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He was born to a very musical family; his father played and taught accordion, his mother piano.Fanning, David. "Pletnev, Mikhail." Grove Dicionary of Music and Musicians. 2001. He entered the Central School of Music at the age of 13 and, in 1974, entered the Moscow Conservatory , under the instruction of the famous pianists and teachers Jacob Flier and Lev Vlasenko . Aged 21, he won the Gold Medal of the VI International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1978, which earned him international recognition and drew great attention worldwide. He taught at the Moscow Conservatory and transcribed and performed transcriptions of Tchaikovsky’s symphony and ballet music. In 1988, he was invited to perform at the superpower conference in Washington, D.C. At this conference, he met and befriended Mikhail Gorbachev . Because of this friendship, gained the support to found two years later the Russian National Orchestra in 1990, the first non-government-supported orchestra in Russia since 1917, and was its first principal conductor."Mikhail Pletnev." Russian National Orchestra Official Website. http://www.russianarts.org/rno/pletnev.cfm He stepped down as Principal Conductor in the late 1990's, but he is now the orchestra's artistic director. Geoffrey Norris, "Maestro miseryguts". ''Telegraph'', 22 March 2004. Pletnev is currently an exclusive contract pianist for Deutsche Grammophon . AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS Grammy Award For Best Chamber Music Performance :
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