Amir Tebenikhin (born 1977) is a

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i pianist. He won the 1999 Vianna da Motta Competition - the last winner for 11 years when Akopova won the competition. He subsequently made his recording debut for Naxos Records and performed at the Carnegie Hall, the Salle Pleyel and the

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. He later ranked 6th at the inaugural

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, obtained a diploma at the 2003

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and was awarded 3rd prize at the 2004 Glasgow Competition. In 2007, Tebenikhin won the Anton Rubinstein Competition and reached the semi-finals of the II Beethoven Competition in Bonn.

References

Queen Elisabeth Music Competition

Hamamatsu Competition

Beethoven Competition

Scottish International Piano Competition, Glasgow

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