Archives Svliatoslav Richter By Alexander Coleman, Vol. 16 The Russian pianist Sviatoslav Richter died in his dacha outside Moscow on August 1, teacher heinrich neuhaus, who became a spiritual father to Richter. http://www.newcriterion.com/archive/16/oct97/coleman.htm
Extractions: by Alexander Coleman T he Russian pianist Sviatoslav Richter died in his dacha Well-Tempered Clavier NKVD R dacha The Art of the Piano opened the program with the very daunting Pictures at an Exhibition , of Modest Mussorgsky, in its original version for piano. After the intermission, he played works of Schubert, Chopin, and Liszt. What makes these performances unusual is the physical condition of the audience: Sofia was plagued by a flu epidemic, and the coughing during the performance of Pictures is well nigh unbearable. As the work progresses, one senses Richter driving himself inward. The more they cough, it would seem, the more demonic and unsettling the performance. This recording, along with his hypnotic Schumann recital on Deutsche Grammophon (above all the Forest Scenes and the Fantasy Pieces Le Monde October, 1998 From The New Criterion Vol. 16, No. 2, Oct. 1997 Back to the top www.newcriterion.com
The Enigma Of Sviatoslav Richter The film about the incomparable Russian pianist Sviatoslav Richter is an experiencefor all, who have been (PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST by heinrich neuhaus) http://www.cinemaseekers.com/Richter.html
Extractions: The film about the incomparable Russian pianist Sviatoslav Richter is an experience for all, who have been deeply affected by this man's art. Richter was often called "the best pianist in the world" - and not just by the press, but by many leading pianists themselves. This film contains treasures of archival footage of Richter in recitals, his own recollections of his long and fascinating life and the on-camera interviews given just before his death. The film is very well-made, balancing as it does Richter's voice-over narration with historical footage of many events in the Soviet Union - among them, Stalin's funeral. It is incredible to follow the life of one human being, who rises to world prominence out of the circumstances, which made his very survival questionable and to sense in all of it the Guidance of a Higher Power. The Guidance, which is available to
Extractions: E ach month we feature the personal experiences and insights of a noted artist/educator on various aspects of piano performance and education. You may not always agree with the opinions expressed, but we think you will find them interesting and informative. The opinions offered here are those of the interviewee and do not necessarily represent those of the West Mesa Music Teachers Association, its officers, or members. (We have attorneys, too!). At the end of the interview, you'll find hypertext links to the interviewee's e-mail and Web sites (where available), so you can learn more if you're interested. This Month's Interview Other Interviews Return to the Piano Education Home Page He made his débuts in New York at the 92 nd St. Y and in Washington DC at the Kennedy Center under the auspices of Young Concert Artists in 1992 to critical acclaim. He has gone on to perform recitals and concertos and to lead artist-in-residence activities throughout the United States. Venues include the Ambassador Auditorium in Los Angeles, Princeton University, Washington State University, the Kravis Center, Western Michigan University, Madison Civic Center, Clemson University, University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point, Potsdam College at SUNY, Xavier University Piano Series, South West Missouri State University, University of Athens, the Phillips Collection, UC Davis and the Riverside County Philharmonic among others. Graham Scott gave his first performances in Japan through YCA playing in Suntory Hall, Tokyo and in Nagoya and Osaka.
