1. Artur Rubinstein

Artur Rubinstein (1887-1983), a Polish-American pianist. He studied piano since he was a child. He held a concert in Berlin at the age of 12, with the famous conductor Jochen as the concerto. Later, he often performed on the stage in Hamburg, Dresden and other places. At the age of 14, he performed in Warsaw and was deeply loved by the famous Polish pianist. Paderewski appreciates it. In 1905, he went to Paris and London to hold solo concerts. In 1906, he went to the United States to hold more than 40 concerts. He was a sensation and extremely successful, and he jumped into the forefront of outstanding pianists.

Rubinstein was born with ten sensitive fingers, and his ability to read music is also outstanding. His playing is full of fiery emotion and abundant energy, fluent and free yet rigorous in layout, and sometimes delicate and poetic. His performance is delicate and poetic, fluent and free yet rigorous in structure. The repertoire is extremely wide, especially the works of Chopin and Brahms. It also has its merits in playing the works of French and Spanish writers.

2. Vladimir Horowitz

Vladimir Horowitz (1904-1989), the most negative person in the United States One of the most famous pianists, a Russian-American. He showed his musical talent very early and studied with Russian and German performing masters successively, integrating the culmination of Russian and German schools. In 1924, he held traveling performances in Berlin and Paris, which were a great success. He went to the United States in 1928 and became famous instantly. Later settled in the United States. He stopped playing for twelve years. In 1960, he returned to the stage for a solo concert at Carnegie Hall, which caused a sensation in the world music scene.

Horowitz's playing skills are brilliant and unrestrained, his music tends to be more profound and perfect, and his means of expression are richer. Some music critics believe that his piano timbre is like the seven basic colors, which can be adjusted into various tones to express various thoughts and feelings. In addition, his performance can fully express the content of the music without blindly respecting the original work. The most valuable thing is that he is very much like a skilled editor, able to correct the "typos, missing words" and other errors made by the music author to make the work perfect. His repertoire is quite extensive, and he is particularly good at playing works by Chopin, Scarlatti, Schumann, Liszt, Scriabin and other famous artists.

3. Sviatoslav Teorisovich Richter

Sviatoslav Teorisovich Richter Sviatoslav Teorisovich Richter (1915-), former Soviet pianist. He learned piano from his father at an early age and showed excellent improvisational talent at a young age. From 1933, he worked as music director at the Odessa Song and Dance Theater. He gave his first public performance in 1934. In 1937, he entered the Moscow Conservatory for further study. In 1945, he won the first prize in the All-Soviet Performer Competition. In the 1940s, he often toured throughout the Soviet Union, and after the 1950s, he performed in European and American countries. In 1961, he was awarded the title of People's Artist of the former Soviet Union. He is also an honorary doctorate from the University of Strasbourg in France.

Richter's playing is famous for his skillful technique, profound conception and vivid dramatic expression. His repertoire is very broad, from classical to romantic and impressionist to modern, almost omnipotent. His most outstanding feature is the tenacity of his fingers. Like the sharp continuous fortissimo in many works of the famous Soviet composer Prokofiev, only Richter's hands can play the kind of music required by the author. Grand and imposing. He never indulges in music, but expresses music perfectly and delicately through his thorough analysis. He can vividly express even the smallest notes in the score.

4. Alfred Brendel

Alfred Brendel was born in Austria on January 5, 1931. Weisenberg won the Busoni Competition in Bolsano, Italy in 1949 and began his acting career. In the 1950s, he recorded a large number of records for Vox and gained a reputation. His recordings have won numerous awards and are the largest-selling classical music albums.

In 1978, Philips awarded him a Gold Disc Award for selling one million copies of his record. He performs the complete Beethoven sonatas in major cities around the world. In addition, he is a knowledgeable writer, not only writing articles but also publishing two books, Music Thoughts and After-Thoughts (1976) and Music Sounded Out (1976). 1990).

5. Vladimir Ashkenazy

Vladimir Ashkenazy (1937-), British Former Soviet pianist. Born on July 6, 1937 in the city of Gorky in the former Soviet Union, Ashkenazy studied at the Moscow Central Music School since childhood and later entered the Moscow Conservatory of Music. In 1954, he won the second prize in the Chopin International Piano Competition, and in 1956, he won the gold medal in the Queen Elisabeth International Piano Competition in Brussels. In 1962, he tied for first place in the Moscow Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition. He settled in Iceland the following year and now lives in the UK. In 1989, he was hired as the chief conductor of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (later renamed the Deutsche Symphonie Orchestra Berlin). He was also the music director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London, and played with them Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky. He specializes in Russian music; he is also guest conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra; he also conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam. It is comparable to Horowitz (1904-1989), one of the most famous pianists in the United States. The number of recordings he has made is also rare among pianists of his generation.

6.Martha Argerich

Martha Argerich (1941-), a popular Argentinian female pianist . He studied piano from many famous teachers. In 1957, he won prizes at the Busoni and Geneva Piano Competitions. In 1965, he won the first prize at the 7th Chopin Piano Competition, and his reputation grew day by day.

Her playing skills are excellent and her enthusiasm is unrestrained. She plays Chopin's twenty-four "Preludes" and Ravel's "Piano Concerto in G major" very well.

7. Rudolf Serkin

Russian pianist, born in the Czech Republic in 1903. He started learning piano from a famous teacher in Vienna at the age of nine, and made his first stage performance at the age of 12. In 1920, he performed with the violinist Pusch in Berlin, and the two have been working together sincerely for decades. In 1936, Serkin performed in New York with the famous contemporary conductor Toscanini, which was an instant success and became world-famous. His performance never pursues superficial magnificence, but impresses the audience with sincerity. He often shakes his head and taps his feet freely, chanting and playing at the same time, which is always exciting.

8. Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

Italian pianist, born in 1920. In his early years, he studied at the Conservatoire of Brescia and Milan. In 1939, he won the prize at the Geneva International Music Competition. From then on, he became famous and active in the country. After World War II, he traveled and performed throughout Europe, causing a sensation. In 1972, he moved to Switzerland and became an internationally recognized piano master. His performance is characterized by meticulous perfection. He controls the proportions appropriately and appropriately, giving every note full expression and life; at the moment when he creates beautiful music, he brings people into an illusory and wonderful state. Rather than saying that Michelangeli begged the piano in order to be a faithful performer and to better reproduce the composer's creative intentions, it is better to say that he was a successful creator in his own right because he had a unique aesthetic point of view.

9. Friendrich Gulda

Austrian pianist, born in Vienna in 1930. He studied piano at the age of 7 and entered the Vienna Conservatory of Music as a graduate student at the age of 12. In 1946, he won the first prize at the Geneva International Music Competition. In 1978, three concerts were held in Vienna and recorded. His performance not only cherishes the tradition of Viennese classical music, but also is full of the spirit of the times, showing unique creativity.

He not only focused on allowing modern people to fully understand classical music, but also opposed the conservative performance methods, so he tried to perform modern jazz.

10. Maurizio Pollini

Italian pianist, born in 1942. In his early years, he studied piano from a famous teacher at the Verdi Conservatoire and also studied composition. In 1960, he won the Grand Prize at the International Chopin Piano Competition. After 1971, he traveled and performed in Europe and was quite successful. His playing style is clean, healthy and bright, without any trace of sadness, giving people an infection of strength. He plays the hymn of life and is a pianist who loves life. When he played some very rhythmic music by Prokofiev and Stravinsky, his accurate and original skills were truly impressive.