Nikolaï Demidenko
Nikolai Demidenko is a celebrated piano virtuoso, considered a leading exponent of the Russian school of playing. His blend of technical brilliance and musical vision have earned him consistent raves since he first emerged on the international scene in the mid-1980s, and he has become a musical fixture in his adopted home of Great Britain, where he gained citizenship in 1995.
Demidenko began playing before the age of five, learning on his grandfather's old, beaten-up piano. By the age of six, he was a student of Anna Kantor (Evgeny Kissin's teacher) at the Gnessin School of Music. An obstinate student who disliked scales and technique, Demidenko still made swift progress, and he eventually entered the Moscow Conservatory. There, he studied with Dmitri Bashkirov, whom Demidenko credits with fostering his more individual qualities as a player, as well as ironing out the remaining wrinkles in his technique. Reaching the finals of both the 1976 Montreal competition and the 1978 Tchaikovsky competition in Moscow (where he played through an acute case of the flu) served as a final springboard to professional recognition.
A 1985 tour with the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra introduced Demidenko to the West, and in particular Great Britain, where he would become a resident in 1990. While teaching piano at the University of Surrey, Demidenko has steadily built an international career of the highest caliber, playing concertos with many of Europe's greatest orchestras and conductors, and playing a landmark series of recitals in London's Wigmore Hall. His recordings of Medtner, Mussorgsky, and Busoni have been particularly well-received, and he has established himself as a leading interpreter of Liszt and Chopin. Demidenko has also ventured into earlier composers, such as Bach, Mozart, and Scarlatti, playing with a degree of rhythmic freedom (rubato) that cuts against the grain of studied performance practice; Demidenko feels that it is an essential ingredient of their music.
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Medtner: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 2)
Nikolaï Demidenko, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Maksymiuk
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 1 Jan 1992
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A Touch of Jazz
Dmitri Alexeev, Nikolaï Demidenko
Classical - Released by Medsan Copyrights on 31 May 2021
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Chopin: Preludes - Sonata No. 3
Classical - Released by Onyx Classics on 22 Oct 2008
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Bach: Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 1 – Busoni I
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 1 Jan 1992
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Chopin: 4 Ballades & Sonata No. 3
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 1 Sep 1993
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Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3
Nikolaï Demidenko, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Lazarev
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 1 Oct 1996
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Medtner: Demidenko plays Medtner
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 1 May 1993
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Bach: Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 2 – Busoni II
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 1 Feb 2002
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Rachmaninoff: Demidenko plays Rachmaninoff
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 1 Aug 1994
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Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 4 & 5
Nikolaï Demidenko, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Lazarev
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 1 Sep 1998
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Weber: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Konzertstück (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 10)
Charles Mackerras, Nikolaï Demidenko, Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 1 Mar 1995
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Liszt: Sonata in B Minor; 2 Legends; Scherzo & March
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 1 Oct 1992
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Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 1; Piano Sonata No. 3
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 1 Sep 1996
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Medtner & Rachmaninoff: Music for 2 Pianos
Dmitri Alexeev, Nikolaï Demidenko
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 1 Feb 1994
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Nikolai Demidenko plays Chopin
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 1 Jul 1992
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Clementi: 4 Piano Sonatas
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 1 Jul 1995
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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition – Prokofiev: 10 Pieces from Romeo & Juliet
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 1 Feb 1998
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Chopin: 4 Scherzi; Variations
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 1 Oct 1991
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Tchaikovsky & Scriabin: Piano Concertos
Nikolaï Demidenko, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Lazarev
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 1 Aug 1994
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Nikolai Demidenko Live at Wigmore Hall
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 1 Oct 1993
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