Bach JS - Piano Concertos - Nikolayeva, Dedova, Volchok

 

Release Date: Label: Melodiya Number of discs: 1 Composer: JS Bach  Performer: Nikolayeva, Dedova, Volchok cd info/ buy

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The esteemed Russian pianist, pedagogue, and composer, Tatiana Nikolayeva, began playing the piano at the age of three. She began her formal piano training with Alexander Goldenweiser at Moscow's Central Music School, continuing as his pupil at the Moscow Conservatory, graduating in 1947. She also studied composition there with Evgeny Golubev, graduating in 1950. She retained her close connection with the Moscow Conservatoire all her life. Indeed, her name was inscribed twice on the marble Roll of Honor. After a highly successful series of concerts in Russia, Tatiana Nikolayeva in 1950, won 1st prize at Leipzig's Bach festival for her performance of Bach's clavier works. Subsequently she toured in Eastern Europe. She only became widely known in the West late in life. She she found herself in demand internationally making several concert tours to Europe and America, and her name became familiar to many as one of the greatest forces behind the wealth of piano talent to come from the former Soviet Union during the 20th century. In 1986 she gave several highly acclaimed recitals in London. Tatiana Nikolayeva was a remarkably gifted virtuoso. She built up a phenomenal volume of repertoire, ranging from Bach to Béla Bartók and beyond. Her interpretation of Bach on record won great critical acclaim. Whilst others used so-called 'original' instruments, Nikolayeva preferred to play Bach on a modern Steinway - always with great success. She made over 50 recordings during her career, notably keyboard works by Bach, including his Art of Fugue (BWV 1080) and Goldberg Variations (BWV 988 - 5 recordings!).

 

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