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Andrei Gavrilov

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The Genius Andrei Gavrilov!Music That Makes You Aware of Being Alive, Vol. 2!Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Russian virtuoso Andrei Gavrilov visited Japan in November 2020, stunning audiences across the country and receiving thunderous applause!This new recording, released as the second installment of a joint project between UnzippedClassicalMusicwhich Gavrilov runs on his official websiteand DaVinciClassic, is a collection of works by four composers centered on Liszts piano sonatas!In 1974, at the tender age of 18, he won the Tchaikovsky International Competition and achieved great success at the Salzburg Festival, only to face persecution by the KGB afterward. Then, in a dramatic turn of events, he became the first artist in the former Soviet Union to be granted permission to reside abroad without having to seek asylum, thanks to the approval of then-Communist Party General Secretary Gorbache