Olga Kern (Russian: Ольга Керн; born April 23, 1975) is a Russian classical pianist. She was born into a family of musicians with ties to Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff, and began studying piano with Evgeny Timakin at the Central Music School of Moscow when she was five. Kern later continued with Sergei Dorensky at the Moscow Conservatory, where she also pursued her postgraduate studies. Kern also took instruction from Boris Petrushansky in Italy. ...
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Olga Kern (Russian: Ольга Керн; born April 23, 1975) is a Russian classical pianist. She was born into a family of musicians with ties to Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff, and began studying piano with Evgeny Timakin at the Central Music School of Moscow when she was five. Kern later continued with Sergei Dorensky at the Moscow Conservatory, where she also pursued her postgraduate studies. Kern also took instruction from Boris Petrushansky in Italy. After being eliminated in the preliminary rounds of the 1997 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Olga Pushechnikova went home to Moscow and underwent a complete makeover. "I change everything because I want to change my life, because I was really unhappy with my life," she said. She "changed everything" with a new last name derived from her mother's maiden name, with more musical maturity and competitions notched on her belt, with a new coiffure, a glamorous new wardrobe, and a marriage, a divorce, and the birth of a child. She...
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