Dimitri Thor Ashkenazy (born October 8, 1969, in New York City) is an Icelandic clarinetist living in Switzerland.
[1] He is the son of pianist and conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy and has toured Europe with him, as well as performing under him with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
[6] At the age of 9, he was involved in a waterskiing accident in Greece[7] when one of his legs was slashed by the propeller of a speedboat, severing the sciatic nerve.
[3] He was brought to Sydney to Professor Earl Owen, a pioneer in microsurgery, to have the leg rebuilt.
"[8] Since 1991, he has given concerts all over the world, including at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, the Sydney Opera House,[3] in London's Royal Festival Hall, the Salzburg Festival, the Rudolfinum in Prague and at the Salle Pleyel in Paris.