The pianist Eugene Mursky was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He studied with Reinhard Becker (Trossingen), Lev Naumov (Moscow), Tamara Popovich (Tashkent) and Einar SteenNökleberg (Hanover). Eugene Mursky’s exceptional talent became evident at an early age. He was already playing Mozart’s piano concerto in A major K488 with orchestra at the age of 11. He performed Chopin’s F minor concerto at 13, Franz Liszt’s B minor sonata and Tchaikovsky’s first piano concerto at 15. These were followed at 17 by Rachmaninov’s D minor concerto. He was awarded scholarships by the DAAD (German academic exchange) in 1994 and the Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg in 1995. After winning first prize in the Republic of Uzbekistan’s National Piano Compe...