Roman Krasnovsky
Roman Krasnovsky (born 1955) is an Israeli composer, teacher, pianist, organist, and harpsichordist. Early career and education Krasnovsky was born in 1955 in Donetsk, USSR. His father was an orchestra player. At the age of five, Krasnovsky started to play the piano. He acquired a comprehensive music education in the schools and conservatories in the Soviet Union. He studied composition with the composer Aram Khachaturian at the Moscow Conservatory after graduating from high school. Despite Krasnovsky's wish to be a composer, Khachaturian advised him to focus on playing. Krasnovsky began performing as a soloist with the Symphony Orchestra of Donetsk Philharmonic Society. After studying at a musical college, he continued his studies at the Academy of Arts in Kharkov, Ukraine, until 1979. As a student, he played the piano, the harpsichord, and the celesta with the Symphony Orchestra of the Philharmonic Society of Kharkov. During this period, he often played piano concertos by Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev, Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin and the six concertos for harpsichord and string orchestra by Johann Sebastian Bach. During this period, he performed the complete works by Bach for harpsichord and accompanied international soloists, as violinist Viktoria Mullova. Krasnovsky studied organ with Galina Kozlov