died in 2005, survived by his second wife, Valentina Sedova, also a pianist, and their son, talented violinist and conductor Pavel Berman. His students included Sonya Bach, Italian pianists Giuliano Mazzocante, Maurizio Baglini, Enrico Elisi, and Enrico Pace, Vladimir Stoupel, Rutsuko Yamagishi, Ioana Lupascu, Gintaras Januševičius, Vardan Mamikonian, , Rueibin Chen, Antonio Formaro and Viktoriya Yermolyeva. Berman is buried at the Cimitero delle Porte Sante in Florence. The epitaph on his burial stone says: "You and your music are always with us". References External links Obituary in The Times Lazar Berman commercial discography PIANO: LAZAR BERMAN - New York Times Lazar Berman Biography by Erik Eriksson 1930 births 2005 deaths Russian classical pianists Male classical pianists Soviet classical pianists Italian classical pianists Italian male pianists 20th-century classical pianists Jewish classical pianists Russian Jews Musicians from Saint Petersburg Prize-winners of the Queen Elisabeth Competition Honored Artists of the RSFSR 20th-century Italian male musicians