Denis Matsuev
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Denis Leonidovich Matsuev (Дени́с Леони́дович Мацу́ев; born June 11, 1975) is a Russian pianist
, one of the most popular classical music performers of his generation, the winner of the International Tchaikovsky Competition
in 1998 in Moscow , laureate of esteemed Shostakovich Prize in Music and State Prize of Russian Federation in Literature and Arts. Today the name of Denis Matsuev is known to the whole world. The man, whose career started so dramatically and in such a young age, is now associated with one of the best world pianists, who managed to mix in his performances the grandest of Russian traditions and innovatory creative conceptions, high quality of concert programmes and moving rendering.
, Russian Federation, in a family of musicians; thus, the boy was surrounded by music from the very childhood. His mother was a piano teacher, and his father was a well-known pianist, composer and administrator of the drama theatre in Irkutsk Oblast, and his two absolutely amazing grandmothers would frequently play duets on the piano filling the house with music and love.
Once when Matsuev was 3 years old, having heard a melody on television Denis went to the piano and reproduced the melody precisely with one finger. His father was his first music teacher. By the age of 15, Matsuev studied in a music school in Irkutsk. He also loved to play hockey and football as a child, and he broke his arm twice, which had no effect on his further playing.
with his parents to continue his education there. In Moscow
he studied at the Central Musical School under the Conservatory
. In 1991 he happened to become a laureate of the International Charity Foundation
"New Names" programme and played on tour in more than 40 countries.
In 1993 he took part for the first time in an international piano competition in South Africa
where he was awarded the first prize. In the same year he entered the Moscow Conservatory
as a student of Professor Nasedkin
and later Professor Dorensky
. In 1995 he became a soloist
with the Moscow State Philharmonic
.
in 1998 at an age of 23 was the turning point in his career. At the present moment Mr. Matsuev has given a great number of recitals at the most significant and well-known concert halls throughout the world.
, Orchestre National de France
, Chicago Symphony, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
, London Symphony
and Philharmonic
, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
, Bavarian Radio Symphony, Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala
, National Symphony
, Pittsburgh Symphony, WDR Symphony Cologne, BBC Symphony, Philharmonia orchestra
of London, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
, Orchestre de Paris
, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
, Budapest Festival Orchestra
, Rotterdam Philharmonic, the European Chamber Orchestra
and Helsinki Philharmoni
are among them. Apart from that, Mr.Matsuev is connected by long-lasting close collaboration with the legendary Russian orchestras such as the Russian National Orchestra
, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic and the Mariinsky Orchestra
.
Forthcoming seasons announce appearing with the London Symphony Orchestra
, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
with James Conlon
, Verbier Festival Orchestra
and Zurich Opera House Orchestra
with Valery Gergiev
, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
and Antonio Pappano
, Philharmonia of London
and Leif Segerstam
, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and Krzysztof Urbanski
, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra with Paavo Jarvi
, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
and Yuri Temirkanov
, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
with Manfred Honeck
, Rotterdam Philharmonic, WDR Symphony
and Oslo Philharmonic with Jukka-Pekka Saraste
, NHK Symphony and Philadelphia Symphony
with Gianandrea Noseda
, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and James Gaffigan.
such as Evgeny Svetlanov
, Vladimir Spivakov
, Valery Gergiev
, Claudio Abbado
, Zubin Mehta
, Mariss Jansons
, Yuri Temirkanov
, Kurt Masur
, Paavo Järvi
, Leonard Slatkin
, Myung-Whun Chung
, Antonio Pappano
, Semyon Bychkov, Ivan
and Adam Fisher
, Gianandrea Noseda
, Jukka-Pekka Saraste
, James Conlon
, Vladimir Fedoseyev
, Tugan Sokhiev
, Mikhail Pletnev
and others.
in GB, Ravinia Festival and Hollywood Bowl
in the USA, Schleswig-Holstein
, Rheingau
, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
in Germany, Chopin Festival in Poland, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
and Mito Festival in Italy, Les Choregies d’Orange
and Festival de la Rogue d’Antheron in France, Verbier
and Montreux Festivals
in Switzerland, Enescu Festival
in Romania, Budapest Spring Festival in Hungary, Athens and Epidaurus Festival
in Greece and Stars of the White Nights Festival
in Russia.
In October 2008 Alexander Rachmaninoff, the grandson of the well-known composer, personally invited Denis Matsuev to take the post of Artistic Director of the Sergei Rachmaninoff
Foundation which obliges him to perform in a series of gala concerts at some of the most outstanding concert halls throughout Europe and the USA.
Besides, he frequently gives recitals at such prestigious concert halls as Carnegie Hall
in North America, Eglise de Verbier in frames of Verbier Festival
, Martin Theatre of Chicago in frames of Ravinia Festival, Concertgebouw
in Amsterdam, Theatre des Champs Elysees in Paris, Finnish National Opera House
, Hercules Hall in Munich and lots of others.
Mr. Matsuev is Artistic Director of Annecy Festival Estival & Academies in Annecy
, France and other international events held in many different cities like Moscow
, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg
, Tel Aviv
, Kaliningrad
, Paris
and New York City
. He is also the organizer of three important International Festivals, two of which are held in Russia. They are "Stars on Baikal", his musical gift to his homeland and Baikal
, and the other one is Crescendo Festival in Russia, which was first held in Moscow
in 2005 and then in Saint Petersburg in 2006.
These outstanding festivals present a new generation of gifted soloists from around the world performing with the best Russian orchestras. The “Crescendo” festival has had great resonance in Russia and abroad. Apart from that, Mr. Matsuev is the president of the charitable Russian foundation “New Names” that supports children music education in regions of Russia.
.
Foundation, Mr. Matsuev performs and records unknown pieces of Rachmaninoff on the composer's own piano at the Rachmaninoff house “Villa Senar
” in Lucerne
. This unique programme has been accepted delightedly by the audience and now it enjoys success throughout the whole world. In December 2007, Sony BMG (RCA Red Seal Records
) released a disc named “Unknown Rachmaninoff” featuring Denis Matsuev, which has received very positive comments of the audience praising his technical skills and creativity.
The recital at Carnegie Hall
in November 2007 was released in 2008 as an album entitled “Denis Matsuev – Concert at Carnegie Hall”. And so he won critical acclaim in The New York Times
, who wrote: “His poetic instincts held fast in tender moments, with trills as thrillingly precise as one might ever hope to hear.”
In December 2009, the new Mariinsky Label
released Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 3, which was performed by Denis Matsuev together with Valery Gergiev
and the Mariinsky Orchestra
in the Mariinsky Concert Hall
in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Yamaha Artist
The term Yamaha Artist refers to musical instrumentalists who choose, officially, to play any of a large group of Yamaha musical instruments....
, one of the most popular classical music performers of his generation, the winner of the International Tchaikovsky Competition
International Tchaikovsky Competition
The International Tchaikovsky Competition is a classical music competition held every four years in Moscow, Russia for pianists, violinists, and cellists between 16 and 30 years of age, and singers between 19 and 32 years of age...
in 1998 in Moscow , laureate of esteemed Shostakovich Prize in Music and State Prize of Russian Federation in Literature and Arts. Today the name of Denis Matsuev is known to the whole world. The man, whose career started so dramatically and in such a young age, is now associated with one of the best world pianists, who managed to mix in his performances the grandest of Russian traditions and innovatory creative conceptions, high quality of concert programmes and moving rendering.
Childhood in Irkutsk
Matsuev was born in IrkutskIrkutsk
Irkutsk is a city and the administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, one of the largest cities in Siberia. Population: .-History:In 1652, Ivan Pokhabov built a zimovye near the site of Irkutsk for gold trading and for the collection of fur taxes from the Buryats. In 1661, Yakov Pokhabov...
, Russian Federation, in a family of musicians; thus, the boy was surrounded by music from the very childhood. His mother was a piano teacher, and his father was a well-known pianist, composer and administrator of the drama theatre in Irkutsk Oblast, and his two absolutely amazing grandmothers would frequently play duets on the piano filling the house with music and love.
Once when Matsuev was 3 years old, having heard a melody on television Denis went to the piano and reproduced the melody precisely with one finger. His father was his first music teacher. By the age of 15, Matsuev studied in a music school in Irkutsk. He also loved to play hockey and football as a child, and he broke his arm twice, which had no effect on his further playing.
Years in Moscow
In 1990 Matsuev moved to MoscowMoscow
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...
with his parents to continue his education there. In Moscow
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...
he studied at the Central Musical School under the Conservatory
Moscow Conservatory
The Moscow Conservatory is a higher musical education institution in Moscow, and the second oldest conservatory in Russia after St. Petersburg Conservatory. Along with the St...
