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2021-10-08 10:20:03
Beyond Boundaries: Dmitri Alexeev & Friends In Memory of Dmitri Bashkirov
The Russian pianist and teacher Dmitri Bashkirov died in March this year, he was 89. He had had a long and distinguished career though perhaps his name is not as well known as it should be. In addition to his pianistic career, which included winning the Marguerite Long Piano Competition in Paris in 1955, he had a long career as a teacher, first in Moscow and then in Madrid, where his pupils included Dmitri Alexeev, Arcadi Volodos, Nikolai Demidenko, his daughter Elena Bashkirova, Kirill Gerstein and many more. Now, under the title Beyond Boundaries: Dmitri Alexeev & Friends In Memory of Dmitri Bashkirov, Bashkirov's friends, pupils and grand-pupils are coming together in a series of concerts to honour his memory at St John's Smith Square and the Royal College of Music from 23 October to 21 November 2021. The first concert features Dmitri Alexeev's former pupils from the Royal College of Music, […]
Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2021-03-08 09:53:59
Russia loses its premier piano teacher
The outstanding pianist and professor Dmitri Bashkirov died in Moscow yesterday at the age of 89. Raised in a family of scientists, he became the go-to piano teacher at the Moscow Conservatoire, nurturing such major talents as Arcadi Volodos, Dmitri Alexeev, Nikolai Demidenko, Kirill Gerstein, David Kadouch and Plamena Mangova. he also taight in Madrid. […]
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Faces of classical music
2019-10-02 14:25:00
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade – Viatcheslav Chestiglazov, Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, Leif Segerstam (HD 1080p)
[…] and in 2005 the Sibelius Medal.Source: naxos.com More photosSee alsoGustav Mahler: Symphony No.6 in A minor "Tragic" – Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, Dima Slobodeniouk (HD 1080p)Johannes Brahms: Symphony No.1 in C minor – Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, Eliahu Inbal (HD 1080p)Richard Strauss: Don Quixote – Pablo Ferrández, Francisco Regozo, Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, Dennis Russell Davies (HD 1080p)Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No.2 in A major – Nikolai Demidenko, Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, Otto Tausk (HD 1080p)Johann Sebastian Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV 244 – Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, Ton Koopman (2015, HD 1080p)
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The Independant - Reviews
2017-02-13 19:07:00
Nikolai Demidenko, Wigmore Hall, London, review: Whirling figurations to make the head spin
The Russian pianist performed Scarlatti sonatas with big and almost symphonic sound from his posh hand-built Fazioli piano
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