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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Discography
19 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Shostakovich: Complete Piano Music
Classical - Released by Stradivarius on 24 Nov 2006
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Haydn, Schubert, Prokofiev, Liszt: Boris Petrushansky Live Recital at Gran Teatro La Fenice, 2019 (Live)
Classical - Released by Da Vinci Classics on 24 Feb 2023
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Brahms: Piano Sonata No.2, Variations Op. 9, Ballades Op.10
Classical - Released by NAR International on 1 Jan 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
Classical - Released by NAR International on 1 Apr 2022
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Scriabin: Piano Works
Classical - Released by JSC Firma Melodiya on 6 Jan 2022
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Tchaikovsky
Boris Petrushansky, Filippo Arlia, Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria
Classical - Released by Movimento Classical on 21 Jun 2023
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Brahms: Piano Sonata Op.1, Scherzo Op.4, Waltzes Op.39
Classical - Released by NAR International on 13 Dec 1999
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Musique pour piano (Intégrale, volume 1) (Dimitri Chostakovitch)
Classical - Released by Stradivarius on 1 Jan 2006
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Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues
Classical - Released by Dynamic on 1 Jan 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
Classical - Released by NAR International on 1 Jan 1993
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Tchaikovsky: Le stagioni & Album infantile
Classical - Released by Stradivarius on 29 Oct 2014
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Shostakovich: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 2
Classical - Released by Stradivarius on 26 Jun 2006
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Shostakovich: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 1
Classical - Released by Stradivarius on 1 Jan 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
Classical - Released by EMG Classical on 20 Aug 2013
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Chopin: Sonata Op. 58, Polonaises Op.53 & Op. 61, Barcarolle Op. 60
Classical - Released by NAR International on 1 Jan 1995
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Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata Op. 78, D.894, Drei Klavierstüke D.946
Classical - Released by NAR International on 13 Dec 1999
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Robert Schumann: Fantasia Op. 17, Sonata Op. 11
Classical - Released by NAR International on 1 Jan 1993
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Frédéric Chopin: 4 Impromptus, 4 Mazurkas, 4 Ballades
Classical - Released by NAR International on 1 Apr 2022
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Dances of the 20th Century
Classical - Released by JSC Firma Melodiya on 12 Nov 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo