Vladimir Vladimirovich Sofronitsky was a Russian Soviet classical pianist born in Saint Petersburg in 1901 who trained at the Petrograd Conservatory and began his concert career in the 1920s. He specialised in late-Romantic and early 20th-century repertoire, emphasising nuanced phrasing, expansive sonority and flexible rubato in performances of Scriabin, Chopin and Russian composers, and his interpretations influenced subsequent generations of Soviet pianists.
