Vladimir Stoupel
A student of Lazar Berman, pianist Vladimir Stoupel essentially falls into the grand Russian virtuoso tradition. However, he also ventures into contemporary music and into the realm of lesser-known works, both as a pianist and, increasingly often, as a conductor.
Stoupel was born on May 10, 1962, in what was then the Soviet Union. His mother, Rimma Bobritskaya, was a pianist, and he had his first lessons with her starting at age three. By 12, he was ready to make his debut, playing the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23, at the famed Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. He attended that school, studying piano with Yevgeny Malinin and conducting with Gennady Rozhdestvensky, and went on for five years of private study with pianist Lazar Berman. In 1984, Stoupel moved to Paris, later taking French citizenship. It didn't take him long to make an impact on the Western competition scene, as he took a top prize at the Concours Internationale d'Exécution Musicale in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1986. Stoupel has gone on to a top-level international career with concerto appearances across Europe, in Russia, and in the U.S., performing with the Russian National Orchestra, the Berliner Philharmoniker, and the Staatskapelle Weimar, among other groups. He made his recording debut in 1996 on the EDA label with The Life of the Machines, an album of futurist works.
An enthusiastic chamber player, Stoupel has performed in that capacity with violinists Judith Ingolfsson (to whom he is married) and Mark Peskanov, cellist Peter Bruns, and the Robert Schumann String Quartet, appearing in the New York Philharmonic's chamber music series at Merkin and Avery Fisher Halls. As a conductor, Stoupel has led the Philharmonie Neubrandenburg, Nîmes Chamber Orchestra, and the Berlin Kammerphilharmonie, among other groups. He conducted the first performance outside Russia of Mieczyslaw Weinberg's opera Pozdravlyayem!, translated into German as Wir gratulieren! ("We Congratulate You!"). In 2008, Stoupel made a complete recording for the Audite label of Scriabin's piano sonatas, difficult works he had memorized in their entirety as a young pianist. He later recorded a series of albums for Accentus, many focusing on French repertory. In 2020, he recorded Wir gratulieren! as a conductor with the Kammerakademie Potsdam for Oehms Classics. Stoupel joined Ingolfsson for a recital of works by Karol Rathaus, Heinz Tiessen, and Paul Arma in 2021. The duo returned on Oehms Classics in 2024 with an album of works by Rebecca Clarke.
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Clarke: Viola & Violin Sonatas
Vladimir Stoupel, Judith Ingolfsson
Chamber Music - Released by Oehms Classics on Jan 19, 2024
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Rathaus, Tiessen & Arma: Sonatas for Violin & Piano
Judith Ingolfsson, Vladimir Stoupel
Chamber Music - Released by Oehms Classics on Aug 20, 2021
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Mikhail Glinka: Variations for Piano
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin on Aug 18, 2017
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La belle époque
Judith Ingolfsson, Vladimir Stoupel
Chamber Music - Released by Genuin on Nov 15, 2019
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Rathaus & Shostakovich: Piano Sonatas
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin on Sep 18, 2020
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Nancarrow / Antheil / Roslavets / Szpilman / Mossolov: The Life of the Machines
Classical - Released by EDA RECORDS on May 21, 1996
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Vierne: Violin Sonata in G Minor, Op. 23 & Piano Quintet in C Minor, Op. 42
Judith Ingolfsson, Vladimir Stoupel, Rebecca Li, Stefan Fehlandt, Stephan Forck
Chamber Music - Released by Accentus Music on May 27, 2016
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Poulenc, Ferroud & Ravel: Violin Sonatas
Judith Ingolfsson, Vladimir Stoupel
Chamber Music - Released by Accentus Music on Feb 2, 2018
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Dukas: Piano Sonata in E-Flat Minor
Classical - Released by SWR Mediaservices GmbH on Aug 26, 2014
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en hommage Simon Laks
Vladimir Stoupel, Leonid Gorokhov, Judith Ingolfsson
Chamber Music - Released by EDA RECORDS on Nov 16, 2010
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Fauré: Concert-Centenaire, Vol. 3
Judith Ingolfsson, Vladimir Stoupel
Chamber Music - Released by Accentus Music on Sep 30, 2016
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Concert-Centenaire, Vol. 1
Judith Ingolfsson, Vladimir Stoupel
Chamber Music - Released by Accentus Music on Feb 26, 2016
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Elegy for the Jewish Villages
Valerie Suty, Vladimir Stoupel
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by EDA RECORDS on Jan 1, 2000
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Rathaus & Shostakovich: Piano Sonatas
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin on Sep 18, 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo