Alexander Satz
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Alexander Igorevich Satz ' onMouseout='HidePop("61900")' href="/topics/Moscow">Moscow
, 31 January 1941 – 18 January 2007 ) was a Russia
n pianist and educator.
Satz's musical career is quite unusual. He did not take up music in a professional way until the age of 14, when he started taking piano lessons with Leonid Brumberg (pupil and assistant of Heinrich Neuhaus
). After only one year of intensive practice, he was accepted at the Gnesin School of Music for highly gifted children.
In 1956 he enrolled at the Gnesin Academy of Music
in Moscow, where he graduated with distinction in 1963 and became professor of piano. It took him only eight years to become a full professor. He moved to Austria
in 1991, where he took up a professorial position at the University of Music and Dramatic Arts in Graz
. He was also a visiting professor at the Royal Academy of Music
in London
since 1999. He held master classes in many European countries as well as in Australia.
Satz performed in the former Soviet Union, Austria, Italy, France, England, Germany, the Netherlands and Taiwan. He played chamber music with well-known soloists such as Daniil Shafran
and Tatiana Grindenko, and took part in festivals such as the Gidon Kremer Festival in Lockenhaus, Austria and the Orlando Festival in the Netherlands. He also taught master classes in chamber music within the European Mozart Academy in Eastern Europe.
Famous pupils of Satz include Lilya Zilberstein
, Yevgeny Sudbin
and Boris Berezovsky
.
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, 31 January 1941 – 18 January 2007 ) was a Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n pianist and educator.
Satz's musical career is quite unusual. He did not take up music in a professional way until the age of 14, when he started taking piano lessons with Leonid Brumberg (pupil and assistant of Heinrich Neuhaus
Heinrich Neuhaus
Heinrich Gustavovich Neuhaus was a Soviet pianist and pedagogue of German extraction. He taught at the Moscow Conservatory from 1922 to 1964. He was made a People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1956...
). After only one year of intensive practice, he was accepted at the Gnesin School of Music for highly gifted children.
In 1956 he enrolled at the Gnesin Academy of Music
Gnessin State Musical College
The Gnessin State Musical College and Gnessin Russian Academy of Music is a prominent music school in Moscow, Russia...
in Moscow, where he graduated with distinction in 1963 and became professor of piano. It took him only eight years to become a full professor. He moved to Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
in 1991, where he took up a professorial position at the University of Music and Dramatic Arts in Graz
Graz
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. He was also a visiting professor at the Royal Academy of Music
Royal Academy of Music
The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...
in London
London
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since 1999. He held master classes in many European countries as well as in Australia.
Satz performed in the former Soviet Union, Austria, Italy, France, England, Germany, the Netherlands and Taiwan. He played chamber music with well-known soloists such as Daniil Shafran
Daniil Shafran
-Early years:Daniil Shafran was born in Petrograd in 1923. Even from before his birth he was surrounded by music. His mother and father were music students when he was born. His father, Boris Shafran, went on to be principal cellist of the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra and his mother, Frida...
and Tatiana Grindenko, and took part in festivals such as the Gidon Kremer Festival in Lockenhaus, Austria and the Orlando Festival in the Netherlands. He also taught master classes in chamber music within the European Mozart Academy in Eastern Europe.
Famous pupils of Satz include Lilya Zilberstein
Lilya Zilberstein
-Biography:Born in Moscow on April 19, 1965, and educated at the Gnessin State Musical College , she rose to prominence after winning the 1987 Concorso Busoni. This triumph opened up the Italian halls to her, and as soon as she graduated she embarked on a tour, debuting in the Maggio Musicale...
, Yevgeny Sudbin
Yevgeny Sudbin
Yevgeny Sudbin is a Russian concert pianist. He studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. After his family emigrated to Berlin when he was age 10, he won several German piano competitions, and studied at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin. He was a pupil of Christopher Elton at...
and Boris Berezovsky
Boris Berezovsky (pianist)
- Biography :Berezovsky studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Eliso Virsaladze and privately with Alexander Satz. Following his London début at the Wigmore Hall in 1988, The Times described him as "an artist of exceptional promise, a player of dazzling virtuosity and formidable power."In May 2005...
.