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Alexander Lubyantsev playing his own composition (2012) Александр Лубянцев играет собственное сочинение. (2012) From Wikipedia: Alexander Mikhailovich Lubyantsev (Russian: Александр Михайлович Лубянцев, Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lubiantsev, also transliterated Lubiantcev, born 27 December 1986) is a Russian pianist and composer. He is a laureate of the 2004 Sydney International Piano Competition and the 2007 International Tchaikovsky Competition, at which he received the bronze medal, no gold awarded, and has also been a prizewinner in over ten other piano competitions. His performance at the 2011 Tchaikovsky Competition and the ensuing events are also quite significant. At this competition, a notable outcry and vivid protests by audience members and music critics after Lubyantsev's exit led the critics to institute their own additional events surrounding Lubyantsev received attention in the national and international press, where he was referred to as “one of the audience’s favorites” and “the cause of the most controversy.” [Continue reading at: ]
