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| sultanov, alexei | |
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He was most famous for winning the 1989 Van Cliburn Piano Competition at the age of 19. His father was a cellist and his mother was a violinist. At the age of 6, he began piano lessons in Tashkent with Tamara Popovich. In October 1995 Alexei won the Frederick Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw Poland. Even after a severe stroke paralyzed his left side, Alexei Sultanov continued to play the piano with his right hand with his wife,Dace Abele, accompanying him with the left hand. He died June 30, 2005 at the age of 35 in Fort Worth. |
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