Anna Gourari
Anna Semjonovna Gourari ( Russian Анна Семёновна Гурарий ; born October 3, 1972 in Kazan , Tatarstan , Soviet Union ) is a concert pianist .
Life
Anna Gourari, daughter of Ludmila and Simon Gourari , received her first piano lessons at the age of five. In 1979 she gave her first public concert and attended a special music school in Kazan before she went to master classes in Moscow a. a. at Wera Gornostajewa in 1990 began studying at the Musikhochschule in Munich, u. a. with Ludwig Hoffmann and Gitti Pirner .
Anna Gourari won important piano competitions, including the Kabalewski Competition in Russia in 1986 and the Göttingen International Chopin Competition in 1990. Winning the 1st prize at the Clara Schumann Competition in Düsseldorf in 1994 marked her international breakthrough, which was followed by numerous appearances and recordings.
She played one of the leading roles in Werner Herzog's film Invincible . Moderation of six TV reports on art and culture in Moscow for Deutsche Welle. TV appearances and concert recordings.
So far more than 13 albums have been released. a. at ECM, Decca, Koch Classics. Most recently the ECM album Visions fugitives.
Lecturer in various master classes, a. a. in Germany, Italy, Austria, Japan.
Anna Gourari lives with her family in Munich.
Awards
- 1990 admission to the German National Academic Foundation
- 2000 ECHO Klassik for Prelude Op. 9 (A. Scrjabin) as young artist of the year
- 2001 ECHO Klassik for Panathenaic Movement Op. 74 (R. Strauss) as instrumentalist of the year
- Diapason d'Or for "The Last Piano Pieces" by Johannes Brahms (opp. 116-119)
Discography
- Anna Gourari and Jörg Widmann ( Hindemith , Schumann , Brahms etc.) with Jörg Widmann (clarinet) - Tonicale 1994
- Chopin (Piano Sonata No. 3, Mazurken) - Koch Classics 1998
- Preludes ( Scrjabin ) - Koch Classics 1999
- Richard Strauss (piano concertos for the left hand) with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra , Karl Anton Rickenbacher - Koch Classics 2000
- Chopin (Vier Scherzi, Fantasie, Polonaise etc.) - Koch Classics 2001
- Beethoven (Piano Concerto No. 3, Sonata No. 8, C minor, "Pathétique", 32 Variations) with Staatskapelle Dresden , Sir Colin Davis - Koch Classics 2001 (cover image with film scene)
- Nocturnes: Works by Field , Chopin, Heitor Villa-Lobos , Barber , Tansman , Ottorino Respighi , Skrjabin etc. - Decca 2003
- Désir (Scrjabin, Gubaidulina ) - Decca 2005
- The Late Piano Pieces Op.116-119 ( Johannes Brahms ) - Edel Classics 2009
- The Mazurka Diary (Frédéric Chopin) - Edel Classics 2010
- "Canto Oscuro" Bach / Busoni, Gubaidulina, Hindemith - ECM New Series 2012
- "Visions Fugitives" ( Prokofjew , Medtner , Chopin: Sonata No. 3 in B minor) - ECM New Series 2014
- Samplers
- Chopin Competition Prize Winners Concert - 1990
- Live recordings from the Clara Schumann Competition - 1994
- Best of Classic - Sony 2000
- Best of Classic - Sony 2001
- Invincible: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack with Max Raabe and Martin Tillman BMG Ariola 2002
- Sunday Night Classics - 2003
- Piano 2003-2003
Film / television
- In 2001 she played one of the leading roles in Werner Herzog's film Invincible .
- 2007 Shooting / moderation of six TV programs about art and culture in Moscow for Deutsche Welle.
Web links
- Recordings by Anna Gourari in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website (English)
- Biography and discography at "KlassikAkzente" (publications audible as RealAudio )
- Wolfram Goertz : Young serious and poetic , in: Die Zeit , November 23, 2000
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography at www.klassikakzente.de
- ↑ Interview in BR-Alpha on September 17th, 2012
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from December 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Echo Klassik web archive
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gourari, Anna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Гурари, Анна (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Russian concert pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd October 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kazan , Tatarstan , Soviet Union |