Anna Zassimova
The repertory and playing of pianist Anna Zassimova reflects the national and pedagogical strands of her artistic background. She is also a significant educator.
Zassimova was born in Moscow, USSR, in 1976. Her father was a physicist, and her mother was a pianist. The family owned an old piano that had belonged to Zassimova's great-grandfather, and as a child, Zassimova tried to pick out tunes on it, imitating her mother. Noticing her interest, Zassimova's parents enrolled her in the Gneissin School, and she continued to study in Moscow for some years with such teachers as Ljudmila Roschina and Vladimir Tropp. She also studied art history for a time and believed that her studies in that field influenced her playing by allowing her to sense more of the artistic context in which a work arose; later, in Germany, she worked on interdisciplinary projects involving music and the fine arts. Amidst the tumult of the collapse of the Soviet Union, she came to think of the arts as a stable haven in a chaotic world. Earning a DAAD (German Foreign Exchange) scholarship, she attended the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, studying with Markus Stange and Michael Uhde. She joined the faculty of that school in 2007 and continues to teach there. In 2009, Zassimova released her debut album, Vergessene Weisen, on the Zebralution label. She continued to record for that label in the 2010s but moved to CPO in 2010 for the album Georgy Catoire: Works for violin and piano. She wrote a doctoral dissertation about Catoire.
Zassimova has frequently been active as a chamber music player. She has performed with the Silesian String Quartet in Poland, the Stanislas Quartet in France, the Minguet Quartett in Germany, and the contemporary music-oriented Phorminx Ensemble. As a soloist, she has appeared with the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra and the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra, among other groups. Solo recitals have taken her to the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg and to summer events, including the Ruhr Piano Festival, the Bloomsbury Festival in London, the Heidelberg Spring Music Festival, and Musica Viva in Munich. Her repertory includes German and Russian work from the Romantic era to contemporary times; many of the Russian composers she essays are little known in the West. Zassimova has made several more recordings, including Sonata Reminiscenza, issued by Hänssler Classic in 2018, and a recital of works by Chopin on the BIS label in 2023.
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Diskografie
11 Album, -en • Geordnet nach Bestseller
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Clara Wieck, Brahms, Liszt, Schumann & Godowsky: Fantasiebilder aus Wien (Piano Works)
Klassik - Erschienen bei Melism am 21.01.2022
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Dvořák: Legends & From the Bohemian Forest (Versions for Piano Four-Hands)
Christophe Sirodeau, Anna Zassimova
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei Melism am 30.04.2021
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Sonata reminiscenza
Klassik - Erschienen bei haenssler CLASSIC am 17.08.2018
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
van Bree: String Quartets No. 1 & 2
Utrecht String Quartet, Anna Zassimova
Klassik - Erschienen bei Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm am 12.01.2024
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Catoire: Works for Violin and Piano (Georgy Catoire)
Laurent Albrecht Breuninger, Anna Zassimova
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei CPO am 23.02.2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Chopin: Ballades Nos 2 & 4, Scherzo No. 4, Mazurkas & Waltzes
Klassik - Erschienen bei BIS am 26.05.2023
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Catoire: String Quartet, Op. 23 & Piano Quintet, Op. 28
Utrecht String Quartet, Anna Zassimova
Klassik - Erschienen bei Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm am 14.04.2023
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Tanejew: Piano Chamber Music
Laurent Albrecht Breuninger, Stefan Krznaric, Julien Heichelbech, Bernhard Lörcher, Anna Zassimova
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei CPO am 06.05.2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Vergessene Weisen
Symphonieorchester - Erschienen bei Bella Musica Edition am 18.06.2009
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Johannes Brahms: Sonate für Klarinette und Klavier, Op. 120 - Fantasien für Klavier solo, Op. 116
Kyrill Rybakov, Anna Zassimova
Klassik - Erschienen bei Antes Edition am 08.11.2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Frédéric Chopin
Symphonieorchester - Erschienen bei Antes Edition am 03.01.2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo