Yefim Bronfman
Pianist Yefim Bronfman has been a fixture of concert stages, especially in the U.S., since becoming an American citizen in 1989. He is especially admired for his performances of modern Russian repertory, in which he balances pianistic fireworks with the moody introspection common to many of the works of the otherwise diverse Prokofiev and Shostakovich.
Bronfman was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, then part of the Soviet Union, on April 10, 1958. He had his first lessons from his mother, a piano teacher by trade. The family emigrated to Israel in 1973, and the teenaged Yefim began piano studies at Tel Aviv University. After just two years of work with teacher Arie Vardi, he was ready for a prestigious international debut with the Montreal Symphony under Zubin Mehta. Bronfman rounded out his studies in the U.S. at the Juilliard School, the Curtis Institute, and the Marlboro Festival; private teachers included Rudolf Firkusny, Leon Fleisher, and Rudolf Serkin. In 1978, he made his debut with the New York Philharmonic, and his recital debuts in New York and in Washington, D.C., were equally prestigious: they occurred at the 92nd Street Y and the Kennedy Center, respectively.
Since then, Bronfman's touring schedule has included stops at most of the world's major concert halls. His consistent popularity has dovetailed with that of Russian music generally, and he has recorded all five Prokofiev piano concertos and all seven of the composer's technically fearsome sonatas. However, his repertoire extends as far back as the music of Domenico Scarlatti, and he was given a Grammy Award in 1997 for his recordings of Bartók's three piano concertos with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He has notched several other Grammy and Gramophone award nominations. Bronfman records for Sony, where he released a two-piano collaboration with Emanuel Ax, featuring music by Rachmaninov. He has also been an enthusiastic chamber music player. Two high points of his career came in 1991: he returned that year to Russia for the first time since his youth, and he was awarded the Avery Fisher Prize. In 2000, he reached wider audiences when his performance of Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 102, was featured in the film Fantasia 2000; he performed the work live at special screenings of the film in New York, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tokyo. Bronfman's performance of the two Shostakovich concertos was released in conjunction with the film. A description of Bronfman appeared in Philip Roth's novel The Human Stain (2000). A steady stream of recordings included the 2006 Rachmaninoff Collection; 2008's Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50; and Brahms & Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 (2011). In 2013, his set of Prokofiev concertos was reissued by Sony Classical. Bronfman accompanied Shlomo Mintz in a recording of Prokofiev violin sonatas on Deutsche Grammophon in 2019, and mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená on the album Nostalgia on PentaTone Classics in 2021.
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Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas Nos. 7 & 8
Classica - Pubblicato da Sony Classical il 15 nov 1988
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Stravinsky: The Firebird - Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3 & The Miraculous Mandarin
London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, Yefim Bronfman
Classica - Pubblicato da LSO Live il 14 ott 2016
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Salonen
Yefim Bronfman, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen
Classica - Pubblicato da Deutsche Grammophon (DG) il 1 gen 2008
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Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 3 & 5
Yefim Bronfman, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta
Classica - Pubblicato da Sony Classical il 17 mag 1993
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Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & Piano Quintet in G Minor
Yefim Bronfman, Juilliard String Quartet, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen
Classica - Pubblicato da Sony Classical il 15 nov 1999
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Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37b, Balakirev: Islamey
Classica - Pubblicato da Sony Classical il 26 ott 1998
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Mozart: Sonatas for Violin & Piano
Musica da camera - Pubblicato da Musical Heritage Society il 1 apr 2022
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Tchaikovsky & Arensky: Piano Trios
Classica - Pubblicato da Sony Classical il 19 apr 1994
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Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3; Scherzo, Op. 4
Classica - Pubblicato da Musical Heritage Society il 1 ago 2008
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Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances & Suites for 2 Pianos
Classica - Pubblicato da Sony Classical il 25 ott 2001
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Contrasting Russians: Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev
New York Philharmonic, Yefim Bronfman
Classica - Pubblicato da New York Philharmonic il 23 feb 2010
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Mozart: Violin Sonatas
Classica - Pubblicato da Sony Classical il 16 mag 1995
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50
Yefim Bronfman, Gil Shaham, Truls Mørk
Classica - Pubblicato da Canary Classics il 1 set 2008
4 étoiles du Monde de la Musique5 de Diapason16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Nostalgia - Brahms, Mussorgsky, Bartók
Magdalena Kožená, Yefim Bronfman
Mélodies - Pubblicato da Pentatone il 9 ott 2021
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