Konstantin Scherbakov
Konstantin Scherbakov ( Russian Константин Александрович Щербаков ; actually Konstantin Alexandrovich Scherbakov ; born June 11, 1963 in Barnaul , Siberia ) is a Russian pianist .
life and work
Scherbakov studied shortly after his debut with orchestra at the age of 11 with Lev Naumov at the Moscow Conservatory , later he became his assistant. In 1983 he won the first Rachmaninov competition in Moscow and in 1991 he was a prizewinner of the Concours Géza Anda in Zurich ; He gained international fame as early as 1990 when he performed the entire solo piano work of Sergei Rachmaninoff at the Chamber Music Festival in Asolo , with an impressed Svyatoslav Richter in the audience.
Since then, Scherbakov has given concerts worldwide and recorded over 40 CDs, most of them for Marco Polo / Naxos . His repertoire is broad (50 piano concertos and 50 solo evenings!), But mainly focuses on virtuoso and the most difficult works, such as Johann Strauss ' Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka arranged by György Cziffra . In addition to all Beethoven - Symphonies in the transcriptions by Franz Liszt especially rare, there are played late Romantic composers, such as the complete works for piano and orchestra by Ottorino Respighi and Nikolai Medtner . Scherbakov has been playing Leopold Godowsky's entire solo piano works since 1996 , up to now 14 of the 15 planned CDs have been released. On the 130th birthday of Rachmaninoff in 2003, Scherbakov again played his entire solo piano work in a series of piano recitals.
Since 1998 Scherbakov, who has lived in Switzerland since 1992, has also been professor of piano at the Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK in Winterthur . He is also a member of the jury for the Busoni competition . In October 2010, his student Julianna Avdejewa won the 16th International Chopin Competition in Warsaw. In 2019 his recording of the 12 Études d'exécution transcendante by Liszt and Sergei Lyapunow was released on the Steinway & Sons label .
Web links
- Biography at the Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK, with photo
- Biography with the label Naxos , with almost complete discography
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scherbakov, Konstantin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Shcherbakov, Konstantin Alexandrovich (real name); Щербаков, Константин Александрович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Barnaul , Siberia |