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Vladimir Samoylovich Horowitz ((ウクライナ語:Володимир Самійлович Горовиць, ''Volodymyr Samiylovych Horovyts''); (ロシア語:Владимир Самойлович Горовиц, ''Vladimir Samoylovich Gorovits''); November 5, 1989)〔Schonberg, 1992〕 was a Russian-born American classical pianist and composer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica Online )〕 He was known for his technique, use of tone color, and the excitement generated by his playing.〔Dubal, 1989〕 He is thought of as one of the best pianists of all time.〔Time. Michael Walsh, [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1825139,00.html ''The Greatest Pianist of All?''], July 21, 2008. Retrieved on June 3, 2009.〕 ==Life and early career== Vladimir Horowitz was born in url=http://www.interesniy.kiev.ua/znamenitye-kievlyane/lyudi-iskusstva/vladimir-gorovits/polnovlastniy-korol-vechniy-strannik-artist having to reside in the Pale of Settlement. Horowitz was born in 1903, but in order to make him appear too young for military service so as not to risk damaging his hands, his father took a year off his son's age by claiming he was born in 1904. The 1904 date appeared in many reference works during the pianist's lifetime. Horowitz's uncle, Alexander, was a pupil and close friend of Alexander Scriabin.〔''Scriabin, a Biography'' Faubion Bowers, page 82〕 As a 10-year-old boy, it was arranged for Horowitz to play for Scriabin, who afterwards told his parents that he was extremely talented.〔''A Little Nightmusic'', Samuel Chotzinoff, page 36 Harper & Row, 1964〕 Horowitz received piano instruction from an early age, initially from his mother, who was herself a pianist. In 1912 he entered the Kiev Conservatory, where he was taught by Vladimir Puchalsky, Sergei Tarnowsky, and Felix Blumenfeld. His first solo recital was in Kharkiv in 1920. Horowitz's fame grew, and he soon began to tour Russia where he was often paid with bread, butter and chocolate rather than money, due to the country's economic hardships caused by the Civil War.〔Plaskin, 1983, pp. 52, 56, 353, 338–7.〕 During the 1922–1923 season, he performed 23 concerts of eleven different programs in Petrograd alone.〔 Despite his early success as a pianist, Horowitz maintained that he wanted to be a composer and undertook a career as a pianist only to help his family, who had lost their possessions in the Russian Revolution.〔cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/06/obituaries/vladimir-horowitz-titan-of-the-piano-dies.html|title=Vladimir Horowitz, Titan of the Piano, Dies|publisher=The New York Times|accessdate=2010-03-18 | first=Bernard | last=Holland | date=November 6, 1989}}〕 In December 1925, Horowitz crossed the border into the West, ostensibly to study with Artur Schnabel in Berlin. Privately intending not to return, the 22-year-old pianist had stuffed American dollars and British pound notes into his shoes to finance his initial concerts.〔Horowitz interview with Charles Kuralt, CBS News Sunday Morning〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vladimir Horowitz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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