Sviatoslav Richter 1915-1997 Article on the Ukrainianborn pianist of German parentage who, starting his career late, became one of the most celebrated musicians of his time. ARIS, 14 November 1997 - pianist sviatoslav richter died in Moscow on 1 August after suffering a heart attack at the age http://www.culturekiosque.com/klassik/features/rherich.htm
Extractions: ARIS, 14 November 1997 - Pianist Sviatoslav Richter died in Moscow on 1 August after suffering a heart attack at the age of 82. The Ukrainian-born pianist of German descent was one of the greatest musicians of the Soviet era, and for many, one of the 20th century's greatest pianists. Richter came to the attention of western publics in the 1960s, preceded by Emil Gilels's accounts of his contemporary's legendary feats at the keyboard. Although Richter was a late developer (not beginning serious tuition until 1937 at the age of 22 with the eminent pedagogue Heinrich Neuhaus, who also taught Gilels) he still went on to become one of the most unusual artists the classical music world has ever known. In fact, Richter had that rarest of musical gifts: he kept you listening even after he had stopped playing. In Europe, Richter was positively lionized, notably in Germany and France where he had a second home and spent considerable time. Liturgical devotion to the text, an uncanny mixture of artistic genius, and iconoclastic behavior made Richter the leading draw in Paris. After all, the idea that a pianist will pack up his instrument in a van and set off for who knows where, stop because he likes the look of a wheat field in Touraine, then notifying a couple of locals and giving a legendary performance in a barn appeals to the strong individualistic streak in every Frenchman. Of such escapades, the Festival of La Grange de Meslay was born.
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Richter, Sviatoslav 1915-1997http//www.richter.simplenet.com/richter.html - Febr Short essay about the pianist, with a photo and a brief sound clip from Beethoven's Sonata No. 2 in g minor, Op. 5, No.2, for Cello and Piano. was how one critic was compelled to describe sviatoslav richter when he first heard him play, which was His father was a respected pianist and piano teacher and his mother http://www.richter.simplenet.com/richter.html
Sviatoslav Richter met about his musical idol, the Russian pianist sviatoslav richter, and his portrait of richter has hung for years at http://www.well.com/user/vision/proust/richter.html
Extractions: The World's Greatest Pianist Travels With Proust T he wonderful person and superb painter I married when I was very young, Alex Segal, has been telling me since we met about his musical idol, the Russian pianist Sviatoslav Richter, and his portrait of Richter has hung for years at the entrance to M arcel P roust ... roup Headquarters. R ichter's artistry is well known throughout the world. The Soviets were so proud of him that he was allowed to tour as much as he desired. He came a few times to the United States, beginning in the early 60's, playing in several cities. Unfortunately, during a tour in the early '70s, his performance was heckled by angry demonstrators protesting certain policies of the Soviet government. This bizarre rudeness so annoyed Richter that he refused to perform in the United States again. W e do have hundreds of records, tapes and CDs available of Richter's work, a treasure, playing of an impeccable, unmannered profundity. This issue of PST has been produced largely while listening to the new Richter Bach CD (Sonate, Toccata, Fantasie, Capriccio, Duette, Italianische Konzert) a rare import on the German Classics Live label; of all composers I know, I find Bach most conducive to thought, and Richter's Bach is strong, for strong thought. I 've always known that Richter has a particular attraction for French culture; for the last 30 years, even under the thumb of the USSR, he has produced an annual summer music festival in Tours, in the rambling, medieval Grange de Mesley. When Richter found this place in 1963, it was used as a storage place for corn grown in the fields of Touraine, and it remains, between the annual events, an agrarian storehouse. Peformers from around the world have played with Richter there to international audiences.
