Lev Naumov

Lev Nikolayevich Naumov was a Russian classical pianist, composer and educator. Received a title of People's Artist of Russia and was nicknamed the "Godfather of the Russian piano school".
Professor Naumov studied with the legendary Heinrich Neuhaus, becoming his assistant and eventually his successor. Naumov was a professor of piano at the Moscow [Tchaikovsky Conservatory] and a jury member in many international competitions. Professor Naumov's studio produced some of the better-known pianists to emerge from Russia in the past 40 years. Among his students at different times were such pianists as , , Vladimir Viardo, , , Andrei Gavrilov, , Pavel Gintov, Nairi Grigorian, Andrey Diev, Peter Dmitriev, , Violetta Egorova, Victor Eresko, Andrej Hoteev, Ilya Itin, Alexander Kobrin, , , , Dong-Hyek Lim, Vassily Lobanov, Alexei Lubimov, Anna Malikova, Alexander Melnikov, Alexei Nasedkin, Natalia Naumowa, Kadzuki Nisimon, , Valery Petach, Boris Petrushansky, Juri Rosum, Konstantin Scherbakov, Ivan Sokolov, Vladimir Soultanov, Alexei Sultanov, Sergey Tarasov, Alexander Toradze, Alexander Tschaikowski, Alexander Tselyakov, Rem Urasin, Andrei Yeh, Artemis H.R. Yen and many others.