NPR: Performance Today -- Feature Archive mikhail pletnev Featured in a performance of Grieg's Piano with the Danish NationalSymphony, pletnev enjoys a successful dual career as a pianist and conductor http://www.npr.org/programs/pt/features/archive.html
Kulturspeilet mikhail pletnev is a leading personality in today's music life. His greatest achievementshave been not as a pianist, but in the establishing and organizing of http://www.pluto.no/KulturSpeilet/faste/cd/Pianists_Pletnev.html
Extractions: Martha Argerich I Martha Argerich II Claudio Arrau Vladimir Aschenazy ... Mikhail Pletnev dirigerer Oslo-filharmonien Mikhail Pletnev Det Russiske Nasjonalorkester Kirov -ensemblet og Fischer Pletnev Pletnev Dette er en russisk Pletnev Hans klavertranskripsjoner av Tsjaikovskijs ballettmusikk til og Tornerose Pletnev Philharmonia Men Pletnev grand bravur Summary in English Mikhail Pletnev is a leading personality in today's music life. His greatest achievements have been not as a pianist, but in the establishing and organizing of The Russian National Orchestra. On these records we will meet the pianist - and not the conductor. With his 40 years Pletnev is one of the youngest in this collection of the pianists of the century. The music on the CD's was recorded between 1978 - 1990, and is of course, of perfect technical standard. The music is russian - in every sense of meaning. Maybe Pletnev's own arrangements of Tchaikowsky's Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty tend to be a little kitch'ian, but in the complete Les Saisons op. 8 he is taking full revenge. Platnev is playing with technical brilliance - but also outwards, as shown in his interpretation of Tchaikowsky's 2nd piano concerto.
Extractions: - Alexander Scriabin Every major competition that Mikhail Pletnev took part in the Soviet Union he emerged winner - in 1977 he won the All Union Competition and then went on to become winner of the Sixth Moscow Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition. He was also a Gold medalist in 1975 for the Grand Prix which took place in Paris. He has performed everywhere in the world (we await your Asian tour though) and reviewers have described him as the "Devil from Moscow... [who] uses such colours that have never been drawn out of the piano before." A gifted musician, composer, conductor and pianist, his recordings of the Tchaikovsky Symphonies and Rachmaninov Symphonies on DG, where he is conductor, have won him the great praise of his fellow compatriots. As pointed out before in previous reviews of Russian pianists (
Extractions: Piano Concertos Nos.1-4 by the composer himself, Sergei Rachmaninov (Naxos Historical) Piano Concertos Nos.1-4 with Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca) Piano Concertos Nos.1-4 with Idil Biret (Naxos) Piano Concertos Nos.1-4 Piano Concertos Nos.1-4 featuring Earl Wild (Chandos) with Japanese pianist Noriko Ogawa (BIS) The Ampico Rolls 1919-29 An Inktroduction with Recordings Recommendations The "Elegiac" Piano Trios with the Borodin Trio (Chandos) Music for Two Pianos : Suite No.2 op.17, Russian Rhapsody , and Symphonic Dances . With pianists Dmitri Alexeev and Nikolai Demidenko. Also features music by Medtner Orchestral Works:
Pianist.nl, Voor De Pianist En De Muziekliefhebber. Masters of the piano @ pianist.nl. Lupu, Radu; pletnev, mikhail; Pollini,Maurizio; Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873'43); Richter, Sviatoslav (1915-'97); http://www.pianist.nl/pianist.nl/pianists.asp
Mikhail Pletnev mikhail pletnev is an artist who defies simple classification, although his earlycareer the musical establishment's expectations for a virtuoso pianist of the http://www.bzk.ru/eng/pletnev.phtml
Extractions: Playbill ... Order tickets here Mikhail Pletnev Mikhail Pletnev is an artist who defies simple classification, although his early career matched the musical establishment's expectations for a virtuoso pianist of the Russian School. While pursuing a high-profile career as a concert pianist, he made his debut as a conductor in the Soviet Union in 1980, and went on to make guest appearances with many of the leading orchestras in his country. Born in Archangel, Russia in 1957, the child of musicians, he grew up in Kazan. At the age of 13 he transferred to the Central School of Music and, in 1974, entered the Moscow Conservatory studying under JaKob Hier and Lev Vlasenko. Pletnev was the Gold Medal and First Prize winner of the 1978 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow when he was only 21. His prize resulted in early international recognition and, in 1988, an invitation from President Mikhail Gorbachev to perform at the superpower summit in Washington. The resulting friendship with Gorbachev gave Pletnev the historic opportunity in 1990 to realize his long-held dream of forming an orchestra independent of the government. Attracted by Pletnev's reputation and his vision of a new model for the performing arts in Russia, many of the finest musicians in the country offered their services: the Russian National Orchestra was born. Since its inception, Pletnev has served as the RNO's music director and principal conductor.
Russischer Melancholiker - Mikhail Pletnev In Zürich ( Translate this page mikhail pletnev ist eine dieser Ausnahmefiguren, und erleben konnte man seine Polyvalenzin zwei Dass der Russe als pianist mehr zu sagen hat als in den beiden http://www.nzz.ch/2003/02/03/fe/page-article8NPNY.html
Eigenständig Bis Eigenwillig - Beethovens Klavierkonzerte Mit Translate this page Gründen auf mehrere pianisten verteilt worden war, setzte man bei Beethovenalles auf die Karte mikhail pletnev. Dass der russische pianist, der auch http://www.nzz.ch/2002/06/05/fe/page-article87AH7.html
LA Philharmonic - What's New pianist mikhail pletnev CLOSES 2002/2003 CELEBRITY RECITAL SERIES AT DOROTHY CHANDLERPAVILION WITH EVENING OF RUSSIAN WORKS March 17, 2003 MONDAY, MARCH 17 http://www.laphil.org/press/press_whatsnew.cfm
LA Philharmonic - Press Release Archives March 17, pianist mikhail pletnev CLOSES 2002/2003 CELEBRITY RECITALSERIES AT DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION WITH EVENING OF RUSSIAN WORKS. http://www.laphil.org/press/press_archive.cfm?ps=1
Extractions: Len Mullenger: Len@musicweb.uk.net Reviews from other months MIKHAIL PLETNEV Homage to Rachmaninov RACHMANINOV Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op 42; Etudes Tableaux, Op 33 Nos 5,6,8 and 9 BEETHOVEN Sonata in E flat, Op 81 Les Adieux MENDELSSOHN Andante Cantabile and Presto agitato; Rondo Capriccioso, Op 14. CHOPIN Andante spianato and Grand Polonaise, Op 22 Mikhail Pletnev playing Rachmaninov's Steinway. DG 459 634-2 [DDD] [74' 35"]. Rachmaninov's Op 42 and Op 43 are both in variation form and well worth a comparison. The Corelli Variations are not an original theme by Corelli but an Iberian folk song. The theme itself is choice because it is memorable but any set of variations has to be carefully planned to make a unified whole or else we merely have a theme and, in this case, 22 miniature pieces based on the same thematic material. You never get the time to settle into one of these little pieces before the tempo and mood changes and you feel you it is another piece. Somehow, the famous Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op 43
Beethoven, Strauss, Bartok PO Dohnanyi/ Pletnev RFH Nov 4,8 2001 mikhail pletnev was fascinating to watch and often signalled in during an orchestralritornello, pletnev draws you heard to admire 'a fine pianist, so simple'! http://www.musicweb.uk.net/SandH/2001/Nov01/pletnev.htm
Extractions: These were concerts to See and Hear to savour live, think about and remember for long afterwards. They were the better for there being no forest of radio microphones or TV cameras to distract; the communion, which engaged eyes fully as ears, was contained within the auditorium space. This Beethoven piano concerto cycle in three evenings began with Strauss in sombre mood, his reference to the Beethoven Eroica adagio in Metamorphosen study for 23 solo strings I had never seen Metamorphosen played live as originally intended, and would not again wish it other. It was engrossing to watch the subtle intermingling of the strands in their many groupings. Christoph von Dohnanyi maintained a forward thrust, not really an
Extractions: Home Concerto Mikhail Pletnev / Collins / RNO Artist: Mikhail Pletnev / Collins / RNO Album: Beethoven / Mozart: Clarinet Concertos Cat. #: Discs: Label: DG Usually ships: 2 - 4 weeks Normally: NZD OpusCDs Price: NZD Qty: Yes you have read it right! The Beethoven "Clarinet Concerto" now exists, in a thoroughly enjoyable and often amazingly sensitive transcription by pianist and conductor Mikhail Pletnev. Michael Collins displays great virtuosity, perfectly matched by the beautifully crafted phrases and consistently clean and detailed playing of the orchestra. An adventurous new transcription, balanced by an equally stylish performance of the most famous of all clarinet concertos, Mozart's Clarinet Concerto. Recommended. Disc 1: Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A majorK.622
Pianists : Art Directory At present professor at the Conservatory in Sabadell. (Rating 0.00 Votes 0) RateIt. pletnev, mikhail Unofficial website of the Russian pianist and conductor. http://www.123artist.com/art/Arts/Music/Instruments/Keyboard/Piano/Pianists/more
Extractions: Music School of the St.Petersburg Conservatory, Prof. V.Kunde St.Petersburg Conservatory, Prof. T.Kravchenko Sibelius Academy (Finland), Prof. D.Bashkirov Madrid Musical Academy, Prof. D.Bashkirov International Piano Foundation, Cadenabbia, Italy (under W.G.Nabore, Director; with L.Fleischer, K.Schnabel, R.Tureck, D.Bashkirov, Fou Ts'ong, A.Weissenberg, and D.Fischer-Diskau)
Pianists, The Piano A pianist web site from the Netherlands. Forums, pianist audio samples, masterpianists, piano compositions. pletnev, mikhail. Unofficial site. http://www.zeroland.co.nz/classical_pianists.html
Russian Culture Navigator Besides being a pianist and conductor, mikhail pletnev is also a composer, butunfortunately, he rarely composes being extremely busy with his concert http://www.vor.ru/culture/cultarch213_eng.html
Extractions: ON THE EVE OF THE XII INTERNATIONAL TCHAIKOVSKY CONTEST (The contest's laureate Mikhail Pletnev) L.Roshina Mikhail Pletnev who won the First Prize in the 1978 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition, has been a professional musician for 25 years. In 1990 he organized and headed the first Russian non-state symphonic orchestra (The Russian National Orchestra) that became one of the leading orchestras in the country. At the age of 16 Mikhail Pletnev started his career as a pianist after in 1973 he won the Grand Prix at the International Contest of Music Youth in Paris. He was studying at the Moscow Conservatory under the prominent Russian pianists, professors Yakov Fliyer and Lev Vlasenko. Lev Vlasenko wrote about his apprentice as a conceptual musician whose manner of playing amazed with its personal attitude to every play performed and careful and hearted attitude to a close composer. He said that in such music Mikhail Pletnev discovered the most unexpected and touching details. Mikhail Pletnev was awarded two Russia's State Premiums in 1982 as a pianist and as a conductor of the Russian National Orchestra. This year is not less significant for him, since he was awarded the Premium of President Vladimir Putin.
Iclassics.com - Classical Music And More does. Classic CD, pianist mikhail pletnev gave his Carnegie Hallrecital debut recital on November 1, 2000. Critical acclaim for http://www.iclassics.com/iclassics/feature.jsp?featureId=137
Iclassics.com - Classical Music And More in 1990 when he performed at the personal invitation of mikhail Gorbachev for stillpursuing his career as an international concert pianist, pletnev made his http://www.iclassics.com/iclassics/artists_bio.jsp?entityId=758
