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Soviet-born pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy will visit Moscow in November for the first time since settling in the West 26 years ago, the Soviet Embassy in London said Tuesday. Ashkenazy has agreed to return to his homeland to conduct two charity concerts because, he told a news conference, he feels it his duty to be part of the historic changes of glasnost (openness) taking place in the Soviet Union. Ashkenazy, 51, was given permission to leave the Soviet Union in 1963 and is now an Icelandic citizen, though he lives in Lucerne.
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