. In 1991 he happened to become a laureate of the International Charity Foundation
Foundation (charity)
A foundation is a legal categorization of nonprofit organizations that will typically either donate funds and support to other organizations, or provide the source of funding for its own charitable purposes....
"New Names" programme and played on tour in more than 40 countries.
In 1993 he took part for the first time in an international piano competition in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
where he was awarded the first prize. In the same year he entered the Moscow Conservatory
Moscow Conservatory
The Moscow Conservatory is a higher musical education institution in Moscow, and the second oldest conservatory in Russia after St. Petersburg Conservatory. Along with the St...
as a student of Professor Nasedkin
Aleksey Nasedkin
Aleksey Nasedkin is a Russian pianist and composer.A recipient of the People's Artist of the Russian Federation title, Nasedkin is the president of Russia's Schubert Society. He's a member of the Composers' Union of the USSR/RF and a professor at Moscow's Conservatory, where he has taught since...
and later Professor Dorensky
Sergei Dorensky
Sergei Dorensky is a Russian pianist.He was trained under Grigory Ginsburg at the Moscow Conservatory. Dorensky was awarded a Gold Medal at the 5th World Festival of Youth and Students and the 1957 Rio de Janeiro Competition's 2nd Prize, which allowed him to perform through Western Europe and...
. In 1995 he became a soloist
Solo (music)
In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...
with the Moscow State Philharmonic
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra is an orchestra based in Moscow, Russia. It was founded in 1951 by Samuil Samosud, as the Moscow Youth Orchestra for young and inexperienced musicians, acquiring its current name in 1953...
.
Into the world arena
Winning the International Tchaikovsky CompetitionInternational Tchaikovsky Competition
The International Tchaikovsky Competition is a classical music competition held every four years in Moscow, Russia for pianists, violinists, and cellists between 16 and 30 years of age, and singers between 19 and 32 years of age...
in 1998 at an age of 23 was the turning point in his career. At the present moment Mr. Matsuev has given a great number of recitals at the most significant and well-known concert halls throughout the world.
Collaborating with orchestras
The majority of the world's best known orchestras find it a great luck to cooperate with Denis Matsuev. Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, The New -York PhilharmonicNew York Philharmonic
The New York Philharmonic is a symphony orchestra based in New York City in the United States. It is one of the American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five"...
, Orchestre National de France
Orchestre National de France
The Orchestre national de France is a symphony orchestra run by Radio France. It has also been known as the Orchestre national de la Radiodiffusion française and Orchestre national de l'Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française .Since 1944, the orchestra has been based in the Théâtre...
, Chicago Symphony, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
The Berlin Philharmonic, German: , formerly Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester , is an orchestra based in Berlin, Germany. In 2006, a group of ten European media outlets voted the Berlin Philharmonic number three on a list of "top ten European Orchestras", after the Vienna Philharmonic and the...
, London Symphony
London Symphony Orchestra
The London Symphony Orchestra is a major orchestra of the United Kingdom, as well as one of the best-known orchestras in the world. Since 1982, the LSO has been based in London's Barbican Centre.-History:...
and Philharmonic
London Philharmonic Orchestra
The London Philharmonic Orchestra , based in London, is one of the major orchestras of the United Kingdom, and is based in the Royal Festival Hall. In addition, the LPO is the main resident orchestra of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera...
, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra is one of the the oldest symphony orchestras in the world...
, Bavarian Radio Symphony, Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala
La Scala
La Scala , is a world renowned opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as the New Royal-Ducal Theatre at La Scala...
, National Symphony
National Symphony Orchestra
The National Symphony Orchestra , founded in 1931, is an American symphony orchestra that performs at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.-History:...
, Pittsburgh Symphony, WDR Symphony Cologne, BBC Symphony, Philharmonia orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra
The Philharmonia Orchestra is one of the leading orchestras in Great Britain, based in London. Since 1995, it has been based in the Royal Festival Hall. In Britain it is also the resident orchestra at De Montfort Hall, Leicester and the Corn Exchange, Bedford, as well as The Anvil, Basingstoke...
of London, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino is an annual opera festival which was founded in April 1933 by conductor Vittorio Gui with the aim of presenting contemporary and forgotten operas in visually dramatic productions. It was the first music festival in Italy. The first opera presented was Verdi's early...
, Orchestre de Paris
Orchestre de Paris
The Orchestre de Paris is a French orchestra based in Paris. The orchestra performs most of its concerts at the Salle Pleyel.-History:In 1967, following the dissolution of the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, conductor Charles Munch was called on by the Minister of Culture,...
, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France is a French radio orchestra providing music for Radio France. It specializes in contemporary music and was founded in 1937.- Names of the orchestra :*Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France...
, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse
The Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse is a French orchestra based in Toulouse. It acts as both a symphony orchestra whose main residence is Toulouse's Halle aux Grains, and the permanent orchestra of the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse....
, Budapest Festival Orchestra
Budapest Festival Orchestra
The Budapest Festival Orchestra was formed in 1983 by Iván Fischer and Zoltán Kocsis, with musicians "drawn from the cream of Hungary's younger players", as The Times put it...
, Rotterdam Philharmonic, the European Chamber Orchestra
Central European Chamber Orchestra
The Central European Chamber Orchestra is a Vienna-based Chamber Orchestra founded in 2005. It came into being due to the enthusiasm and adventurous spirit of students...
and Helsinki Philharmoni
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra is an orchestra based in Helsinki, Finland...
are among them. Apart from that, Mr.Matsuev is connected by long-lasting close collaboration with the legendary Russian orchestras such as the Russian National Orchestra
Russian National Orchestra
The Russian National Orchestra premiered in Moscow in 1990.It was the first Russian orchestra to perform at the Apostolic Palace, Vatican and in Israel....
, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic and the Mariinsky Orchestra
Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
The Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra or the Kirov Orchestra is located in the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. The orchestra was founded in 1783 during the reign of Peter the Great, it was known before the revolution as the Russian Imperial Opera Orchestra...
.
Forthcoming seasons announce appearing with the London Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
The London Symphony Orchestra is a major orchestra of the United Kingdom, as well as one of the best-known orchestras in the world. Since 1982, the LSO has been based in London's Barbican Centre.-History:...
, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Chicago, Illinois. It is one of the five American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five". Founded in 1891, the Symphony makes its home at Orchestra Hall in Chicago and plays a summer season at the Ravinia Festival...
with James Conlon
James Conlon
James Conlon is an American conductor and the current Music Director of the Los Angeles Opera.-Early years:Conlon grew up in a family of five children on Cherry Street in Douglaston, Queens, New York. His mother, Angeline L. Conlon, was a freelance writer. His father was an assistant to the New...
, Verbier Festival Orchestra
Verbier Festival
The Verbier Festival is an international music festival that takes place annually for two weeks in late July and early August in the mountain resort of Verbier, Switzerland.Founded by Swedish expatriate Martin T...
and Zurich Opera House Orchestra
Zurich Opera
Oper Zürich is an opera company based in Zurich, Switzerland. The company gives performances in the Opernhaus Zürich which has been the company’s home for fifty years.-History:...
with Valery Gergiev
Valery Gergiev
Valery Abisalovich Gergiev is a Russian conductor and opera company director. He is general director and artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, and artistic director of the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg.- Early life :Gergiev,...
, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
The Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia is one of the oldest musical institutions in the world, based in Italy.It is based at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, and was founded by the papal bull, Ratione congruit, issued by Sixtus V in 1585, which invoked two saints prominent in Western...
and Antonio Pappano
Antonio Pappano
Antonio Pappano is a British conductor and pianist of Italian parentage.Pappano's family relocated to England from Castelfranco in Miscano near Benevento, Italy in 1958 and at the time of his birth his parents worked in the restaurant business, but Pasquale Pappano, his father, was by vocation a...
, Philharmonia of London
Philharmonia Orchestra
The Philharmonia Orchestra is one of the leading orchestras in Great Britain, based in London. Since 1995, it has been based in the Royal Festival Hall. In Britain it is also the resident orchestra at De Montfort Hall, Leicester and the Corn Exchange, Bedford, as well as The Anvil, Basingstoke...
and Leif Segerstam
Leif Segerstam
Leif Segerstam is a Finnish conductor and composer.He studied violin, piano and conducting at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and conducting at the Juilliard School in New York with Jean Morel....
, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and Krzysztof Urbanski
Krzysztof Urbanski
Krzysztof Urbanski - born in Pabianice, Poland in 1982.Chief Conductor: Trondheim SymfoniorkesterMusic Director: Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra - Education:...
, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra with Paavo Jarvi
Paavo Järvi
Paavo Järvi is an Estonian-American conductor, and current Music Director of the Orchestre de Paris.Järvi was born in Tallinn, Estonia, to conductor Neeme Järvi and Liilia Järvi. His siblings, Kristjan Järvi and Maarika Järvi, are also musicians...
, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is the leading symphony orchestra in Israel. It was originally known as the Palestine Orchestra, and in Hebrew as התזמורת הסימפונית הארץ ישראלית The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (abbreviation IPO; Hebrew: התזמורת הפילהרמונית הישראלית, ha-Tizmoret ha-Filharmonit...
and Yuri Temirkanov
Yuri Temirkanov
Yuri Khatuevich Temirkanov is a Russian conductor of Circassian origin.Yuri Temirkanov has been the Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic since 1988.-Early life:...
, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The orchestra's home is Heinz Hall, located in Pittsburgh's Cultural District.-History:...
with Manfred Honeck
Manfred Honeck
Manfred Honeck is an Austrian conductor, the son of Otto and Frieda Honeck, from a family of nine children. One of his brothers is the Vienna Philharmonic leader Rainer Honeck....
, Rotterdam Philharmonic, WDR Symphony
WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne
The WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne is a German orchestra based in Cologne. The orchestra was founded in 1947 by Allied occupation authorities after World War II, as the orchestra of Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunk . The orchestra later acquired the names of the Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra and...
and Oslo Philharmonic with Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Jukka-Pekka Saraste is a Finnish conductor and violinist.Saraste was trained as a violinist. He later studied conducting at the Sibelius Academy with Jorma Panula, in the same class as Esa-Pekka Salonen and Osmo Vänskä...
, NHK Symphony and Philadelphia Symphony
Philadelphia Orchestra
The Philadelphia Orchestra is a symphony orchestra based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. One of the "Big Five" American orchestras, it was founded in 1900...
with Gianandrea Noseda
Gianandrea Noseda
Gianandrea Noseda is an Italian conductor. He studied piano, composition and conducting in Milan. He furthered his conducting studies with Donato Renzetti, Myung-Whun Chung and Valery Gergiev....
, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and James Gaffigan.
Conductors
Matsuev embarked on a concertising career touring the main concert venues of the world and now plays together with the most prominent conductorsConducting
Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...
such as Evgeny Svetlanov
Evgeny Svetlanov
Yevgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov was a Russian conductor, composer, and though less well-known, a pianist.Svetlanov was born in Moscow and studied conducting at the Moscow Conservatory. From 1955 he conducted at the Bolshoi Theatre, being appointed principal conductor there in 1962...
, Vladimir Spivakov
Vladimir Spivakov
Vladimir Teodorovich Spivakov is a leading Russian conductor and violinist best known for his work with the chamber orchestra....
, Valery Gergiev
Valery Gergiev
Valery Abisalovich Gergiev is a Russian conductor and opera company director. He is general director and artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, and artistic director of the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg.- Early life :Gergiev,...
, Claudio Abbado
Claudio Abbado
Claudio Abbado, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI , is an Italian conductor. He has served as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, principal guest conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, music director of the Vienna State Opera,...
, Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta is an Indian conductor of western classical music. He is the Music Director for Life of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.-Biography:...
, Mariss Jansons
Mariss Jansons
Mariss Ivars Georgs Jansons is a Latvian conductor, the son of conductor Arvīds Jansons. His mother, the singer Iraida Jansons, who was Jewish, gave birth to him in hiding in Riga, Latvia, after her father and brother were killed in the Riga Ghetto...
, Yuri Temirkanov
Yuri Temirkanov
Yuri Khatuevich Temirkanov is a Russian conductor of Circassian origin.Yuri Temirkanov has been the Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic since 1988.-Early life:...
, Kurt Masur
Kurt Masur
Kurt Masur is a German conductor, particularly noted for his interpretation of German Romantic music.- Biography :Masur was born in Brieg, Lower Silesia, Germany and studied piano, composition and conducting in Leipzig, Saxony. Masur has been married three times...
, Paavo Järvi
Paavo Järvi
Paavo Järvi is an Estonian-American conductor, and current Music Director of the Orchestre de Paris.Järvi was born in Tallinn, Estonia, to conductor Neeme Järvi and Liilia Järvi. His siblings, Kristjan Järvi and Maarika Järvi, are also musicians...
, Leonard Slatkin
Leonard Slatkin
Leonard Edward Slatkin is an American conductor and composer.-Early life and education:Slatkin was born in Los Angeles to a musical family that came from areas of the Russian Empire now in Ukraine. His father Felix Slatkin was the violinist, conductor and founder of the Hollywood String Quartet,...
