Vladimir Ashkenazy AKA Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy Born: 6-Jul-1937 Birthplace: Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Conductor, Pianist Nationality: Russia Executive summary: Director, NHK Symphony Orchestra Father: David Ashkenazy Mother: Evstolia Grigoryevna Plotnova Wife: Thorunn Sofia Johannsdottir (pianist, m. 25-Feb-1961, two sons, one daughter) Son: Vladimir (b. 1962) Daughter: Nadia (b. 1963) Son: Dimitri Thor (b. 1969)
University: Central Music School, Moscow University: Moscow Conservatory (1960)
NHK Symphony Orchestra Musical Director (2004-) Czech Philharmonic Conductor (1998-2003) Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin Conductor (1989-99) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor (1987-94) Naturalized Icelandic Citizen 1972 (by Act of Parliament) Jewish Ancestry Paternal
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