DISCUSSION: John Dante Prevedini leads a discussion about Improvisation in the classical world and beyond, including contributions from David Arditti, James Lewitzke, James Ross and Steve Vasta.
Russian pianist and composer Aleksey Nasedkin was born in Moscow on 20 December 1942. He won several prizes for his piano playing, was a People's Artist of the Russian Federation, president of Russia's Schubert Society, a member of the USSR (and subsequently RF) Composers' Union and a professor at the Moscow Conservatory.
He died in Moscow on 4 December 2014, aged seventy-two.