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BIOGRAPHY
Biography
Victor Merzhanov was born in Tambov on August 15, 1919 and studied at Tambov Musical College with Solomon Starikov and Alexander Poltoratsky.
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Between 1936-1941 he studied at the Moscow Conservatory in the classes of Samuil Feinberg (piano) and Alexander Goedicke (organ), graduating with distinction.
He achieved international recognition as a pianist in 1945 when he won the first prize (shared with Sviatoslav Richter) at the Third All-Soviet-Union Piano Competition.
In 1949, he was placed tenth at the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. Merzhanov became a Moscow Philharmony soloist in 1946.
Merzhanov was a Professor at the Moscow Conservatory from 1947 until his death.
Among his students are prize-winners of international competitions: Vladimir Bunin, Oleg Volkov, Igor Girfanov, Yuri Didenko, Mikhail Olenev, Hideyo Harada, Nazzareno Carusi, Tatiana Shebanova, Ruslan Sviridov, Irina Khovanskaya, Anna Yarovaya, Anahit Ners