Yevgeny Alexandrovich Korolev

This article is about the pianist Yevgeny Alexandrovich Korolev. For other people, see Yevgeny Korolev .

Evgeni Alexandrowitsch Koroljow ( Russian Евгений Александрович Королёв , English Evgeni Koroliov ; born October 1, 1949 in Moscow ) is a Russian pianist .

Life

Yevgeny Korolev received his first piano lessons at the Central Music School in Moscow from Anna Artobolewskaja . He was later taught by Heinrich Neuhaus and Marija Judina before continuing his studies with Lev Oborin and Lev Naumow at the State Conservatory "PI Tchaikovsky" in Moscow . He has won numerous prizes in international competitions. In 1978 he was appointed to the Hamburg University of Music and Theater and has been teaching there ever since. Today he lives in Hamburg with his wife Ljupka Chadschi-Georgijewa, with whom he has also played in the duo (“Duo Koroliov”) since his student days.

repertoire

Korolev is particularly connected to Bach's work - for example, when he was seventeen he played The Well-Tempered Clavier in Moscow. Korolev also drew attention to himself with cyclical performances of Bach's piano works. His Bach recordings were praised - György Ligeti, for example, particularly appreciated Korolev's recording of the art of the fugue and said:

"... but if I am to be allowed only one musical work on my desert island, then I should choose Koroliov's Bach, because forsaken, starving and dying of thirst, I would listen to it right up to my last breath."

"... but if I could only take one work with me to a lonely island, I would choose Korolev's Bach, because I would hear this recording, starving alone and dying of thirst, right up to my last breath."

In addition to the Viennese classics, his repertoire also includes works etc. a. from Franz Schubert , Frédéric Chopin , Claude Debussy to Olivier Messiaen and György Ligeti .

Web links

• Biography on musicontact.de