Valery Sigalevitch
Valery Sigalevitch (born in 1950 in Simferopol, Crimea) is a Russian classical pianist.
He studied piano at the special music class of the Leningrad Conservatory with Leah Zelikhman and at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory in the class of Vera Gornostayeva. He finished his studies winning the first prize.In 1977 he left the Soviet Union and emigrated to Israel.For the next two years he studied with Nikita Magaloff in Geneva and with Arie Vardi in Tel Aviv.
The international critics see in him one of the greatest masters of our time:
- "Sigalevitch astounded his public at his concert in the Great Hall of the Leningrad Philharmonic: youthful freshness and colorful playing raised his music to a sphere of a higher, authentic romanticism ..."( Leningrad," Wetchernij Leningrad ")
- "... this Russian displayed music full of intensity, poetical understanding and the kind of self-forgetful playing wich reminds us of Arthur Rubinstein." ( Bonn , "Bonner Rundschau")
- "Sigalevitch is something of a private tip among experts.His technical ability is almost without limitation and displays the relentlessness of Soviet teaching methods.The pianist played with unspoiled enjoyment, solving problems of rythm and expression." (Cologne, "Kölner Stadtanzeiger)
- "A lion of the piano with a will to achieve the utmost intensity and transparency of sound." ( Würzburg, "Main Post")
- "A magician of sound at the piano with an unbelievable touch... an incredible musical storyteller of the highest order.What came sparkling out of the piano was fiery and full-blooded with a fine aroma in the pianissimo passages... a lightness wich mooved the audience to calls of bravo. (Bad Kissingen, "Saalezeitung")
"Sigalevitch has mastered the art or differentiating and he cajoled his instrument into depths of expression wich have been rarely heard at our piano recitals... he played with great subtilety of feeling." ( Bamberg , "Fränkischer Tag") (Bamberg, "Fränkischer Tag")
- "Sigalevitch - this is a name we must take note of! He is conquering with the piano the Western musical world." ( Bad Reichenhall )
- "... The audience experienced an impressive and expressive piano recital given by a gifted and highly virtuose pianist." (Bonn, "Bonner Generalanzeiger")
- "Sigalevitch - a bundle of energy with the sensitive soul of a poet... aiming at absolute perfection... the star of the evening who excelled himself to the very last note of his Chopin recital. " (Cologne, "Kölner Stadtanzeiger")
- "A world class pianist" (Rothenburg, "Fränkischer Anzeiger")
- "Sigalevitch - a brilliant and creative personality ... played with depth on a broad musical basis ... a universal artist." ( Belgrade , "Politika", Prof. H. Josip)
- "His playing is precise even in the slightest detail ... every note is placed with perfection... Valery Sigalevich interpreted all of Debussy's 12 Etudes with perfect technique, and revealed their deep beauty." ( Aschaffenburg, "Main-Echo, H. Teufel)
- "... we are talking about a great interpreter of the very first rank. With his alert musical mind and deep feeling he has - with romantic impetus and great culture - achieved the utmost maturity. " (Tel Aviv, "Nascha Strana")
- Valery Sigalevitch: Authentic
"The Russian pianist Valéry Sigalevitch is having a concert career, aged forty-three, out from the media chanels.This former pupil of Nikita Magaloff who studied before at the Moscow Conservatory and living since then in Paris, has all the qualities of the great masters . We could see his artistry at his recital at the Salle Cortot,last March 7.Breathtaking of commitment, he sculpted the sounds and searched for perfect polyphony in the 24 Chopin preludes.He played the Four Ballades as a poetical and imaginative storyteller.An artist to discover that Germany appreciates for more than ten years ..."( France, "Le Monde de la Musique", Michel Le Naour)
Currently, Sigalevitch is recording the complete works for solo piano by Robert Schumann (14 CDs) to be published in 2011.