Валерий Кастельский

(May 12, 1941, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR - February 17, 2001, Moscow, Russia) - Soviet and Russian pianist, professor of the Moscow Conservatory, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1984), People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2000), headed the piano department of the Moscow State Conservatory named after P.I. Tchaikovsky (2000-2001).