Sviatoslav Richter - Video And Book NVC Arts (a Warner Music Group company) has now released Bruno Monsaingeon's acclaimedbiographical documentary about the pianist sviatoslav richter, who died http://www.culturekiosque.com/klassik/features/rhericht.htm
Extractions: PARIS, 9 September 1998 - NVC Arts (a Warner Music Group company) has now released Bruno Monsaingeon's acclaimed biographical documentary about the pianist Sviatoslav Richter, who died of a heart attack just over a year ago at the age of 82. The Ukrainian-born pianist of German descent was one of the greatest musicians of the Soviet era, and for many, one of the 20th century's greatest pianists. The video is available in many markets, but not the United States where classical music buffs and net users are having difficulty acquiring the video or accurate information about it. Not surprising, since classical music videos for network TV, once thought to be the Lost Horizon , have turned out to be a mere mirage as ratings drop. Still, NVC Arts marketing executive Alexandra Law in London hopes the film will eventually reach America but said that no agreement has yet been reached with a US distributor. Moreover, according to a source at the Paris-based production company, American and British "cultural" television stations consider the film "too erudite" and have shied away from the film because of its length. The irony is that America greeted Richter with glowing headlines and a cover story in Life Magazine when he first toured the United States in 196O. However, times have changed. Has entertainment replaced culture? A single screening of the film is scheduled on 17 September 1998 at the Barbican Centre in London and on 22 January 1999 at the Walter Reade Theatre in New York.
Richter Sviatoslav Plays Schumann/Shostakovich [IMPORT] Artistes richter sviatoslav Rubriques Rubriques Titres sur CD Waldszenen(Forest Scenes) for piano Op. Compilation Les Grands pianist http://www.my-opera-spectacle.com/Richter-Sviatoslav-Plays-Schum-B00000JMZ6.html
Extractions: Go to: Guardian Unlimited home UK news World news Archive search Arts Books Business EducationGuardian.co.uk Film Football Jobs MediaGuardian.co.uk Money The Observer Online Politics Shopping SocietyGuardian.co.uk Sport Talk Travel Audio Email services Special reports The Guardian The weblog The informer The northerner The wrap Advertising guide Crossword Dating Headline service Syndication services Events / offers Help / contacts Information Newsroom Style guide Travel offers TV listings Weather Web guides Guardian Weekly Money Observer Home UK Business Online ... Quiz The performing musicians who seem to me truly important are those who reach beyond the parameters of the instrument they play. Of all the great instrumentalists with whom I have had the privilege to work, few have created the impression of "dematerialising" music as forcefully as Russian pianist Sviatoslav Richter. Like a cannon that could fire without recoiling, like a plane that could take off vertically, he was capable of varying colours ad infinitum, of alternating the most delicate pianissimo and the most volcanic fortissimo with complete ease. In the exhilaration of hysterically virtuoso pieces, his fingers seemed to push back the limits of the possible; in the extreme slowness of adagios he could, like almost no one else, impart a sense of complete immobility.
Sviatoslav Richter painter I married when I was very young, Alex Segal, has been telling me since wemet about his musical idol, the Russian pianist sviatoslav richter, and his http://www.caffeproust.com/PST/richter.html
Extractions: The World's Greatest Pianist Travels With Proust T he wonderful person and superb painter I married when I was very young, Alex Segal, has been telling me since we met about his musical idol, the Russian pianist Sviatoslav Richter, and his portrait of Richter has hung for years at the entrance to M arcel P roust ... roup Headquarters. R ichter's artistry is well known throughout the world. The Soviets were so proud of him that he was allowed to tour as much as he desired. He came a few times to the United States, beginning in the early 60's, playing in several cities. Unfortunately, during a tour in the early '70s, his performance was heckled by angry demonstrators protesting certain policies of the Soviet government. This bizarre rudeness so annoyed Richter that he refused to perform in the United States again. W e do have hundreds of records, tapes and CDs available of Richter's work, a treasure, playing of an impeccable, unmannered profundity. This issue of PST has been produced largely while listening to the new Richter Bach CD (Sonate, Toccata, Fantasie, Capriccio, Duette, Italianische Konzert) a rare import on the German Classics Live label; of all composers I know, I find Bach most conducive to thought, and Richter's Bach is strong, for strong thought. I 've always known that Richter has a particular attraction for French culture; for the last 30 years, even under the thumb of the USSR, he has produced an annual summer music festival in Tours, in the rambling, medieval Grange de Mesley. When Richter found this place in 1963, it was used as a storage place for corn grown in the fields of Touraine, and it remains, between the annual events, an agrarian storehouse. Peformers from around the world have played with Richter there to international audiences.
A Tribute To Sviatoslav Richter On August 1st, the music world mourned the loss of Russian pianist SviatoslavRichter, who died of a heart attack in a Moscow hospital. He was 82. 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.
