Vladimir Horowitz (1 October 1903 – 5 November 1989) was born in Ukrainian. At the early age, he received piano instruction from his mother. Horowitz gave his U.S. debut on January 12, 1928, in Carnegie Hall in which he played Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 23 under the direction of Sir Thomas Beecham. In 1932, he played with the Arturo Toscanini for the first time. The performance was Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 73, ‘Emperor’. His repertoire was diverse from Domenico Scarlatti to Alexander Scriabin.

Horowitz is considered one of the greatest pianists of the Twentieth century. In 1912 he entered the Kiev Conservatory, where he studied under Vladimir Felix Blumenfeld. He graduated in 1919 with honor. He played the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 at his graduation and many times later.

During the 1922-1923, Horowitz performed 23 concerts of 11 different programs. In 1926, he left Russia and never came back until 1986. The 1986 concert was was widely reported historically musical event of the century. The Emmy Award -winning Horowitz in Moscow captures both his superb performance and the hightlights of his return to homeland. The legendary performance Horowitz in Moscow features works by Scalatti, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Schubert, Liszt, and Chopin.

In 1940, he settled in the United States and married Wanda Toscanini, a daughter of Arturo Toscanini. He became a United States citizen in 1944. In 1953, he gave up concertizing but still made some recordings. In 1965, Horowitz returned to the stage for the first time in twelve years.

The 1953 performance was released under the title Horowitz Live and Unedited [includes Bonus DVD] by Sony in 2003.

Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists

• 1987 Horowitz: The Studio Recordings, New York 1985 (Deutsche Grammophon 419217)
• 1969 Horowitz on Television: Chopin, Scriabin, Scarlatti, Horowitz (Columbia 7106)
• 1968 Horowitz in Concert: Haydn, Schumann, Scriabin, Debussy, Mozart, Chopin (Columbia 45572)

Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance

• 1989 Horowitz Plays Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 (Deutsche Grammophon 423287)
• 1979 Golden Jubilee Concert, Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 (RCA CLR1 2633)

Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance

• 1993 Horowitz Discovered Treasures: Chopin, Liszt, Scarlatti, Scriabin, Clementi (Sony 48093)
• 1991 The Last Recording (Sony SK 45818)
• 1988 Horowitz in Moscow (Deutsche Grammophon 419499)
• 1982 The Horowitz Concerts 1979/80 (RCA ARL1-3775)
• 1980 The Horowitz Concerts 1978/79 (RCA ARL1-3433)
• 1979 The Horowitz Concerts 1977/78 (RCA ARL1-2548)
• 1977 The Horowitz Concerts 1975/76 (RCA ARL1-1766)
• 1974 Horowitz Plays Scriabin (Columbia M-31620)
• 1973 Horowitz Plays Chopin (Columbia M-30643)
• 1972 Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas) (Columbia M-30464)

Grammy Award for Best Classical Album:

• Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz
• 1966 Horowitz at Carnegie Hall: An Historic Return
• 1972 Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas)
• 1978 Concert of the Century with Leonard Bernstein (conductor), the New York Philharmonic, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Vladimir Horowitz, Yehudi Menuhin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Isaac Stern, Lyndon Woodside
• 1988 Horowitz in Moscow (Deutsche Grammophon 419499)
• 1987 Horowitz: The Studio Recordings, New York 1985 (Deutsche Grammophon 419217)

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, 1990

Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical:

• 1966 Horowitz at Carnegie Hall — An Historic Return
• 1987 Horowitz: The Studio Recordings, New York 1985 (Deutsche Grammophon 419217)