About Sviatoslav Richter
Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter was a Soviet and Russian classical pianist. He is regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time, and has been praised for the "depth of his interpretations, his virtuoso technique, and his vast repertoire". Richter did not speak to his mother again until shortly before her death nearly 20 years later in connection with his first US tour. In 1949 Richter won the Stalin Prize, which led to extensive concert tours in Russia, Eastern Europe and China. He lived with her from 1918 to 1921, and it was then that his interest in art first manifested itself: he first became interested in painting, which his aunt taught him.
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