Pavel Grigoryevich Yegorov

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Pavel Grigoryevich Yegorov, 2017

Pawel Grigorjewitsch Jegorow , (English: Pavel Grigorievich Egorov, Russian Павел Григорьевич Его́ров ; born January 8, 1948 in Leningrad ; † August 15, 2017 in Saint Petersburg ) was a Russian pianist, music teacher and music researcher.

life and work

Jegorow studied at the Moscow State P. I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory with Tatjana Nikolaeva and Vera Gornostaeva . He graduated as a pianist from this institute in 1975. Since 1976 he lived and worked in Leningrad. He combined his teaching with his international concert activities. Since 1980, after completing further studies, he worked at the St. Petersburg Conservatory as a professor of piano. His students included Andrei Nikolsky , Sergei Pashkevich , Olga Radvilovich , Inga Dzekzer , Dmitry Efimov , Alexander Selitser and Elena Lebedeva . In recent years, Yegorov has been heavily involved in the special music school Lyceum of the St. Petersburg Conservatory.

Pawel Jegorow won the Robert Schumann Competition in Zwickau in 1974 - even before completing his studies at the Moscow Conservatory . At the same time he made his debuts in the concert halls of the Moscow and Saint Petersburg Conservatoires. Jegorow gave over 3000 concerts in almost all European countries, as well as in Canada, China and Japan. He led master classes in South Korea, Taiwan, Italy, Holland and Sweden. Jegorow has made more than 40 solo, chamber music and symphonic sound recordings for labels such as Meldoia , Sony , HWA EUM and Intermusica . Jegorow worked as a reviewer in international piano competitions. In Saint Petersburg, Jegorow was the organizer and leader of international “Schumann Evenings” and “Brahms Days”, both of which were organized by the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Society.

Egorov also worked as a music researcher and academic writer. He was the editor of the 7-volume, first complete, Russian edition of the Schumann Works (Leningrad 1986). He was also the first to publish a Russian edition of the Well-Tempered Clavier by Johann Sebastian Bach (Saint Petersburg 2001) as well as all Beethoven piano sonatas (Saint Petersburg 2003). He was a member of the International Schumann Society in Düsseldorf and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Society. In 1989 Pawel Jegorow received the Robert Schumann Prize from the city of Zwickau . In 2003 he received the Order for Cultural Merit of the Polish State. In 2007 he was appointed to the Russian Academy of Sciences in the Education and Scientific Development Branch. In August 2017, Pavel Yegorov died of cancer.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bechstein.com: Pawel Jegorow. Retrieved May 20, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Egorov, Pavel Grigoryevich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Egorov, Pavel Grigorievich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian pianist, music teacher and music researcher
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Leningrad (today: Saint Petersburg)
DATE OF DEATH 15th August 2017
Place of death St. Petersburg