Extractions: E ach month we feature the personal experiences and insights of a noted artist/educator on various aspects of piano performance and education. You may not always agree with the opinions expressed, but we think you will find them interesting and informative. The opinions offered here are those of the interviewee and do not necessarily represent those of the West Mesa Music Teachers Association, its officers, or members. (We have attorneys, too!). At the end of the interview, you'll find hypertext links to the interviewee's e-mail and Web sites (where available), so you can learn more if you're interested. This Month's Interview Other Interviews Return to the Piano Education Home Page He made his débuts in New York at the 92 nd St. Y and in Washington DC at the Kennedy Center under the auspices of Young Concert Artists in 1992 to critical acclaim. He has gone on to perform recitals and concertos and to lead artist-in-residence activities throughout the United States. Venues include the Ambassador Auditorium in Los Angeles, Princeton University, Washington State University, the Kravis Center, Western Michigan University, Madison Civic Center, Clemson University, University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point, Potsdam College at SUNY, Xavier University Piano Series, South West Missouri State University, University of Athens, the Phillips Collection, UC Davis and the Riverside County Philharmonic among others. Graham Scott gave his first performances in Japan through YCA playing in Suntory Hall, Tokyo and in Nagoya and Osaka.
Biographies Of Known Russian Musicians Nelsson, Neuhaus, Nurimov neuhaus, heinrich (Gustavovich) Eminent Russian pianist and pedagogue; b.Elizavetgrad, April 12, 1888; d. Moscow, Oct. 10, 1964. He studied piano with his http://russianmusicians.org/html/russian-musicians-n.html
Extractions: Russian-born German con-ductor; b. Kiev, April 4, 1938. His father, a conductor, gave him violin lessons in Kiev. After conducting studies at the Novosibirsk Cons., he attended master classes at the Moscow Cons, and the Leningrad Cons. In 1971 he won first prize in the All-Union Conducting Competition in Moscow, and then was an asst. to Kondrashin and the Moscow Phil, He appeared as a guest conductor in Russia and Eastern Europe before emigrating to West Germany in 1977. From 1980 to 1987 he was General-rnusikdirektor of the Kassel Stale Theater. Thereafter he appeared as a guest conductor of various opera companies and orchs. Eminent Russian pianist and pedagogue; b. Elizavetgrad, April 12, 1888; d. Moscow, Oct. 10, 1964. He studied piano with his father, Gustav Neuhaus (1847-1938); other musical members of his family were his uncle, Felix Blumenfeld, and his first cousin, Karol Szymanowski. Neuhaus began giving concerts at the age of 9; he made a concert tour in Germany in 1904, then studied composition with Paul Juon in Berlin, from 1912 to 1914 he took piano lessons with Leopold Godowsky in Vienna. Returning to Russia, he taught piano at the Kiev Cons. (1918-22); then was a prof, from 1922 to his death at the Moscow Cons. Among his outstanding students were Emil GiJels, Sviatoslav Richter, Yafcov Zak, and Radu Lupu. He excelled as an interpreter of the Romantic and 20lll-century Russian repertory. He publ. Ob iskusstve farlepuwnoy igr'i (The Art of Piano Playing; Moscow, 1958; 3rd ed., 1967; Eng. rr, London, 1973).
Russian Compact Disc RCD16244, Russian Piano School heinrich neuhaus RCD16248, Russian PianoSchool - heinrich neuhaus. RCD16251, Arno Babadjanyan - Composer and pianist http://www.russiancdshop.com/new/music.php?zobraz=numerical&co=rcd&lang=en
A Tribute To Sviatoslav Richter Richter was a great pianist. I don t think we even need to qualify that last when he entered the Moscow Conservatory as a student of heinrich neuhaus. http://web.singnet.com.sg/~lionelc/richter_tribute.htm
Extractions: Earth-shattering Passion on a Richter Scale This month, Lionel Choi pays tribute to Sviatoslav Richter (1915 - 1997) , one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, who passed away on the 1st August. On August 1st, the music world mourned the loss of Russian pianist Sviatoslav Richter, who died of a heart attack in a Moscow hospital. He was 82. Richter was a great pianist. I don't think we even need to qualify that last statement. In a world that is dominated by countless young virtuosos who make better keyboard acrobats than musicians, the passing of Richter certainly marked the tragic end to an era of piano-playing of such a special stature and personality. He had a huge, formidable technique, and it is amazing how he used it to illuminate the musical aspects of the pieces before him, breathing life and passion into every note. Richter was a storyteller, a magician. He had a bold, vivid musical imagination, one that mirrored his profound and deep love for what he did. He spoke in a unique yet sensible and powerfully poetic language, hardly ever resorting to controversy to gain attention. Indeed, each time you hear a Richter record, you just have to sit up and listen. Given the legendary status that he had long acquired, it therefore comes as a surprise that he actually had a fairly late start to his professional piano career.
