" Something posseses me – when I’m at the piano I’m a different person".These are the words from the superb young pianist, who, at the age of just eighteen, won a sensational victor y in the 2009 London International Piano Competition, with an electrifying performance of Prokofiev’s Piano Concer to no.3.

His Decca Classics debut album showcases his passionate performance style through the concept of Danses diaboliques, including Horowitz’s incredible version of SaintSaëns/Liszt Danse macabre – wildly vir tuosic pieces, which perfectly capture the white-knuckle r ide that is Behzod Abduraimov’s style. Behzod Abduraimov Prokofiev, Liszt, Saint-Saens 1CD 4783301 www.deccaclassics.com the magazine is just the beginning. Visit gramophone.co.uk for…

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You’ve read our coverage of the 50 artists who have been welcomed into Gramophone’s inaugural Hall of Fame – but there’s much more on our website. Online, you’ll find, for each artist, a comprehensive biography and a number of recommended recordings. We’ve also delved into our Archive, which stretches back to 1923, to find thought-provoking articles relating to each of the top 50, written by Gramophone’s best writers, past and present.

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Our monthly Gramophone Podcast features fascinating interviews with key artists – and is free to listen to, either via the Gramophone Player or at iTunes. In our May edition, editor Martin Cullingford speaks to Mark Bebbington about recording Bliss’s complete solo piano music for Somm; Potton Hall’s Jeremy Hayes interviews pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy during a recording session for the latest in his Rachmaninov piano music series for Decca; and deputy editor Sarah Kirkup speaks to trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth about her new recording, ‘Storyteller’, for EMI Classics. Don’t miss it!

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Born Walter Aptowitzer in the wrong place at the wrong time, Arlen is one of the few surviving members of the lost generation of composers stifled or scattered by the Third Reich. Now, at the age of 92, he has just witnessed the first CD release of his music. Michael White meets him.

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