Boris Bekhterev was born to a family of musicians. He began studying music at the age of five and was educated at Moscow's Gnessin School of Music, being awarded a medal of merit at his graduation. He continued to improve his mastery until attaining a doctorate with outstanding results at Moscow's Tchaikowsky Conservatoire, studying under the famous Maestro J. Milstein. In 1970, having won first prize in the Soviet Pianists' Competition, he began giving concerts both as a soloist and in duo with the violinist, Vladimir Spivakov. Boris Bekhterev has played at some of the most prestigious concert halls in the Soviet Union, in Europe (Vienna's Konzerthaus, The Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, La Scala Theatre in Milan), in the United States (New York's Carnegie Hall), in Japan and other nations. He boasts a very wide repertoire, which extends from the baroque style of Bach and Scarlatti, through Classicism and Romanticism, touching on French Impressionist culture, and arriving at the modern and contemporary composers. A large part of his repertoire consists of works by Russian composers. He has played with many orchestras in the Soviet Union and with chamber orchestras such as the Virtuosi of Moscow, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra of Budapest and the Prague Chamber Orchestra. From 1972 to 1986 he taught at the Moscow Conservatoire. During that time, he also ran the Academie Internationale of Tours (France) advanced courses for four years. From 1987 to 1996, Boris Bekhterev lived in Italy, where he continued to pursue his activities as a concert pianist, giving recitals and playing chamber music with violinists Boris Belkin, Uto Ughi and Pavel Berman, with the flutist, Maxence Larrieu, as well as teaching in various Master Classes. For several years, he was a member of the "Trio César Franck" (together with the violinist, Felice Cusano, and the cellist, Susan Moses) and gave concerts in Italy and in the United States. He is regularly invited to be part of the jury of important international competitions. His records have enjoyed a good deal of success. Published by Melodia and EMI, they include Schubert's sonatas, some rarely performed pieces by Prokofiev ("Thoughts", "Things in Themselves") as well as works performed together with Vladimir Spivakov. From 1994 to 2003 he recorded 6 CDs of Russian and European music for Phoenix Classics, Italy. Now he records for Tokyo Camerata Japan. Since 1996 he has been living in Japan. He is Professor of Piano at Kobe College and Mukogawa University and often gives recitals and plays chamber music with well-known musicians from Japan and other countries. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Boris+Bekhterev">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.