Recently awarded the title of Instrumentalist of the Year by Opus Klassik, in 2020 the legendary pianist received the International Classical Music (ICMA) Lifetime Achievement Award. As André Boucourechliev once wrote in Diapason, ‘Elisabeth Leonskaja’s journey leads from one pinnacle to another. By constantly excelling herself, driven by her own personal demands, by her passion and her intelligence, she has scaled the heights achieved only by the greatest.’