Alexei Borisovich Lyubimov

Alexei Borisovich Lyubimov, 1984

Alexei Borissowitsch Lyubimow ( Russian Алексей Борисович Любимов ; born September 16, 1944 in Moscow ) is a Russian pianist , interpreter , harpsichord and piano teacher.

Life

Alexei Lyubimow began studying piano in 1963 at the conservatory in his hometown Moscow, in the class of Heinrich Neuhaus . He later taught at the conservatory himself.

Three years earlier, Lyubimov had won an all-Russian piano competition as well as prizes at international competitions in Rio de Janeiro and Montreal . Lyubimov became known in 1968 when he premiered works by John Cage and Terry Riley in Moscow . In doing so, he also drew the attention of the ideological leadership of the Soviet state, and efforts were made to slow down the pianist's career. It was not until 1987 that the virtuoso was able to go on international concert tours again. From 1968 to 1975 Alexei Lyubimow interpreted world premieres by Russian composers such as Alfred Schnittke , Sofia Gubaidulina and Walentyn Sylwestrow , but also included Arnold Schönberg , Anton von Webern , Pierre Boulez , Karlheinz Stockhausen and György Ligeti in his repertoire. In 1988 he founded the Moscow avant-garde festival "Alternativa" under the sign of glasnost .

In addition to his commitment to modernism, Lyubimow also occupied himself with the interpretation of ancient music on original instruments from the mid-1970s. In 1976 he founded the Moscow Baroque Quartet and, together with Tatjana Gryndenko, the Moscow Chamber Academy. For Erato he recorded Mozart's collected piano sonatas on a fortepiano from the composer's time. These recordings established him as a Mozart expert.

In 1992 Alexei Lyubimow appeared as a soloist and in chamber ensembles with Andreas Staier , Heinrich Schiff and Natalja Gutman . Alexei Lyubimow teaches in a master class at the Mozarteum in Salzburg .

Web links

• Literature by and about Alexei Borissowitsch Lyubimow in the catalog of the German National Library