Valentina Igoshina
| Valentina Igoshina | |
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 Valentina Igoshina, 2009 |
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| Background information | |
| Born | November 4, 1978 |
| Origin | Russia |
| Genres | classical |
| Occupations | classical pianist |
| Instruments | piano |
| Labels | Warner Classics International |
| Website | www.valentina-igoshina.com |
Valentina Igoshina (b. November 4, 1978 Bryansk, Bryansk Oblast, Russia) is a Russian classical pianist.
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[edit] Biography
Valentina Igoshina began studying piano with her mother,[1] and first took lessons at home at the age of four. At the age of twelve she began attending the Moscow Central School of Music and became a student of Sergei Dorensky and Larissa Dedova at the Moscow Conservatory.[2]
Igoshina has also served as a teacher of piano at the Peter Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. Between recitals and concerts, she currently divides her time between Moscow and Paris.[3]
[edit] Professional accomplishments
In 1993, at age 14, she won first prize at the Artur Rubinstein Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz, Poland.[4] In 1997, at age 18, she won first prize and a special award at the famed Rachmaninov International Piano Competition in Moscow.[5]
Igoshina has also competed in four other worldwide piano competitions:
- Second place at the Atlanta International Piano Competition (2002), Georgia.[6]
- First place at the Concorso Pianistico Internazionale “Premio Guiliano Pecar” (2002), Italy.[5]
- Laureate at the "Queen Elisabeth Competition" in Brussels, (2003).[7]
- Second place at the Jose Iturbi International Piano Competition (2006), Spain.[8]
[edit] Festival and major orchestral appearances
Igoshina has been invited to play with many notable orchestras, among them being the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam with Markus Stenz conducting;[7] the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Aberdeen with Alexander Titov conducting;[7] on multiple occasions with the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, United Kingdom with Sir Mark Elder conducting;[7] the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in Australia with Markus Stenz conducting; the Orquestra Simfonica de Barcelona with Josep Caballé Domenech conducting; on multiple occasions with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Santiago in Chile, with Jan Latham-Koenig conducting; the London Philharmonic with Carl Davis conducting; the Macao Orchestra in Macao, China with Lu Jia conducting; the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra with Antoni Wit conducting; the Orquestra Sinfônica Municipal de São Paulo with Josè Maria Florêncio conducting; and on multiple occasions with the Real Filharmonia de Galicia, Antoni Ros-Marba conducting. She worked both in Russia and Italy with Alexander Vedernikov during his tenure at the Bolshoi Theatre. Igoshina has also appeared with orchestras in Kraków, Poland; Brandenburg, Germany; Gdansk, Poland; St. Louis, Missouri (Robert Hart Baker conducting); Saint-Etienne, France; Wuhan, China; Tokyo, Japan; Moscow, St Petersburg, and Bryansk in Russia; Sofia, Bulgaria; Budapest, Hungary; and many other venues.
She has also participated in numerous recitals and musical festivals; a few are listed as follows:
- Tonhalle Zurich.[7]
- La Società dei Concerti, Milan.[7]
- Ravello Festival, Italy.[7]
- Duszniki Zdroj Chopin Festival, Poland.[7]
- Belem Festival, Lisbon.[7]
- Radio France-Montpellier, France.
- La Roque-d'Anthéron Festival, (Multiple Occasions) Provence, France.[7]
- Harrod's International Piano Series, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London.[7]
- Styriarte Festival, Graz, Austria.[7]
- Povoa de Varzim Festival, Portugal.[7]
- Association "Musique au Pays de George Sand", (Multiple Occasions) Nohant-Vic, France.
- Nuits Musicales d'Uzes, Uzes, France.
- Ohrid Summer Festival, Macedonia
- Théâtre de l'Athénée Louis-Jouvet, Paris.
- Piano-en-Valois Festival, Angoulême, France.
- Cercle de l'Union interalliee, Paris
- Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris
- Piano aux Jacobins Festival International, Toulouse
- Polish Baltic Philharmonic Hall, Gdansk
- Mons, Belgium with Augustin Dumay
[edit] Recordings
Igoshina has made live recordings on BBC Radio 3, ABC Classic FM, BBC Scotland, as well as the sound tracks for Tony Palmer's movies The Harvest of Sorrow (in collaboration with Valery Gergiev, Sir John Gielgud and Mikhail Pletnev)[9] and The Strange Case of Delphina Potocka. She played one of the leading roles in the latter film.[10]
In 2006 Warner Classics International produced an album entitled Valentina Igoshina, wherein Igoshina played works by Modest Mussorgsky and Robert Schumann. Included on the album were Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition and Schumann's Carnaval.
In 2008 Igoshina recorded a definitive work of the waltzes of Frédéric Chopin. The album, entitled Chopin: Complete Waltzes was chosen by Classic FM Magazine as its November, 2008 "Disc of the Month". It was produced by Lontano Music and distributed by Warner Classics International[11]
In October, 2010 Valentina Igoshina recorded Dmitri Shostakovich's First and Second Piano Concertos with the Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss-am-Rhein (near Düsseldorf), and the work is distributed by Warner Classics International. Also in 2010, she appeared in another of Tony Palmer's productions, entitled Valentina Igoshina Plays Chopin.
Many of Igoshina's performances can be seen on YouTube, including Chopin's Fantaisie Impromptu and Liszt's Liebesträume.
[edit] References
- ^ "Piano 2003: Laureats". Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition. http://www.cypres-records.com/reine-elisabeth/en/laureats.html. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
- ^ "Valentina Igoshina biography". Valentina Igoshina, offiical website. 10 February 2008. http://valentina-igoshina.com/about/. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
- ^ Moscow P. I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory. "Academic Staff: Valentina Igoshina". http://www.mosconsv.ru/english/teachers/about.phtml?140. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
- ^ http://www.konkurs-rubinstein.bydgoszcz.eu/konkurs/laureaci_konkursu/
- ^ a b http://valigoshina.narod.ru/biogr.htm
- ^ Brown, Keely (May, 2002). "Barili's Legacy: Atlanta's International Piano Competition welcome, despite questionable outcome". Creative Loafing. Atlanta, Georgia. http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/barili_s_legacy/Content?oid=8865. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Artist biography: Valentina Igoshina". Warner Classics. 2008. http://www.warnerclassicsandjazz.com/artistbiography.php?artist=8017. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
- ^ http://www.warnerclassicsandjazz.com/artistbiography.php?artist=8017
- ^ "Scandinavian melodies" (in Polish). Polish Gazeta. 19 February 2004. http://lodz.gazeta.pl/lodz/1,35135,1922294.html. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
- ^ "Women Pianists on Video". Women at the Piano. April 29, 2003. http://www.pianowomen.com/video.html. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
- ^ Anderson, Robert (10 September 2008). "Record Box. A Lovely Recital. Valentina Igoshina Plays Chopin". Music and Vision Magazine. Cairo, Egypt. http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/2008/09/chopin.htm. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
[edit] External links
- Valentina-igoshina.com, Valentina Igoshina's official website.
