Aleksandre Toradze
Aleksandre Toradze ( Georgian ალექსანდრე თორაძე , also: Alexander Toradze ; born May 30, 1952 in Tbilisi ) is a Georgian pianist .
Life
Aleksandre Toradse is a son of the composer Dawid Toradze (1922–1983) and the actress Liana Assatiani (* 1925). At the Moscow Conservatory he studied with Jakow Sak and Lev Naumow . After completing his studies in 1978, he became a professor there a short time later and also gave concerts regularly in the Soviet Union. During a tour of Spain in 1983, he decided to stay in the West and moved to the United States , where he successfully continued his career as a concert pianist.
In 1991 Toradze became Professor of Piano at Indiana University South Bend .
Toradze mainly plays romantic music , especially by Russian composers such as Rachmaninov , Prokofiev , Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky . He recorded for the Philips and EMI labels . His recording of Prokofiev's five piano concertos with Valery Gergiev and the Kirov Orchestra is remarkable .
Toradze has played with all the major US orchestras and is known to pray before performing.
Web links
- Literature by and about Aleksandre Toradze in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Sound carrier by Alexander Toradze in the catalog of the German National Library
- Aleksandre Toradse at Allmusic (English)
- Aleksandre Toradse at Discogs (English)
- Biography (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Alexander Toradze: Biography & History. In: Allmusic. Retrieved May 30, 2020 (English).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Toradze, Aleksandre |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Toradze, Alexander; თორაძე, ალექსანდრე (Georgian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Georgian pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tbilisi , Georgian SSR |