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Vasily Pavlovich Lobanov also Vassily Lobanov is a Russian composer and pianist.
Lobanov studied at the Moscow Conservatory from 1963 to 1971: piano with Lev Naumov and composition with Sergey Balasanyan. He also studied with Yuri Kholopov (analysis) and Alfred Schnittke (instrumentation). From 1997 he has been professor for piano at the 'Hochschule für Musik' in Cologne, Germany. He has lived in Germany since 1991.
He has composed operas, concertos, chamber and piano music, playing in recitals together with the violinist Oleg Kagan and cellist Natalia Gutman.
Born in Moscow in 1947, Vassily Lobanov studied piano with Heinrich Neuhaus and Lev Naumov and composition with Alfred Schnittke; his mentors also included Sviatoslav Richter, with whom he occasionally formed a piano duo. Following his early years as a concert pianist in his native land, Lobanov received permission to travel abroad for the first time in 1978; since then he has performed at prestigious festivals and concert venues throughout Europe, the United States, Japan, and South America. As a chamber musician he enjoyed a close collaboration with Oleg Kagan and Natalia Gutman from 1978 to 1990; he has additionally partnered with Leonidas Kavakos, Yuri Bashmet, Eduard Brunner, Kolja Blacher, and Kim Kashkashian. Lobanov is a successful composer as well and has produced two operas, a symphony, and various concertos, among other pieces. Since 1997 he has taught as Professor of Piano at the College of Music in Cologne.