In 1988, Pletnev was invited to perform at the superpower conference in Washington, D.C., where he met and befriended Mikhail Gorbachev. Pletnev has acknowledged Sergei Rachmaninoff as a particularly notable influence on him as a musician. He also taught at the Moscow Conservatory. The following year he made his debut in the United States. At age 21, he won the Gold Medal at the VI International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1978, which earned him international recognition and drew great attention worldwide. In 1974, he entered the Moscow Conservatory, studying under Yakov Flier and Lev Vlassenko. He studied with Kira Shashkina for six years at the Special Music School of the Kazan Conservatory, before entering the Moscow Central Music School at the age of 13, where he studied under Evgeny Timakin. His father played and taught the bayan, and his mother was a pianist. Pletnev was born into a musical family in Arkhangelsk, then part of the Soviet Union. Mikhail Vasilievich Pletnev ( Russian: Михаи́л Васи́льевич Плетнёв, Mikha'il Vas'ilevič Plet'nëv born 14 April 1957) is a Russian pianist, conductor and composer.
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