail Vasil'evič Pletnëv; born 14 April 1957) is a Russian concert pianist, conductor, and composer.

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Mischa Maisky

Mischa Maisky (Miša Maiskis, מישה מייסקי; born January 10, 1948 in Riga, Soviet Union (now Latvia)) is a Soviet-born Israeli cellist.

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Moscow Conservatory

The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (Московская государственная консерватория им.) is an educational music institution located in Moscow, Russia.

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Munich

Munich (München; Minga) is the capital and the most populated city in the German state of Bavaria, on the banks of the River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps.

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Nonesuch Records

Nonesuch Records is an American record company and label owned by Warner Music Group, distributed by Warner Bros. Records, and based in New York City.

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Oleg Maisenberg

Oleg Maisenberg (born 29 April 1945) is a Russian-Austrian pianist and teacher.

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Oleh Krysa

Oleh Krysa (Олег Криса; born June 1, 1942) is a Ukrainian American violinist, Merited Artist of Ukraine.

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Order of the Three Stars

Order of the Three Stars (Triju Zvaigžņu ordenis) is an order awarded for meritorious service to Latvia.

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Oumou Sangaré

Oumou Sangaré (born February 25, 1968 in Bamako, Mali) is a Grammy Award-winning Malian Wassoulou musician, sometimes referred to as "The Songbird of Wassoulou".

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Paganini Competition

The Paganini Competition (or Premio Paganini or Paganini Concore) is an international violin competition named after the famed virtuoso and founder of contemporary violin technique Niccolò Paganini.

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Pēteris Vasks

Pēteris Vasks (born 16 April 1946) is a Latvian composer.

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Peter Schamoni

Peter Schamoni (27 March 1934 – 14 June 2011) was a German film director, producer and screenwriter.

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Philip Glass

Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer.

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Philips Records

Philips Records is a record label that was founded by the Dutch electronics company Philips.

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Pour le Mérite

The Pour le Mérite (French, literally "For Merit") is an order of merit (Verdienstorden) established in 1740 by King Frederick II of Prussia.

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Praemium Imperiale

Prince Takamatsu The Praemium Imperiale (lit. "World Culture Prize in Memory of His Imperial Highness Prince Takamatsu", 高松宮殿下記念世界文化賞, Takamatsu no miya denka kinen sekai bunka-shō) is an international art prize awarded since 1989 by the Imperial family of Japan on behalf of the Japan Art Association in the fields of painting, sculpture, architecture, music, and theatre/film.

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Queen Elisabeth Competition

The Queen Elisabeth Competition (Koningin Elisabethwedstrijd, Concours musical international Reine Élisabeth) is an international competition for career-starting musicians held in Brussels.

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Riga

Riga (Rīga) is the capital and largest city of Latvia.

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Rolf Schock Prizes

The Rolf Schock Prizes were established and endowed by bequest of philosopher and artist Rolf Schock (1933–1986).

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Saeculum

A saeculum is a length of time roughly equal to the potential lifetime of a person or the equivalent of the complete renewal of a human population.

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Salzburg Festival

The Salzburg Festival (Salzburger Festspiele) is a prominent festival of music and drama established in 1920.

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Sofia Gubaidulina

Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina (Софи́я Асгáтовна Губaйду́лина, София Әсгать кызы Гобәйдуллина; born 24 October 1931) is a Tatar-Russian composer.

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Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

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The Holocaust

The Holocaust, also referred to as the Shoah, was a genocide during World War II in which Nazi Germany, aided by its collaborators, systematically murdered approximately 6 million European Jews, around two-thirds of the Jewish population of Europe, between 1941 and 1945.

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The Violin Player (film)

The Violin Player (Le joueur de violon) is a 1994 French-Belgian drama film directed by Charles Van Damme.

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Thomas Schippers

Thomas Schippers (9 March 1930 – 16 December 1977) was an American conductor.

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Thomas Zehetmair

Thomas Zehetmair (born 23 November 1961, Salzburg) is an Austrian violinist and conductor.

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Valentyn Sylvestrov

Valentyn Vasylyovych Sylvestrov (Валенти́н Васи́льович Сильве́стров; born 30 September 1937 in Kiev (Kyiv) (Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian composer and pianist of contemporary classical music.

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Valery Afanassiev

Valery Afanassiev (Валерий Павлович Афанасьев, Valerij Pavlovič Afanasiev; born 8 September 1947) is a Russian pianist, writer and conductor.

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Verbier Festival

The Verbier Festival is an international music festival that takes place annually for two weeks in late July and early August in the mountain resort of Verbier, Switzerland.

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Victor Kissine

Victor Kissine (Виктор Романович Кисин; born on the 15 of March 1953 in Saint Petersburg (at the time Leningrad)) is a Russian-born classical composer.

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Victoria Poleva

Victoria Vita Polevá (also spelled: Poleváya; Вікторія Польова; Виктория Полевая.; born September 11, 1962) is a Ukrainian composer.

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Violin

The violin, also known informally as a fiddle, is a wooden string instrument in the violin family.

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Yo-Yo Ma

Yo-Yo Ma (born October 7, 1955) is a French-born American cellist.

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Yuri Bashmet

Yuri Abramovich Bashmet (Юрий Абрамович Башмет; born 24 January 1953) is a Russian conductor, violinist, and violist.

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44th Annual Grammy Awards

The 44th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 27, 2002 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

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57th Annual Grammy Awards

The 57th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 8, 2015, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gidon_Kremer

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