Actor · Music · Music Arranger
Born Jul 6, 1937 · Gorky, Russian SFSR, USSR, [now Nizhny Novgorod, Russia]
Active 1967–present · Awards: Order of Merit of Berlin, Artis Bohemiae Amicis Medal, laureate of the Queen Elisabeth Competition, honorary doctor of the University of Sydney, honorary doctor of the Royal College of Music, Sibelius Medal, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon, Order of the Falcon
Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy (b.1937) is an internationally recognized solo pianist, chamber music performer, and conductor. He is originally from Russia and has held Icelandic citizenship since 1972.