Lev Vlassenko plays Chopin mazurka op. 17 no. 4 - live 1958

Lev Vlasenko playing Chopin’s op. 17 no. 4 mazurka live at the 1958 Tchaikovsky competition. Vlassenko placed second behind Van Cliburn (pictured together above). Vlassenko studied with Anastasia Davidovna Virsaladze (the grandmother of Eliso Virsaladze) and with Yakov Flier. His pupils include Mikhail Pletnev. Лев Власенко