Lev Nikolayevich Naumov (russian: Лев Никола́евич Нау́мов; 12 February 1925,

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, composer and

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. Received a title of

People's Artist of Russia People's Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: Народный артист Российской Федерации, ''Narodnyy artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the Russian Federation, is an h ...

and was nicknamed the "Godfather of the Russian piano school".''88 notes pour piano solo'',

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Naumov studied with the legendary

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, becoming his assistant and eventually his successor. Naumov was a professor of piano at the

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and a jury member in many international competitions.

Naumov's studio produced some of the better-known pianists to emerge from Russia in the past 40 years. Among his students at different times were such pianists a
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References

External links

Recollection of Lev Nikolaevic Naumov
at the Heinrich Neuhaus web site
Андрей Хитрук “Защитник окружающей среды“ Российский музыкант № 3 (1233), апрель 2005
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