Boris Berezovsky
Pianist Boris Berezovsky has emerged as a prime modern representative of the pure Russian virtuoso tradition. In addition to music of a solo orientation, however, he has also been quite active as a chamber player. Berezovsky was born January 4, 1969 in Moscow; he is apparently unrelated to the late Russian business executive of the same name. He studied there with Alexander Satz and, as a student at the Moscow Conservatory, with Eliso Virsaladze. A major breakthrough came with Berezovsky's gold medal win at the 1990 Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow. By that time, however, the young pianist had already begun to make his mark abroad; his 1988 debut at Wigmore Hall was hailed by the Times of London for its "dazzling virtuosity and formidable power." His Tchaikovsky Competition performances included not only concerto repertory but chamber performances with Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma, and accompanying soprano Jessye Norman; some of these were issued by the Teldec label on a 1990 Winners' Gala album. The following year he made debuts in the U.S. (in Tchaikovsky victor Van Cliburn's hometown of Fort Worth, Texas) and France (at the Louvre museum). As a soloist, Berezovsky has specialized in the most difficult virtuoso repertory: Liszt, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, and especially Nikolai Medtner; in 2006, he founded an International Medtner Festival in Moscow. He has recorded the Beethoven piano concertos with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra under Thomas Dausgaard. Berezovsky has appeared with many of the world's leading orchestras, including the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the NDR Symphony Orchestra in Hamburg, and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra; his podium collaborators include Kurt Masur, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Andrew Litton, Mikhail Pletnev, and Antonio Pappano. In the chamber music field he has performed and recorded with violinist Dmitri Makhtin and cellist Alexander Kniazev, with repertory including trios by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, and Shostakovich. Berezovsky's recorded output is large, comprising more than 40 albums as of the late 2010s. He has recorded mostly for the Apex, Teldec, Erato, Simax, and Mirare labels; for the latter, he issued a recording of the Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15, and the Stravinsky Concerto for piano and wind instruments, both playing the solo part and conducting the State Academic Symphony of Russia "Evgeny Svetlanov."
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Brahms: Concerto No.1 - Stravinsky: Concerto for Piano & Wind Instruments (Live)
Boris Berezovsky, "Evgeny Svetlanov" Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Concerten voor klavier - Released by Mirare on 26 jan. 2018
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Tchaikovsky : Piano Concerto No. 2 - Theme and variations - Piano pieces
Boris Berezovsky, Sinfonia Varsovia and Alexander Vedernikov
Concerten voor klavier - Released by Mirare on 7 okt. 2013
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Rachmaninov : Concertos pour piano 2 & 3 (Boris Berezovsky, piano)
Concerten voor klavier - Released by Mirare on 1 okt. 2005
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Rachmaninov : Concertos pour piano Nos. 1 & 4 (Boris Berezovsky, piano)
Concertmuziek - Released by Mirare on 2 sep. 2008
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor) And Choral Fantasy. The Complete Orchestral Works of Beethoven Vol. 12
Thomas Dausgaard, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Boris Berezovsky
Klassiek - Released by Simax Classics on 4 sep. 2015
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Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, Rondo in B Flat Major. The Complete Orchestral Works of Beethoven, Vol.3
Thomas Dausgaard, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Boris Berezovsky
Klassiek - Released by Simax Classics on 1 feb. 2001
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3, Triple Concerto. The Complete Orchestral Works of Beethoven, Vol. 5
Boris Berezovsky, Thomas Dausgaard
Klassiek - Released by Simax Classics on 16 mei 2002
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4, Piano Concerto in D Major. The Complete Orchestral Works of Beethoven, Vol. 7
Thomas Dausgaard, Boris Berezovsky, Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Klassiek - Released by Simax Classics on 22 mei 2005
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Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2, 3 Hungarian Dances
Concertmuziek - Released by Mirare on 18 jan. 2011
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Rachmaninov, Préludes (Boris Berezovsky, piano)
Klassiek - Released by Mirare on 8 dec. 2004
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Russian Piano Music
Klassiek - Released by Teldec on 1 apr. 1994
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Rachmaninov: Suites pour 2 Pianos
Boris Berezovsky, Brigitte Engerer
Klassiek - Released by Mirare on 2 sep. 2008
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Chopin: Concertos pour Piano Nos. 1 & 2
Boris Berezovsky, Ensemble Orchestral De Paris, John Nelson
Klassiek - Released by Mirare on 1 jan. 2007
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Sonate en si mineur (Franz Liszt)
Klassiek - Released by Mirare on 13 apr. 2010
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Brahms/Dvorák/Janácek: Hungarian Dances/4 Romantic Pieces/Violin Sonata etc.
Akiko Suwanai, Boris Berezovsky
Klassiek - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 2 jul. 1999
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Chopin: Études, Op. 10 & 25
Klassiek - Released by Warner Classics International on 1 jul. 1991
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Chopin & Chopin / Arr Godowsky : Etudes
Kamermuziek - Released by Warner Classics International on 30 aug. 2005
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Liszt : 12 Etudes d'exécution transcendante [Transcendental Studies]
Klassiek - Released by Warner Classics International on 1 sep. 1996
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Medtner: Contes & Poèmes
Boris Berezovsky, Vassily Savenko, Yana Ivanilova
Klassiek - Released by Mirare on 21 okt. 2008
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Rachmaninov: Concertos pour piano Nos. 1 & 4
Boris Berezovsky, Orchestre Philharmonique de l'Oural, Dmitri Liss
Klassiek - Released by Mirare on 2 sep. 2008
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 & Preludes Op. 23
Klassiek - Released by Warner Classics International on 24 feb. 1992
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