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Emile Naoumoff

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Emil Naumov was a prodigious pianist who, at the age of 7 or 8, was discovered by Nadia Boulanger in Paris and became her last student. He also has a career as a composersigning a contract with the Mainz-based music publisher Schott at the age of 18and specializes in arrangements, such as the piano concerto version of Mussorgskys *Pictures at an Exhibition* and the solo piano version of Faurs *Requiem*. As a pianist, he has been compared to Horowitz and Rubinstein, and is praised for possessing the formers fiery passion and the latters poetic sensibility.Naumovs Ravel album opensin true Naumov fashionwith his own piano improvisation, which is simply wonderful music and serves as a superb introduction to the world of Ravels sound that follows. (Delightfully, the booklet includes the complete sheet music.) In his main Ravel performances, he masterfully employs a wide range of touchesfrom a whis