, Myung-Whun Chung
Myung-Whun Chung
Myung-whun Chung is a South Korean pianist and conductor.His sisters, violinist Kyung-wha Chung, and cellist Myung-wha Chung, and he at one time performed together as the Chung Trio. He was a joined second-prize winner in the 1974 International Tchaikovsky Competition. Chung studied conducting at...
, Antonio Pappano
Antonio Pappano
Antonio Pappano is a British conductor and pianist of Italian parentage.Pappano's family relocated to England from Castelfranco in Miscano near Benevento, Italy in 1958 and at the time of his birth his parents worked in the restaurant business, but Pasquale Pappano, his father, was by vocation a...
, Semyon Bychkov, Ivan
Iván Fischer
Iván Fischer is a Hungarian conductor and composer. Born in Budapest into a Jewish musical family, Fischer initially studied piano, violin, cello and composition in Budapest...
and Adam Fisher
Ádám Fischer
Ádám Fischer is a Hungarian conductor of Jewish family origin. He is the general music director of the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra, with which he has recorded the complete Haydn symphonies for the Nimbus label, the first digital recording of the cycle...
, Gianandrea Noseda
Gianandrea Noseda
Gianandrea Noseda is an Italian conductor. He studied piano, composition and conducting in Milan. He furthered his conducting studies with Donato Renzetti, Myung-Whun Chung and Valery Gergiev....
, Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Jukka-Pekka Saraste is a Finnish conductor and violinist.Saraste was trained as a violinist. He later studied conducting at the Sibelius Academy with Jorma Panula, in the same class as Esa-Pekka Salonen and Osmo Vänskä...
, James Conlon
James Conlon
James Conlon is an American conductor and the current Music Director of the Los Angeles Opera.-Early years:Conlon grew up in a family of five children on Cherry Street in Douglaston, Queens, New York. His mother, Angeline L. Conlon, was a freelance writer. His father was an assistant to the New...
, Vladimir Fedoseyev
Vladimir Fedoseyev
Vladimir Ivanovich Fedoseyev is a Russian conductor.Fedoseyev graduated from the Gnessin State Musical College 1957, and Moscow Conservatory 1972. From 1974 artistic director and chief conductor of the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio 1974-1999. He has also served as principal...
, Tugan Sokhiev
Tugan Sokhiev
Tugan Taymourazovitch Sokhiev is an Ossetian conductor.Sokhiev began piano studies at age 7. He began to conduct at age 17, inspired by Anatoly Briskin, the conductor of the North Ossetia State Philharmonic Orchestra. He subsequently attended the Saint Petersburg Conservatory and was a pupil of...
, Mikhail Pletnev
Mikhail Pletnev
Mikhail Vasilievich Pletnev is a Russian pianist, conductor, and composer.-Life and career:Pletnev was born into a very musical family in Arkhangelsk, then part of the Soviet Union; his father played and taught the bayan, and his mother the piano...
and others.
Festivals
Mr. Matsuev is an inveterate guest of the greatest musical festivals such as BBC Proms and Edinburgh International FestivalEdinburgh International Festival
The Edinburgh International Festival is a festival of performing arts that takes place in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, over three weeks from around the middle of August. By invitation from the Festival Director, the International Festival brings top class performers of music , theatre, opera...
in GB, Ravinia Festival and Hollywood Bowl
Hollywood Bowl
The Hollywood Bowl is a modern amphitheater in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California, United States that is used primarily for music performances...
in the USA, Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival
The Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival is a classical music festival held every year in summer time all over the state of Schleswig-Holstein in Northern Germany....
, Rheingau
Rheingau Musik Festival
The Rheingau Musik Festival is an international summer music festival in Germany, founded in 1987. It is mostly for classical music, but includes other genres...
, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
The Festspielhaus Baden-Baden is Germany's largest opera house and concert hall with 2,500 seats.Opened on April 18, 1998, the new building's architecture incorporates the former central train station of Baden-Baden which, today, is the ticket sales hall and the Festspielhaus restaurant "Aida"...
in Germany, Chopin Festival in Poland, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino is an annual opera festival which was founded in April 1933 by conductor Vittorio Gui with the aim of presenting contemporary and forgotten operas in visually dramatic productions. It was the first music festival in Italy. The first opera presented was Verdi's early...
and Mito Festival in Italy, Les Choregies d’Orange
Chorégies d'Orange
The Chorégies d'Orange is a summer opera festival held each year in August in Orange located about seventy miles northwest of Marseille in southern France...
