Nikolai Lwowitsch Lugansky

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Nikolai Lugansky (2012)

Nikolai Lwowitsch Luganski (also: Nikolai Lugansky , Russian: Николай Львович Луганский ; born April 26, 1972 in Moscow ) is a Russian pianist .

Life

He received his first music lessons at the age of five after his parents, a couple of Russian scientists, recognized his perfect pitch and musical talent. He studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Tatjana Kestner, Tatjana Nikolajewa and Sergei Dorensky. At the age of sixteen he won the silver medal at the 8th International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Leipzig and two years later he won the 2nd prize at the Rachmaninoff Competition in Moscow. His international career began in 1994 when he won the 10th International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.

He works with conductors such as Valery Gergijew , Neeme and Paavo Järvi , Michail Pletnjow , Kurt Masur , Marek Janowski , Gennadi Roschdestwenski , Juri Temirkanow , Sakari Oramo , Wladimir Jurowski , Emmanuel Krivine , Sir Charles Mackerras and Kent Nagano . He is a regular guest at the festivals in Verbier , La Roque-d'Anthéron , Gstaad and at the BBC Proms . His repertoire includes over 40 piano concertos from Bach to Shostakovich. He also performs as a chamber musician a. a. with Vadim Repin (violin), Alexander Kniazew (cello), Wadim Rudenko (piano) and Evgeni Petrow (clarinet).

He has been under contract with Warner Classics since his 1999 recording of Benjamin Britten's “Young Apollo”. In 2011 he switched to the French label Naïve, for which he recorded piano sonatas No. 1 and 2 by Rachmaninov on an award-winning CD. Luganski's CD recordings have also received numerous awards (see discography).

On June 12, 2019 he received the State Prize of the Russian Federation 2018 for literature and art from Vladimir Putin in the St. George Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace for his contribution to Russian music and world music. The State Prize is considered to be the highest state mark of recognition for the impact on the cultural and scientific development of the Russian Federation.

In addition to his concert activities, he teaches at the Moscow Conservatory as an assistant to Sergei Dorensky.

Discography (selection)

  • Rachmaninoff : Études-Tableaux (1994)
  • Chopin : Etudes (2000), Diapason d'or 2000
  • Rachmaninoff: Ten Preludes op.23, 6 Moments Musicaux (2001), Diapason d'Or 2001
  • Chopin: 24 Preludes (2002), Diapason d'Or 2002
  • DVD Brahms 6 piano pieces op.118 , Wagner Götterdämmerung , Rachmaninow 2 Preludes, Moment musical (2003), Diapason d'Or
  • Prokofiev : Sonatas No. 4 & 6, Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet (2004)
  • Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 1 & 3 (2004), with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under Sakari Oramo, Choc du Monde de la Musique, German Record Critics' Prize
  • Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 & 4 (2005), with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under Sakari Oramo, ECHO Klassik 2005 in the category Concert Recording of the Year / 19th Century
  • Beethoven Sonatas No. 7, 14, 22, 23 (2005)
  • Chopin & Rachmaninow Cello Sonatas (2006), together with the cellist Alexander Kniazew, ECHO Klassik 2007 in the category chamber music of the 19th century
  • Rachmaninov Piano Sonatas 1 & 2 , ECHO Klassik 2013 in the Soloist Recording of the Year category.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martin Cullingford: Nikolai Lugansky signs to Naïve. In: Gramophone. September 30, 2011, accessed February 11, 2019 .
  2. ↑ National Awards of the Russian Federation 2018 on June 12, 2019.
  3. ↑ echoklassik.de - Prize Winner 2013 ( Memento from August 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Lugansky, Nikolai Lwowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Луганский, Николай Львович (Russian); Lugansky, Nikolai
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian pianist
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow