Andrei Vladimirovich Nikolsky (; 1959 in Moscow - 3 February 1995 near

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) was a Russian pianist. After receiving his first piano lessons at the age of five, Nikolsky entered the

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in 1976, where his teachers included Stanislav Neuhaus and Lev Naumov. He also studied with

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at the

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in Salzburg. Nikolsky won second prize at the Concours Long-Thibaud in 1979, as well as first prize at the

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in 1987. He died in a car accident in 1995. Some of his recordings include the Chopin preludes, Sonata No. 2 and Rachmaninoff Sonata No. 2.

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* 1995 deaths 1959 births Russian male classical pianists 20th-century Russian classical pianists Road incident deaths in Belgium 20th-century Russian male musicians Prize-winners of the Queen Elisabeth Competition {{Russia-classical-pianist-stub