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August
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Alexander Ghindin~ Piano
The Greater Stowe Community is privileged
to be given the opportunity to hear Russian pianist Alexander Ghindin,
the first prize winner of the 2007 Cleveland International Piano Competition.
From the opening rounds the 30-year-old Ghindin was the clear favorite,
as Donald Rosenberg stated in his coverage for The Plain Dealer, "A
full week before he won the Competition…Russia's Alexander Ghindin
leapt to the front of the piano pack." He clinched his victory
with a performance of Rachmaninoff No. 3 with the Cleveland Orchestra
with Jahja Ling.
Mr. Ghindin’s winnings include the $50,000 Mixon First Prize,
a compact disc recording on the Naxos label, a series of engagements
under the auspices of the Competition, two years of management service,
and a New York recital debut—December 3, 2007 in Zankel Hall at
Carnegie Hall.
About Alexander Ghindin:
Mr. Ghindin graduated from Moscow State P.I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory
after completing master class studies with Professor M.S. Voskrensky
in 2001. By the age of 13 he had already won the Moscow Young Pianists’
Competition, and at 14 became youngest ever winner at the 10th International
Tchaikovsky Competition in 1994, later gaining Second Prize at Brussels
International Reine Elisabeth Competition in 1999.
He subsequently joined the Moscow State Philharmonic as soloist in 1999,
and has performed in his native Russia, as well as in Europe and Japan.
The numerous ensembles and orchestras he has played with include the
London and Munich Philharmonic Orchestras, Orchester der Stadt Freiburg,
New Japan Philharmonic, the Philharmonie de Liège, Flemish Radio,
the Swedish Royal Festival Orchestra, Orchestre National de Belgique,
Rotterdam Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre
National de Montpellier, Philharmonie de Luxembourgh, Israel Chamber
Orchestra, the ’Moscow Virtuosi’, the St. Petersburg "Camerata",
Russian National Orchestra etc. The recitals provided the opportunity
to work with a wide range of conductors, including Vladimir Fedosseyev,
Saulus Sandeczkis, Vasily Sinaysky, Yuri Simonov, Dimitry Kitaenko,
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Vladimir Spivakov, Vladimir Verbitsky, Paavo Järvi,
Alan Gilbert, Leonard Slatkin, Artur Fagen, Tomasso Placidi and Thomas
Zanderling.
Alexander Ghindin has played many distinguished venues, such as London’s
Barbican, Avery Fisher Hall in New York, Kennedy Center in Washington,
Sumida Triphony Hall in Tokyo, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Salle Gaveau,
Théatre des Champs Elysees, and Théatre du Chatelet in
Paris, Gasteig in Munich, Rudolfium in Prague, Riksallen in Stockholm,
the Teatro Olympico in Rome, the Tel Aviv Opera, the Philharmonic Halls
in Warsaw and St. Petersburg, the Moscow Conservatoire, and many others.
In the field of chamber music, Alexander Ghindin has collaborated with
Vladimir Spivakov and Nikolay Petrov for many recordings and concerts.
Mr. Ghindin has recorded 15 CDs, including a recording of Rachmaninoff’s
Piano Concertos No. 1 and 4 in their original versions with the Helsinki
Philharmonic Orchestra led by Vladimir Ashkenazy (2001, on Ondine).
He has also appeared on TV and Radio in Russia, Germany, Belgium, Japan,
France, Luxembourg, Poland and elsewhere.
Highlights of the 2005-2006 season include the Berlin Symphony Orchestra
at the Konzerthaus performing Rachmaninoff No. 4 with Eliahu Inbal,
the Tokyo Suntory Hall with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony performing
Chopin No. 1 With James de Priest, and the Brussels Palais-des-Beaux
performing Rachmaninoff No. 3 with the Orchestre National de Belgique
with Jean-Claude Casadesus.
PROGRAM
Six moment musicaux, Op. 16
Rachmaninoff
~~~~Andantino in B flat minor
~~~~Allegretto in E flat minor
~~~~Andante cantabile in B minor
~~~~Presto in E minor
~~~~Adagio sostenuto in D flat major
~~~~Maestoso in C major
“Zhavoronok” (“The
Lark”) Glinka-Balakirev
“Venezia e Napoli ” from The Years of Pilgrimage
Liszt
~~~~Gondoliera
~~~~Canzone
~~~~Tarantella
-INTERMISSION-
Six Song Transcriptions Schubert-Liszt
~~~~“Der Muller Und Der Bach”
~~~~“Barcarolla”
~~~~“Der Doppelganger”
~~~~“Litanei”
~~~~“Aufenthalt”
~~~~“Erlkonig”
Widmung Schumann-Liszt
La Campanella Paganini-Liszt-Busoni
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About the Cleveland International Piano Competition:
The Cleveland International Piano Competition is held over a 2-week
period each odd-numbered year and attracts a field of more than 200
applicants from around the world. The impeccable reputation of the Competition
places Cleveland in the top echelon of music competitions worldwide.
In 2003, the Cleveland Competition was awarded five stars – the
highest number possible – in Piano Competitions Worldwide by Gustav
Alink, an internationally-recognized expert on music competitions. Of
420 piano competitions reviewed, only 31 received the prestigious five-star
rating.
Since 2003 the Competition’s four finalists have performed their
concerto rounds with the Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Hall. It is
the only piano competition in the world that has an orchestra of this
world-class stature for its final rounds. The consequence has been far-reaching
in the international music community, for potential candidates, and
for the fortunate audiences in Cleveland.
"The participation of the Cleveland Orchestra puts the Cleveland
competition galaxies away from the rest of the world’s 600 or
so piano competitions."
The Plain Dealer
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