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{{Short description|Soviet-born British classical pianist and piano teacher (1929–2022)}}
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'''Sulamita Aronovsky''' (5 May 1929{{snd}}15 December 2022, {{nee|'''Ziuraitiene'''}}) was a Lithuanian-born British [[Classical music|classical]] pianist and piano teacher who spent her formative years in Moscow and Soviet-occupied Lithuania, moving to London in 1971.

Aronovsky was born in [[Kaunas]], Lithuania on 5 May 1929.<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news |title=Sulamita Aronovsky, pianist and teacher who defected from the USSR and founded the London International Piano Competition – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2023/02/26/sulamita-aronovsky-pianist-teacher-who-defected-ussr-founded/ |access-date=26 February 2023 |publisher=The Telegraph |date=26 February 2023}} {{subscription required}}</ref> Her teachers included [[Lev Barenboim]], {{ill|Abram Schatzkes|ru|Шацкес, Абрам Владимирович}}, [[Grigory Ginsburg]] and [[Alexander Goldenweiser (composer)|Alexander Goldenweiser]].
An experienced Juror of International Competitions, she founded the London International Piano Competition in 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/2000/05/ppldnipc.htm|title=Pianos and Pianists - 4th World Piano Competition London|work=mvdaily.com}}</ref>

In 1971, after visiting family in the USA, she decided to defect to Britain, where she settled in Manchester, teaching at the [[Royal Northern College of Music]].<ref name="Telegraph" />

In the 1990s, Aronovsky moved to London, where she served as Professor of Piano at the [[Royal Academy of Music]].<ref name="Telegraph" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ram.ac.uk/study/selectadepartment/biogs/Pages/Sulamita%20Aronovsky.aspx |title=Royal Academy of Music - Study & Departments > Select a department > biogs > Sulamita Aronovsky |access-date=2009-12-29 |archive-date=2009-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091105042158/http://www.ram.ac.uk/study/selectadepartment/biogs/Pages/Sulamita%20Aronovsky.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Aronovsky's students included {{ill|Peter Lawson (composer)|lt=Peter Lawson|fr|3=Peter Lawson (compositeur)}}, [[David Fanning (musicologist)|David Fanning]], {{ill|Julia Goldstein|ru|Гольдштейн, Юлия Борисовна}}, {{ill|Vovka Ashkenazy|de|Vovka Ashkenazy}}, [[Melani Mestre]], [[Michael Bell (pianist)|Michael Bell]], [[John Thwaites (pianist)|John Thwaites]], [[Pamela Chowhan]], [[Ian Flint]], [[Amir Katz]], [[Andrew Wilde (pianist)|Andrew Wilde]], {{ill|Ian Fountain|he|איאן פאונטיין}}, Stefan Ćirić, [[Junko Urayama]], [[Nils Franke]], Howard Evans, [[Gareth Jones (pianist)|Gareth Jones]], [[Nicolas Hodges]], [[Beate Perrey]], [[Jonathan Powell (musician)|Jonathan Powell]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jonathanpowell.wordpress.com/|title=Jonathan Powell ‒ Pianist}}</ref> [[Nicholas Angelich]], Raul Jimenez, [[Toby Purser]], [[Nicolette Wong]], [[Panos Karan]], [[Mantautas Katinas]] and {{illm|Riyad Nicolas|qid=Q123927749}} among others.

Aronovsky died on 15 December 2022, at the age of 93.<ref name="Telegraph"/>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.ram.ac.uk/find-people?pid=136<ref>{{cite web {{!}}url=http://www.ram.ac.uk/find-people?pid=136 {{!}}title=Find People - Study - Royal Academy of Music {{!}}website=www.ram.ac.uk {{!}}url-status=dead {{!}}archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203210002/http://www.ram.ac.uk/find-people?pid=136 {{!}}archive-date=2010-12-03}}</ref>]
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20000819072258/http://www.musicweb.uk.net/SandH/2000/apr00/prizewinners.htm London International Piano Competition]}}

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