Boris Berezovsky (pianist)
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Boris Berezovsky (Cyrillic: Борис Березовский) (born January 4, 1969 in Moscow) is a Russian pianist.
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[edit] History
Berezovsky studied with Elisso Wirssaladse at the Moscow Conservatory and privately with Alexander Satz. He made his debut in London at Wigmore Hall in 1988, and in 1990 he won the Gold Medal at the 1990 International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
He has also won the John Ogdon Competition.
[edit] Performances
Berezovsky is regularly a concerto soloist with orchestras including the Concertgebouw Philharmonia Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, NDR Hamburg, Russian National Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and with conductors such Kurt Masur, Charles Dutoit, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Alexander Lazarev, Andrew Litton, Mikhail Pletnev and Antonio Pappano.
[edit] Recordings
He has recorded works by Aram Khachaturian, Franz Liszt, Nikolai Karlovich Medtner, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Robert Schumann among others, often for the label Teldec Classics (at one time part of Warner Classics). His recording of the Rachmaninov Sonata was awarded the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik. He also released a live DVD of Liszt's Transcendental Studies.
He recently completed the complete Beethoven Concerti with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra with Thomas Dausgaard.
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