Lev Nikolayevich Oborin (Russian: Лев Николаевич Оборин; Moscow, 11 September [O.S.

At the same time, he studied composition with Alexander Gretchaninov and achieved admirable results.

[2] During the years 1941 to 1963, Oborin played in a piano trio with David Oistrakh and the cellist Sviatoslav Knushevitsky, achieving international fame.

Khachaturian's three concertos, one each for piano, violin and cello, were written for the individual members of this trio.

He trained many pianists, including Vladimir Ashkenazy (winner of the second prize at the 1955 Chopin Competition), Anatoly Dokumentov, Mikhail Voskresensky, Minoru Nojima, Dmitri Sakharov, Alexander Bakhchiev, Andrei Egorov, Lev Natochenny, Boris Berman, Eduard Miansarov and Olga Kiun.