and Festival de la Rogue d’Antheron in France, Verbier
Verbier Festival
The Verbier Festival is an international music festival that takes place annually for two weeks in late July and early August in the mountain resort of Verbier, Switzerland.Founded by Swedish expatriate Martin T...
and Montreux Festivals
Montreux Festival
Montreux Festival is a Blues album by Albert King, Chico Hamilton andLittle Milton, recorded live on July 1, 1973 at the Montreux Jazz Festival.-Track listing:#"In View" – 12:20#"Let Me Down Easy" – 6:35...
in Switzerland, Enescu Festival
George Enescu Festival
The George Enescu Festival , held in honor of the celebrated Romanian composer George Enescu, is the biggest classical music festival and classical international competition held in Romania and one of the biggest in Eastern Europe...
in Romania, Budapest Spring Festival in Hungary, Athens and Epidaurus Festival
Athens Festival
Athens - Epidaurus Festival is an annual arts festival that takes place in Athens and Epidaurus, from May to October. It is one of the most famous festivals in Greece. The festival includes musical, theatrical and other cultural events....
in Greece and Stars of the White Nights Festival
White Nights Festival
The White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia is an annual international arts festival during the season of the midnight sun. The White Nights Festival consists of a series of classical ballet, opera and music events and includes performances by Russian dancers, singers, musicians and actors,...
in Russia.
In October 2008 Alexander Rachmaninoff, the grandson of the well-known composer, personally invited Denis Matsuev to take the post of Artistic Director of the Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music...
Foundation which obliges him to perform in a series of gala concerts at some of the most outstanding concert halls throughout Europe and the USA.
Besides, he frequently gives recitals at such prestigious concert halls as Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....
in North America, Eglise de Verbier in frames of Verbier Festival
Verbier Festival
The Verbier Festival is an international music festival that takes place annually for two weeks in late July and early August in the mountain resort of Verbier, Switzerland.Founded by Swedish expatriate Martin T...
, Martin Theatre of Chicago in frames of Ravinia Festival, Concertgebouw
Concertgebouw
The Concertgebouw is a concert hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Dutch term "concertgebouw" literally translates into English as "concert building"...
in Amsterdam, Theatre des Champs Elysees in Paris, Finnish National Opera House
Finnish National Opera
The Finnish National Opera in Helsinki is the leading opera company in Finland. Its home base is the Opera House on Töölönlahti bay in Töölö which opened in 1993, and is state-owned through Senate Properties...
, Hercules Hall in Munich and lots of others.
Mr. Matsuev is Artistic Director of Annecy Festival Estival & Academies in Annecy
Annecy
Annecy is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.It lies on the northern tip of Lake Annecy , 35 kilometres south of Geneva.-Administration:...
, France and other international events held in many different cities like Moscow
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...
, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg is a major city in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range, it is the main industrial and cultural center of the Urals Federal District with a population of 1,350,136 , making it Russia's...
, Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
, Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad is a seaport and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea...
, Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. He is also the organizer of three important International Festivals, two of which are held in Russia. They are "Stars on Baikal", his musical gift to his homeland and Baikal
Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal is the world's oldest at 30 million years old and deepest lake with an average depth of 744.4 metres.Located in the south of the Russian region of Siberia, between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Buryat Republic to the southeast, it is the most voluminous freshwater lake in the...
, and the other one is Crescendo Festival in Russia, which was first held in Moscow
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...
in 2005 and then in Saint Petersburg in 2006.
These outstanding festivals present a new generation of gifted soloists from around the world performing with the best Russian orchestras. The “Crescendo” festival has had great resonance in Russia and abroad. Apart from that, Mr. Matsuev is the president of the charitable Russian foundation “New Names” that supports children music education in regions of Russia.
Performance art
Matsuev also plays jazz piano music. He was the first pianist to perform a jazz concert at Moscow ConservatoryMoscow Conservatory
The Moscow Conservatory is a higher musical education institution in Moscow, and the second oldest conservatory in Russia after St. Petersburg Conservatory. Along with the St...
.
Recording
As a part of his partnership with the Sergei RachmaninoffSergei Rachmaninoff
Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music...
Foundation, Mr. Matsuev performs and records unknown pieces of Rachmaninoff on the composer's own piano at the Rachmaninoff house “Villa Senar
Villa Senar
Villa Senar is an estate built in Switzerland by the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff. He purchased the plot of land near Hertenstein near Lake Lucerne in 1932. The name of the estate originated from the names of Rachmaninoff and his wife: Sergei and Natalia, by combining the first two letters...
