Nikolai Medtner, Russian pianist and composer (died 1951)

Nikolai Karlovich Medtner was a Russian composer and pianist. After a period of comparative obscurity in the 25 years immediately after his death, he is now becoming recognized as one of the most significant Russian composers for the piano.

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