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Elisabeth Leonskaja is an extremely respected (former Soviet) pianist whose career blossomed within the shadow of Sviatoslav Richter and Emil Gilels. Known on her behalf modesty — not really unlike old compatriot Maria Yudina — Leonskaja was mentored by Richter and frequently performed duets with him. She’d hardly ever reach the important and artistic levels of her great instructor, but her popularity as an imaginative interpreter and formidable specialist have raised her to nearly legendary position, with evaluations to Clara Haskil as well as other key pad icons. Her selection of repertory continues to be fairly conservative over time, with staples within the concerto and single styles by Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, with very much chamber music. Within the last mentioned realm, she’s collaborated using the Alban Berg and Borodin quartets, using the Vienna Philharmonic Chamber Outfit, with cellist Heinrich Schiff, and several other performers. Leonskaja has produced many recordings with a number of brands, including Melodiya, Teldec, Elektra, MD&G, among others. Leonskaja was created on November 23, 1945, in Tbilisi, Georgia, to Russian parents. She was an exceedingly gifted child, offering her initial concert at 11. She examined music on the Moscow Conservatory and, while there, gained prizes in a number of prestigious international tournaments, like the Queen Elizabeth, Marguerite Long, and Enescu. Leonskaja was shortly observed by Richter and both developed what will be a lifelong companionship, often appearing collectively in duet concerts. In 1978 she emigrated towards the Western, settling in Vienna. Her debut in the 1979 Salzburg Event was an excellent triumph, and she quickly founded a status that yielded invites within the next years from the best orchestras overseas, including those in NY, Cleveland, LA, London, Berlin, Leipzig, and Hamburg. Leonskaja’s recordings had been drawing acclaim aswell: her 1992 Compact disc of Brahms’ sonatas received Belgium’s exclusive Caecilia Reward. In 1996 Teldec released what will be among Richter’s last recordings, duet sonatas by Mozart and Grieg, with Leonskaja. Richter passed away the following 12 months. In the brand new hundred years Leonskaja continues to be very energetic on the concert picture with numerous looks at main concert locations. She debuted at Carnegie Hall in November 2006 with Kurt Masur leading the London Philharmonic Orchestra within an acclaimed overall performance of the demanding Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2. Among her later on recordings is definitely another extremely praised Brahms Compact disc, that one an MD&G launch of piano music from Opp. 116-119.
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Full Name Elisabeth Leonskaja
Profession Pianist
Education Moscow Conservatory
Music Songs Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren, D.360, Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Op. 30 No. 1: I. Allegro, Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 80: II. Allegro brusco, Cello Sonata In G Minor, op. 19: Andante, Fahrt zum Hades, D.526, Piano Concerto No.2 in F major Op.102 : II Andante, Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 80: I. Andante assai, Schubert : Piano Sonata No.20 in A major D959 : II Andantino, Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor Op.23 : I Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso, Grenzen der Menschenheit, D.716, Piano Quintet in A major, D 667 "The Trout": I. Allegro vivace, Après une lecture du Dante - Fantasia quasi Sonata, Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Op. 30 No. 1: III. Allegretto con variazioni, Nocturne No.3 in B major Op.9 No.3, Nocturne No.11 in G minor Op.37 No.1, Nocturne, op. 55 no. 1 in F minor: Andante, Rachmaninov: Vocalise, Op.34, No.14 - Version Cello and Piano, Nocturne No.9 in B major Op.32 No.1, Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108: IV. Presto agitato, Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 80: IV. Allegrissimo, Nocturne No.19 in E minor Op.72 No.1, Nocturne No.8 in D flat major Op.27 No.2, Nocturne No.13 in C minor Op.48 No.1, Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Schubert : Fantasia in C major D760, 'Wanderer Fantasy' : I Allegro con fuoco, ma non troppo, Sonetto del Petrarca No. 104: Pace non trovo, Nocturne, op. 27 no. 1 in C-sharp minor: Larghetto, Polonaise in A flat major Op.53, Schubert : Piano Sonata No.21 in B flat major D960 : III Scherzo - Allegro vivace con delicatezza, Schubert : Piano Sonata No.21 in B flat major D960 : I Molto moderato, Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor Op.23 : II Andantino semplice, Nocturne No.12 in G major Op.37 No.2
Albums Sehnsucht, Piano Quintet / Piano Trio no. 2, Piano Concertos nos. 1, 2 / Piano Sonata no. 2, Schubert: Piano Works, The Nocturnes, Brahms : Piano Concerto No.1, Schubert : Piano Sonatas Nos 13 & 20 - Apex, Liszt: Piano Sonata in B Minor, Tchaikovsky : Symphony No.4 & Concert Fantasia - Apex, Schubert : Piano Sonatas Nos 19 & 21, Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Op. 109-111, Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos 1 & 2, Schubert : Wanderer Fantasy & Piano Sonata No.18 - Apex, Chopin : Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 - Apex, Impromptus D. 899 / D. 935, Tchaikovsky : Piano Concerto No.1 & Concert Fantasia, Mozart: Arias, Beethoven: Concerto for Piano & Orchestra No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 19 (Digitally Remastered), Schubert: Sehnsucht, Tchaikovsky Piano Concertos 1-3, Concert Fantasia (New York Philharmonic feat. conductor: Kurt Masur, piano: Elisabeth Leonskaja), Violin Concerto in D Major / Piano Concerto No. 2, Piano sonatas with freely added accompaniment for a second piano by Grieg, Piano Sonatas D 568 / D 850, Tchaikovsky : Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3 - Apex, Chopin : Polonaise-fantaisie & 6 Polonaises, String Quartets 1 & 2 / Piano Quintet, Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata / Vocalise / Dvorák: Polonaise / Sibelius: Malinconia, Brahms: Piano Works, Op. 116-119, Nocturnes Nos. 1-11 (feat. piano: Nikita Magaloff), Chopin : Nocturnes [Complete] - APEX, Beethoven, Brahms & Prokofiev: Hirshhorn & Leonskaja in Concert At the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 1993, Schubert : Impromptus D899 & D935 - Apex, Piano Concerto 2 / Piano Sonata op. 37, Piano Concertos No. 1 & 2 / Piano Music, Forellenquintett, A-dur (Piano Quintet in A, 'Trout'), Polonaises (feat. performer: Elisabeth Leonskaja), Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 20, D. 959 & Impromptu No. 4, D. 899, Piano Concertos no. 2 and no. 3, Brahms Klavierquintett, Dvorák Dumka aus Klavierquintett (feat. Alban Berg Quartett, piano: Elisabeth Leonskaja), String Quartets 13-15 / "Trout" Quintet / String Quintet
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