Sulamita Aronovsky (5 May 1929 – 15 December 2022, née Ziuraitiene) was a Lithuanian-born British classical pianist and piano teacher who spent her formative years in Moscow and Soviet-occupied Lithuania, moving to London in 1971.

Aronovsky was born in Kaunas, Lithuania on 5 May 1929.^[1] Her teachers included Lev Barenboim, Abram Schatzkes [ru], Grigory Ginsburg and Alexander Goldenweiser. An experienced Juror of International Competitions, she founded the London International Piano Competition in 1991.^[2]

In 1971, after visiting family in the USA, she decided to defect to Britain, where she settled in Manchester, teaching at the Royal Northern College of Music.^[1]

In the 1990s, Aronovsky moved to London, where she served as Professor of Piano at the Royal Academy of Music.^[1][3]

Aronovsky's students included Peter Lawson [fr], David Fanning, Julia Goldstein [ru], Vovka Ashkenazy [de], Melani Mestre, Michael Bell, John Thwaites, Pamela Chowhan, Ian Flint, Amir Katz, Andrew Wilde, Ian Fountain [he], Stefan Ćirić, Junko Urayama, Nils Franke, Howard Evans, Gareth Jones, Nicolas Hodges, Beate Perrey, Jonathan Powell,^[4] Nicholas Angelich, Raul Jimenez, Toby Purser, Nicolette Wong, Panos Karan, Mantautas Katinas and Riyad Nicolas [Wikidata] among others.

Aronovsky died on 15 December 2022, at the age of 93.^[1]

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• London International Piano Competition^[usurped]