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FROM ROME: Keep in touch with the Italian opera and classical music scene by reading Giuseppe Pennisi's regular reports.
VIDEO PODCAST: Women Composers - Our special hour-long illustrated feature on women composers includes contributions from Diana Ambache, Gail Wein, Hilary Tann, Natalie Artemas-Polak and Victoria Bond.
Benno Moiseiwitsch was born in Odessa, Ukraine, on 22 February 1890. He studied piano in Odessa and Vienna and first came to England in 1908, eventually settling there in 1914. His fame as a pianist of exceptional quality quickly spread, especially his playing of Rachmaninov's music. He died on 9 April 1963 in London.
Passport to Heaven - Bill Newman listens to the Russian pianist Nelly Akopian-Tamarina
Outstanding and unforgettable - Lilya Zilberstein's recital at London's Wigmore Hall impresses Bill Newman