Lev Natochenny (Russian: Лев Наточенный) (born January 26, 1950) is a Russian-American classical pianist and professor of piano.
He also studied with Boris Zemliansky and Eliso Virsaladze as well as with Alexei Lubimov (chamber music) and worked in the violin class with David Oistrakh.
In 1978, because of his discontent with the Soviet government's control of the music scene, Natochenny applied for and was granted the permission to leave the USSR, which he did in 1978.
He went on to receive a gold medal and Second Prize at the 1981 Busoni International Piano Competition in Bolzano, Italy while he was stateless.
From 1988 to 2004 Natochenny was the founder and artistic director of Meranofest International Music Festival in Meran, Italy which built a reputation as "the summer meeting point for young pianists" and in 1995 he was the Member of International Honorary Committee of the Worldwide Dictionary of Music[3][4] (Editor: Olympia Tolika) of European Art Center of Greece.