Svyatoslav Richter is a brilliant pianist, an unsurpassed interpreter, an artist, the first Grammy Award winner in the USSR, he became one of the most famous Russian musicians, who lived entirely with his country in this terrible and turbulent 20th century. He is often compared to the titan masters of the Renaissance - his creative genius was so multifaceted. The author of the book, Valentina Chemberdzhi, who knew Svyatoslav Teofilovich for many years, recorded the time, the Maestro’s direct speech sounds from the pages of the book... Richter’s contemporaries knew well that books about him were not being published , because they seem grandiloquent to him and far from the essence. Richter approved this manuscript and wrote on its page: “I want it to be like this. Thank you. Svyatoslav Richter”…