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Extractions: Go to: Guardian Unlimited home UK news World news Archive search Arts Books Business EducationGuardian.co.uk Film Football Jobs MediaGuardian.co.uk Money The Observer Online Politics Shopping SocietyGuardian.co.uk Sport Talk Travel Audio Email services Special reports The Guardian The weblog The informer The northerner The wrap Advertising guide Crossword Dating Headline service Syndication services Events / offers Help / contacts Information Newsroom Style guide Travel offers TV listings Weather Web guides Guardian Weekly Money Observer Home UK Business Online ... Quiz The performing musicians who seem to me truly important are those who reach beyond the parameters of the instrument they play. Of all the great instrumentalists with whom I have had the privilege to work, few have created the impression of "dematerialising" music as forcefully as Russian pianist Sviatoslav Richter. Like a cannon that could fire without recoiling, like a plane that could take off vertically, he was capable of varying colours ad infinitum, of alternating the most delicate pianissimo and the most volcanic fortissimo with complete ease. In the exhilaration of hysterically virtuoso pieces, his fingers seemed to push back the limits of the possible; in the extreme slowness of adagios he could, like almost no one else, impart a sense of complete immobility.
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Extractions: The son of a Russian mother and of a musician father who emigrated to the Ukraine from Germany, pianist Sviatoslav Richter was born near Zhitomir on 20 March 1915. He was a violinist and coach before perfecting his pianistic skills with the Moscow master teacher Heinrich Neuhaus. At the age of 19, the young accompanist/conductor made his debut in Russia, and shortly thereafter Prokofiev dedicated his Ninth Sonata to him. Richter was a legend in the West even before he finally appeared in Central Europe in the 1950s. His first U.S. concert in 1960, at New York's Carnegie Hall, was preceded by great expectations. His recordings had already caused a sensation: the most prized were his early recordings of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto and Sonata, his thunderous interpretation of Prokofiev's First Concerto, and his dazzling performances of Schumann's and Liszt's virtuoso works.
Extractions: Shopping Cart Reviews Table of Contents Sviatoslav Richter was a dazzling performer but an intensely private man. Though world famous and revered by classical music lovers everywhere, he guarded himself and his thoughts as carefully as his talent. Fascinated, author and filmmaker Bruno Monsaingeon tried vainly for years to interview the enigmatic pianist. Richter eventually yielded, granting Monsaingeon hours of taped conversation, unlimited access to his diaries and notebooks, and, ultimately, his friendship. This book is the product of that friendship. Richter reveals himself as a man and an artist. Unsentimentally and with his characteristic dry humor and intelligence, the musician describes his poignant childhood and spectacular career, including his tumultuous early days at the Moscow Conservatory and his triumphant 1960 tour of the United States. His laconic recounting of playing in the orchestra at Stalin's surreal, interminable state funeral is riveting. Most important for music lovers, Richter discusses his influences and views on musical interpretation. He describes his encounters with other great Russian performers and composers, including Prokoviev, Shostakovich, Oistrakh, and Gilels. Candid sections from his personal journals offer his sober and unguarded impressions of dozens of performances and recordingsboth his own and those of other musicians.
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The Enigma Of Sviatoslav Richter The film about the incomparable Russian pianist sviatoslav richter is anexperience for all, who have been deeply affected by this man's art. 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
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Extractions: Singing coach at the Opera of Odessa, he gave his first recital in 1934. In 1937 he studied with Moscow master teacher Heinrich Neuhaus. In 1940 he began touring USSR. In 1942 he was the first performer of the 6th and 7th sonata by Prokofiev and shortly thereafter Prokofiev dedicated his Ninth Sonata to him. Richter was a legend in the West even before he finally appeared in Central Europe in the 1950s. In 1958, his young American colleague Van Cliburn exclaimed: "This is the most powerful piano playing I have ever heard". but the U.S., Canada and West Europe had to wait until the early 60's to see him live. His repertoire ? Gifted with exceptional technical capacities and an infatigable musical curiosity, he possesses an immense musical repertoire, from Bach to Webern, as well as works from lesser-known composers, such Glazunov, Szymanowski or Hindemith. His extensive discography is the largest of any other pianist of our time. His art is a constant balance between intellectual analysis and imaginative sensibility. His repertory ranges from piano solo pieces and concertos to lieder accompaniment and chamber-music ensembles.
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