Oborin, Lev (Nikolayevich)

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Oborin, Lev (Nikolayevich) (b Moscow, 1907; d Moscow, 1974). Russ. pianist. Taught at Moscow Cons. from 1928, becoming prof. 1935. Début 1924. Won first Warsaw int. Chopin comp. 1927. Gave f.p. of Khachaturian's pf. conc., Leningrad 1937. Many successful pupils, incl. Ashkenazy.