Alexander Bonduriansky

Oleksandr Zynoviiovych Bondurianskyi (born 1945) is a Ukrainian pianist and 1994 recipient of the People's Artist of Russia. He was born in Kherson, Ukraine and took music lessons from Alexander Sokovnin at the Chisinau Music State Conservatory. Later on, he moved to Moscow where he studied piano and chamber music at the Moscow Conservatory under guidance from Dimitri Bashkirov and Tatiana Gaidamovich. Soon after, he became a member of Moscow Piano Trio and began travelling in Russia and the rest of the world. He used to be a teacher at both Chisinau and Moscow Conservatories, at the latter of which he became a professor.