SVIATOSLAV RICHTER, LEGENDARY PIANIST His father was a respected pianist and piano teacher and his mother an amateur in Moscow with one of Russia s foremost piano teachers, heinrich neuhaus. http://www.ffaire.com/transitions/richter.html
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Alexander Tselyakov | Official Website Awardwinning Russian-Canadian concert pianist Alexander Tselyakov has been He studied with Lev Naumov (custodian of the heinrich neuhaus methods that http://www.tselyakov.com/page.php?id=biography
Alexander Tselyakov | Official Website turned increasingly upon my desire (as a professional pianist myself) to himself a pupil of the great heinrich neuhaus. Go one further, and we have http://www.tselyakov.com/subpage.php?id=reviews&no=37
Volgograd-piano-2000 As A Festival And Book and in 1960 started a wideranging career as a concert pianist. Analysis ofthe discussion between heinrich neuhaus and Lev Barenboim followed http://www.lidsky.ru/volgograd_eng.htm
Bronson Piano Studio he studied with Vsevolod Topilin, the famous Russian pianist and teacher whostudied under heinrich neuhaus with Sviatoslav Richter and Emil Gilels. http://www.bronsonpianostudio.com/reviews/110701r1.htm
Extractions: Lyn Bronson Pianist Yuri Lotakov has it all. His technical equipment is formidable, his ability to shape a phrase musically is superb, and he has a wide range of dynamics (especially impressive on the subtle soft end of the spectrum). And he has impressive credentials, for he was born in Russia in 1945 and is a graduate of the Kiev State Conservatory where he studied with Vsevolod Topilin, the famous Russian pianist and teacher who studied under Heinrich Neuhaus with Sviatoslav Richter and Emil Gilels. Why then was it such an unsatisfying event when he appeared in recital at the University of California Santa Cruz Music Center Recital Hall on Wednesday November 7th? To begin with, it was a peculiar recital program consisting before intermission of Handels Chaconne in G Major, Six Preludes from Op. 34 by Shostakovich and Schuberts Wanderer Fantasie. After intermission, we heard both books of the Brahms Paganini Variations, two Songs Without Words by Mendelssohn, and Scriabins Sonata No. 5, Op. 53. Surely it would have made more sense to have the two Mendelssohn pieces follow the Chaconne and to insert the Shostakovich Preludes between the Brahms and the Scriabin. Aside from the stylistic considerations of building a recital program, one can question the wisdom of programming such blockbusters as the Wanderer Fantasie, the Brahms Paganini Variations (both books, yet!) and the Scriabin Sonata No. 5 all on the same program by an artist who apparently has not been playing recitals for twenty years, and now wants to reenter the music field and establish a name and reputation for himself.
Extractions: details below Introduction These four discs, available separately, are a handsome product both in appearance and in listening quality. Their Russian origin is strongly proclaimed in Cyrillic notes and titles with English translations. The recordings can never have sounded so well as they do here. Whoever handled the technical aspects should take a major bow. The sound quality is close to miraculous for recordings of this era. You may well know these recordings from the Italian Arlecchino discs which gave the three symphonies in a two disc box (ARL65-66) and the other items (apart from Reverie ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
The NDSU Libraries: Germans From Russia studied at the Moscow Conservatory under wellknown pianist heinrich neuhaus.He became the Soviet Union s leading pianist in the 1940s and toured the http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/grhc/outreach/friends/richter2.html
Extractions: Updated: German MOSCOW Sviatoslav Richter, who rose to fame in the Soviet Union in the 1940s to become one of the 20th century's leading pianists, died of a heart attack Friday in a Moscow hospital, the Russian Culture Ministry said. He was 82. Renowned for improvisatory genius, Richter could sell out any concert hall in the world, even at age 80. Although the music world had many pianists who were technically brilliant, Richter was one of the few who excelled both technically and artistically. His was a wide repertoire that included practically all styles, from Bach to Debussy, Prokofiev and Shostakovich. When Richter played a series of concerts at the Los Angeles County Music Center and the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in 1965, Times music editor Albert Goldberg said audiences were treated to "true Richter magic." "Pianistically the quality was unvarying," the critic wrote. "He is one of the masters of the instrument."
