Boris Petrushansky
Boris Petrushansky is one of the most respected Russian pianists of his generation, though his career has in part been overlooked by the concert-going public, not least because of a focus on older iconic keyboard figures from the former Soviet Union, like Richter and Gilels, and younger ones like Ashkenazy and Pletnev. Petrushansky's repertory is broad, encompassing Brahms, Schubert, Chopin, Liszt, Prokofiev, and Shostakovich, as well as modern composers. He has made a number of recordings, especially since his migration to the West, but mostly for smaller labels.
Petrushansky was born in Moscow in 1949 to musician parents. He began piano lessons at five, and at 15 (1964) met pianist Heinrich Neuhaus, who then took young Boris on as a student. Neuhaus died later that same year (October), but left a lasting impression on Petrushansky, who would shortly go on to achieve success in two competitions -- Leeds (1969) and Munich (1971).
1975 was the breakthrough year in Petrushansky's career: he graduated from the Moscow Conservatory (having completed his piano studies under Neuhaus-protégée Lev Naumov), then won first prize at the Alessandro Casagrande Competition in Terni, Italy. Then, at Italy's Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Festival, he replaced Richter and scored a great triumph with critics and audiences alike.
Though his career had been on the ascent in the Soviet Union and abroad in the early '70s, Petrushansky had become an international figure in the musical world after 1975, with a heavy concert schedule throughout Europe, the Soviet Union, United States, Japan, Australia, and elsewhere. He was also busy teaching at the Moscow Conservatory from 1975-1979.
Petrushansky continued to concertize as well as record in the 1980s, but left the Soviet Union later in the decade and took up residency in Italy in 1990. Soon he began making a number of critically praised recordings. Among his more important earlier efforts was a 1994 three-disc set of the 24 Preludes and Fugues of Dmitry Shostakovich on the Dynamic Italy label. Other releases appearing later on, all on the Agora label, included works byChopin (Three Impromptus, Four Mazurkas, Four Ballades), Schumann (Fantasia, Op. 17, and Sonata No. 1), and Liszt (Années de pèlerinage -- Second Year, et. al.). Petrushansky began teaching at the International Piano Academy in Imola in 1991, and the following year took a teaching position in Genoa at the Accademia Ducale. He still held both posts in 2006.
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Discographie
19 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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Shostakovich: Complete Piano Music
Classique - Paru chez Stradivarius le 24 nov. 2006
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Haydn, Schubert, Prokofiev, Liszt: Boris Petrushansky Live Recital at Gran Teatro La Fenice, 2019 (Live)
Classique - Paru chez Da Vinci Classics le 24 févr. 2023
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Brahms: Piano Sonata No.2, Variations Op. 9, Ballades Op.10
Classique - Paru chez NAR International le 1 janv. 1998
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Sergey Prokofiev: Sarcasms Op. 17, Tales of an Old Grandmother Op. 31, Piano Sonata No. 5, Piano Sonata No. 8
Classique - Paru chez NAR International le 1 avr. 2022
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Scriabin: Piano Works
Classique - Paru chez JSC Firma Melodiya le 6 janv. 2022
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Tchaikovsky
Boris Petrushansky, Filippo Arlia, Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria
Classique - Paru chez Movimento Classical le 21 juin 2023
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Brahms: Piano Sonata Op.1, Scherzo Op.4, Waltzes Op.39
Classique - Paru chez NAR International le 13 déc. 1999
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Musique pour piano (Intégrale, volume 1) (Dimitri Chostakovitch)
Classique - Paru chez Stradivarius le 1 janv. 2006
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Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues
Classique - Paru chez Dynamic le 1 janv. 2001
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Franz Liszt: Après une lecture de Dante, Sonetto del Petrarca No. 123, Chasse Neige, Liebesträum No. 3, Gondoliera, Canzone, Tarantella
Classique - Paru chez NAR International le 1 janv. 1993
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Tchaikovsky: Le stagioni & Album infantile
Classique - Paru chez Stradivarius le 29 oct. 2014
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Shostakovich: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 2
Classique - Paru chez Stradivarius le 26 juin 2006
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Shostakovich: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 1
Classique - Paru chez Stradivarius le 1 janv. 2006
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Haydn: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in F Major, Hob. XVIII/3 (Digitally Remastered)
Moscow RTV Symphony Orchestra, Boris Petrushansky
Classique - Paru chez EMG Classical le 20 août 2013
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Chopin: Sonata Op. 58, Polonaises Op.53 & Op. 61, Barcarolle Op. 60
Classique - Paru chez NAR International le 1 janv. 1995
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Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata Op. 78, D.894, Drei Klavierstüke D.946
Classique - Paru chez NAR International le 13 déc. 1999
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Robert Schumann: Fantasia Op. 17, Sonata Op. 11
Classique - Paru chez NAR International le 1 janv. 1993
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Frédéric Chopin: 4 Impromptus, 4 Mazurkas, 4 Ballades
Classique - Paru chez NAR International le 1 avr. 2022
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Dances of the 20th Century
Classique - Paru chez JSC Firma Melodiya le 12 nov. 2018
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