Elisabeth Leonskaja
Elisabeth Leonskaja is a highly respected pianist whose career blossomed in the shadow of Sviatoslav Richter and Emil Gilels. Known for her modesty -- not unlike older compatriot Maria Yudina -- Leonskaja was mentored by Richter and often played duets with him. She would never reach the critical and artistic heights of her great teacher, but her reputation as an imaginative interpreter and formidable technician have lifted her to almost legendary status, with comparisons to Clara Haskil and other keyboard icons. Her choice of repertory has been fairly conservative over the years, with staples in the concerto and solo genres by Chopin, Brahms, Prokofiev, and with chamber music. In the latter realm she has collaborated with the Alban Berg and Borodin quartets, the Vienna Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble, cellist Heinrich Schiff, and many other artists.
Leonskaja was born on November 23, 1945, in Tbilisi, Georgia, to Russian parents. She was an exceptionally gifted child, giving her first concert at 11. She studied music at the Moscow Conservatory and, while there, won prizes in several prestigious international competitions, including the Queen Elizabeth, Marguerite Long, and Enescu. Leonskaja was soon noticed by Richter, and the two developed what would be a lifelong friendship, often appearing together in duet concerts. In 1978, she emigrated to the West, settling in Vienna. Her debut at the 1979 Salzburg Festival was a great triumph, after which she quickly established a reputation that yielded invitations in the next decades from the leading orchestras abroad, including those in New York, Cleveland, Los Angeles, London, Berlin, Leipzig, and Hamburg.
Leonskaja's recordings were drawing acclaim as well: her 1990 album of Brahms' sonatas won Belgium's prestigious Caecilia Prize. In 1995, Teldec released what would be one of Richter's last recordings, duet sonatas by Mozart and Grieg, with Leonskaja. Richter died two years later. In the new century, Leonskaja has been very active on the concert scene with numerous appearances at major concert venues. She debuted at Carnegie Hall in 2006 with Kurt Masur leading the London Philharmonic Orchestra in an acclaimed performance of the challenging Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2. Leonskaja earned the Solo Recording of the Year in 2014 from the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) for the album Paris, on which she performed works by Debussy, Enescu, and Ravel. In 2019, she joined the Artemis Quartett on a recording of Shostakovich's piano quintet, and the following year, Leonskaja was awarded the IMCA Lifetime Achievement Award. Signed once more to the Warner Classics label in 2021, Leonskaja issued a recording of Mozart's complete piano sonatas in 2022.
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Artistas semelhantes
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Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 58 & Fantasie, Op. 49 - Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 19 & Fantasie, Op. 28
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 1 de jan. de 1999
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Mozart, Grieg: Piano Sonatas
Elisabeth Leonskaja, Sviatoslav Richter
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 1 de jan. de 1995
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Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata; Vocalise / Sibelius: Malinconia / Dvorák: Polonaise
Heinrich Schiff, Elisabeth Leonskaja
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 1 de jan. de 1985
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Schubert: Piano Sonatas, D. 279 & 459
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 20 de mai. de 2022
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Elisabeth Leonskaja – Piano Essentials
Classical - Lançado por Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group em 12 de nov. de 2022
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Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16: II. Adagio
Elisabeth Leonskaja, Michael Sanderling, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 15 de dez. de 2023
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Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 6, Piano Concertos Nos. 1 - 3 & Famous Works
Kurt Masur, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, New York Philharmonic
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics International em 1 de jan. de 2006
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Quintettes avec piano
Alban Berg Quartett, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Rudolf Buchbinder, Philippe Entremont
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 10 de mar. de 2008
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Schubert: Sehnsucht
Matthias Goerne, Elisabeth Leonskaja
Art Songs, Mélodies & Lieder - Lançado por harmonia mundi em 25 de mar. de 2008
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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Op. 109-111
Miscellaneous - Lançado por Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm (MDG) em 1 de mai. de 2010
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Schubert: Piano Sonatas, D. 784 & 894
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 1 de jul. de 2022
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Piano Concertos
Concertos - Lançado por Warner Classics em 7 de mar. de 2024
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Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331, "Alla Turca": III. Alla Turca
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 19 de nov. de 2021
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Schubert: Piano Sonatas, D. 557 & 568
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 27 de mai. de 2022
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Schubert: Piano Works
Miscellaneous - Lançado por Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm (MDG) em 1 de out. de 2003
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Liszt: Piano Sonata, Dante Sonata & Petrarca Sonette
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 1 de jan. de 1990
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Schubert Impromptus
Classical - Lançado por Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group em 1 de jan. de 1996
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Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 39
Brigitte Fassbaender, Elisabeth Leonskaja
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 18 de ago. de 2023
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Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 83
Elisabeth Leonskaja, Kurt Masur, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 1 de jan. de 1994
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Brahms: Piano Works, Op. 116-119
Miscellaneous - Lançado por Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm (MDG) em 1 de fev. de 2006
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Schubert: Piano Quintet, D. 667 "The Trout"
Alban Berg Quartett, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Georg Hortnagel
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 22 de set. de 1986
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