Messe Noire Alexei Lubimov [Music CD] Nevertheless, when the outstanding Russian pianist presents his first solo was one of the last students of the legendary piano teacher heinrich neuhaus. http://store.discerningreader.com/menoallumcd.html
Sviatoslav Richter: Definition And Much More From Answers.com Richter, Sviatoslav (svyä tosläf rikh t?r) , 191597, Russian pianist, b. Ukraine.He studied at the Moscow Conservatory under heinrich neuhaus. http://www.answers.com/topic/sviatoslav-richter
Extractions: Ukranian-born Soviet pianist noted for both his technique and his poetic sensibility. His diverse repertoire ranged from the Romantic symphonies of Schubert and Schumann to the modern works of Prokofiev. Encyclopedia Richter, Sviatoslav svy¤ tÅsl¤f rÄkh tÉr ) , 1915â97, Russian pianist, b. Ukraine. He studied at the Moscow Conservatory under Heinrich Neuhaus. After earning an impressive critical reputation, he was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1945. In 1960 he made the first of many international concert tours. One of the greatest pianists of the 20th cent., Richter was known as a perfectionist who played in a warm, romantic style. His repertoire was extensive, including works by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, Debussy, Mozart, and Schumann. Bibliography See B. Monsaingeon
Emil Gilels: Information From Answers.com he studied under the famous piano teacher heinrich neuhaus until 1937. After the war, he toured Europe starting from 1947 as a concert pianist, http://www.answers.com/topic/emil-gilels
Extractions: showHide_TellMeAbout2('false'); Business Entertainment Games Health ... More... On this page: Wikipedia Mentioned In Or search: - The Web - Images - News - Blogs - Shopping Emil Gilels Wikipedia Emil Gilels Emil Grigoryevich Gilels October 19 October 14 ) was a Ukrainian classical pianist of the Soviet era. Gilels was born in Odessa in to a musical family; both his parents were musicians. He began studying the piano at 6, making his first public debut at the age of 13 in 1929. In 1930 Gilels entered the Odessa Conservatory where he was coached by Berta Reingbald, whom Gilels credited as his first formative influence. In 1933 Gilels won the newly-founded All Soviet Union Piano Competition at age 17. After graduating from the Odessa Conservatory in 1935, he moved to Moscow , where he studied under the famous piano teacher Heinrich Neuhaus until 1937. A year later, at age 22, he won the Ysa¿e International Festival in Brussels , beating such competitors as Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli and Moura Lympany Gilels was the first Soviet artist to be allowed to travel extensively in the West. After the war, he toured Europe starting from 1947 as a concert pianist, and made his
Wolfgang Lempfrid: Heinrich Neuhaus (DLF) Translate this page Berühmt geworden ist der pianist heinrich neuhaus hauptsächlich als Lehrer. Den Klavierspielern ist der deutsch-russische pianist heinrich neuhaus wohl http://www.koelnklavier.de/texte/interpreten/neuhaus.html
Extractions: (Sendung: 30.5.1993 – "Historische Aufnahmen") Berühmt geworden ist der Pianist Heinrich Neuhaus hauptsächlich als Lehrer. Von 1922 an bis zu seinem Tod im Oktober 1964 unterrichtete er am Moskauer Konservatorium. Zu seinen Schülern zählten unter anderem Svjatoslav Richter, Emil Gilels, Radu Lupu oder Victor Krainew. Daß er nicht nur "Meistermacher", sondern selbst einer der besten russischen Pianisten war, ist vielzuwenig bekannt. Seine Aufnahmen aus den 50er Jahren mit Werken von Bach, Beethoven, Chopin und Skrjabin sind erst vor kurzem von den sowjetischen Rundfunkarchiven freigegeben worden. Musik-Nr.: Komponist: Alexander Skriabin Werk-Titel: Interpreten: Heinrich Neuhaus (Klavier) Label: Vogue (LC ) VG 651 / 65 1028 Gesamt-Zeit: Archiv-Nummer: Den Klavierspielern ist der deutsch-russische Pianist Heinrich Neuhaus wohl vornehmlich ein Begriff wegen seines Buches: " Die Kunst des Klavierspiels ". Als diese nicht sehr umfangreiche Schrift 1958 in Moskau erstmals veröffentlicht wurde, sorgte sie bei den Klavierpädagogen für Unruhe: Forderte doch Neuhaus, daß eine vernünftige Pianistenausbildung sich nicht auf die technischen Aspekte, auf Fingerfertigkeit und Treffsicherheit beschränken dürfe; sondern beim Klavierspiel müsse es um mehr gehen – um die musikalischen Inhalte und wie sie am besten zum Ausdruck gebracht werden können.
Extractions: FELIX BLUMENFELD (1863-1931) Excerpts from the sleeve notes It seems to me that, in spite of his austere conservatism, he was the type of conductor which even today I prefer to all others. Certainty and unending rigour in the exercise of his art, complete contempt for all affectation and showy effects [ ], iron discipline, mastery of the first order, an infallible ear and memory and, as a result, perfect clarity and objectivity in the rendering [ ] what better can one imagine? The Concerto symphonique in A minor Op 27 was composed in 1877 at the suggestion of Leschetitsky, the teacher of the legendary pianist Anna Esipova who gave the first performance of the work on 17 December 1877 in the Symphonic Assembly of the Russian Musical Society. The concerto is dedicated to Esipova. The Larghetto, in B flat major, begins with a nocturne-like theme from the piano, supported by lilting left-hand chords. An episode in G minor (poco più mosso) introduces a secondary theme in the orchestra, and is characterized by the delicate double-note figurations from the soloist which lend the music an almost impressionistic colouring. The musics tenderness is combined with a latent passion which grows until the second theme resounds from the full orchestra supported by the pianos figurations which are now in grandiose octaves and chords (energico). The first theme returns, this time from the orchestra, against a backdrop of the pianos running scales and leggiero decoration.
Working To A Principle. The Alexander Technique For Musicians The pianist heinrich neuhaus wrote that the best position of the hand on thekeyboard is one which can be altered with the maximum of ease and speed. http://www.alexandercenter.com/pa/musicpractice.html
Extractions: Working to a Principle by Pedro de Alcantara The principles and procedures of the Alexander Technique apply to all areas of musical activity, from technique, sound production, and interpretation, to daily practice, rehearsal routines, and the mitigating of stage fright and health problems. My first book, Indirect Procedures: A Musician's Guide to the Alexander Technique , was published by the Oxford University Press in 1997. In it I discuss in detail the applications of the Technique to music-making. Here I propose to highlight a few of the points I elaborate in my book, in particular those concerning a musician's daily practice. Although I address these observations to an imaginary musician reader, I should like to think that non-musicians could benefit from studying them too. 'A person who learns to work to principle in doing one exercise,' wrote Alexander, 'will have learned to do all exercises, but the person who learns just "to do an exercise" will most assuredly have to go on learning to "do exercises" ad infinitum '. Let us establish a series of constants which, taken together, create the working principle to which Alexander refers.
