Lilya Zilberstein

Small in physical size and lacking the lengthy fingertips usually expected of the virtuoso pianist, Lilya Zilberstein non-etheless has made a robust impression with connoisseurs of great piano functionality. By age 30, she acquired already become among the world’s finest pianists. Delivered in Russia and been trained in the custom of her great predecessors, Zilberstein relocated to Germany and pursues a dynamic profession in the Western world, performing throughout European countries and THE UNITED STATES. Several recording designed for Deutsche Grammophon possess drawn enthusiastic evaluations, advancing her status and conserving some unforgettable interpretations. Zilberstein received considerable schooling in the Gnesin Unique Music School, teaching with Ada Traub from 1971 to 1983, thereafter shifting to utilize Alexander Satz at the same organization and carrying on under his tutelage until 1990. In Russia, she required first prize in various piano competitions. Being successful first prize in the Busoni Competition in 1987 led to Zilberstein’s German debut at a 1988 concert in Munich and a good looking agreement with Deutsche Grammophon. Concerts somewhere else adopted in quick succession, including single appearances using the Berlin Philharmonic, the Dresden Staatskapelle, London Symphony, Czech Philharmonic, RAI Symphony of Turin, the NHK Symphony in Tokyo, the Danish Country wide Radio Orchestra, the MDR Orchestra of Leipzig, the Montreal Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony, Colorado Symphony, as well as the Chicago Symphony under Wayne Levine. She’s also turn into a favorite in the Peninsula Music Event, having been involved for multiple shows with music movie director Viktor Yampolsky during the period of three months. Furthermore to orchestral looks, Zilberstein has offered recitals in lots of from the world’s musical capitals. She’s received acclaim in NY, Toronto, SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, Berlin, Vienna, Prague, Dresden, Leipzig, Stuttgart, Rotterdam, and Florence, among additional cities. Zilberstein relocated to Hamburg in 1990, residing there with her spouse and two sons; they might be observed touring with her when college schedules usually do not interfere. Among Zilberstein’s many exceptional recordings are her imaginative reading of Mussorgsky’s Images at an Exhibition, a bravura coupling of Rachmaninoff’s Second and Third piano concertos using the Berlin Philharmonic executed by Claudio Abbado, and a officially strong however lyrically inflected Grieg Piano Concerto with Neeme Järvi as well as the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Loathe to include a distracting component of glamour to her stage deportment, Zilberstein is certainly all business in handling the keyboard. Sitting down erect and providing no extraneous gestures, she actually is content to place most of her focus in to the music she performs. Only once she has completed does she loosen up a bit and invite the audience to find out her melting smile. Viewers have taken care of immediately her interesting and detailed shows in a style exemplified with a Montreal critic who praised her Apr 16, 2002, functionality of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 2 by citing her “virtuosity and nuanced palette.”