” in Lucerne
Lucerne
Lucerne is a city in north-central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of that country. Lucerne is the capital of the Canton of Lucerne and the capital of the district of the same name. With a population of about 76,200 people, Lucerne is the most populous city in Central Switzerland, and...
. This unique programme has been accepted delightedly by the audience and now it enjoys success throughout the whole world. In December 2007, Sony BMG (RCA Red Seal Records
RCA Red Seal Records
RCA Red Seal Records is a classical music label and is now part of Sony Masterworks.The Red Seal label was begun in 1902 by the Gramophone Company in the United Kingdom and was quickly picked up by its United States affiliate, the Victor Talking Machine Company, and its president, Eldridge R. Johnson...
) released a disc named “Unknown Rachmaninoff” featuring Denis Matsuev, which has received very positive comments of the audience praising his technical skills and creativity.
The recital at Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....
in November 2007 was released in 2008 as an album entitled “Denis Matsuev – Concert at Carnegie Hall”. And so he won critical acclaim in The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, who wrote: “His poetic instincts held fast in tender moments, with trills as thrillingly precise as one might ever hope to hear.”
In December 2009, the new Mariinsky Label
Mariinsky Theatre
The Mariinsky Theatre is a historic theatre of opera and ballet in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Opened in 1860, it became the preeminent music theatre of late 19th century Russia, where many of the stage masterpieces of Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov received their premieres. The...
released Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 3, which was performed by Denis Matsuev together with Valery Gergiev
Valery Gergiev
Valery Abisalovich Gergiev is a Russian conductor and opera company director. He is general director and artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, and artistic director of the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg.- Early life :Gergiev,...
and the Mariinsky Orchestra
Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
The Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra or the Kirov Orchestra is located in the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. The orchestra was founded in 1783 during the reign of Peter the Great, it was known before the revolution as the Russian Imperial Opera Orchestra...
in the Mariinsky Concert Hall
Mariinsky Theatre
The Mariinsky Theatre is a historic theatre of opera and ballet in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Opened in 1860, it became the preeminent music theatre of late 19th century Russia, where many of the stage masterpieces of Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov received their premieres. The...
in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Discography
- Denis Matsouev - Haydn, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev. © & (P) 1997 NEW NAMES
- Denis Matsouev, piano - Haydn, Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev. © & (P) VIVENDI 1999.
- Denis Matsouev, piano - Beethoven, Tchaikowsky, Liszt, Prokofiev. Collection Etoiles. Enregistrement en public - Eglise Notre-Dame d'Auvers-sur-Oise, 27.05.2000
- MATSUEV - Liszt: Mephisto Waltz S.514, Schumann: Symphonic Etudes op. 13, Schubert: Piano Sonata No.14 in a minor D.784. Sacrambow (Japan), © & (P) 2000 JAPAN ARTS
- Classic Masterpieces. BUDAPEST Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor Rico Saccani. Tchaikovsky - Piano concertos Nos. 1 & 2. Soloist: Denis MATSOUEV. © & (P) 2003 Independent Music & Media Alliance LTD.
- DENIS MATSUEV - Tribute to Horowitz. Liszt, Bizet-Horowitz, Rossini-Ginzburg. (P) & © 2004 BMG Russia.
- MARISS JANSONS - Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks - DENIS MATSUEV. Stravinsky - Firebird Suite, Shchedrin - Piano Concerto No.5. © 2005 Sony BMG Music Entertainment
- Denis Matsuev - Stravinsky & Tchaikovsky. I. Stravinsky - Three Movements From Petrouchka, P.I.Tchaikovsky - The Seasons. RCA Red Seal. (P) & © 2005 Sony BMG Music Entertainment.
- Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1 & Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings. St Petersburg PO/Temirkanov. RCA Red Seal (P) & © 2007 Sony BMG Music Entertainment.
- Unknown Rachmaninoff - Denis Matsuev (Mar. 18, 2008) RCA Red Seal
- Denis Matsuev: The Carnegie Hall Concert - Denis Matsuev (Oct. 20, 2009) RCA Red Seal
- Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Denis Matsuev, Gergiev, and Mariinsky Orchestra (Feb. 9, 2010)
External links
- Official website
- http://www.cami.com/?webid=612
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb8ZzWB9wmE&feature=related