Rustem Hayroudinoff (Röstäm Xäyretdin Äwzal ulı) - Kazan

Kazan

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 born (Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation) pianist. His father Awzal Xäyretdinov is a professor at Kazan State Conservatoire. He is a brother of Halida Hayrutdinova

Halida Hayrutdinova

Halida Hayrutdinova aka Halida Dinova - Kazan born famous pianist, ethnic Tatar.-External links and references:*Personal web-page *Evening Kazan newspaper...

, also a pianist. He graduated from 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...

, where he studied under Lev Naumov

Lev Naumov

Lev Nikolayevich Naumov was a Russian classical pianist, composer and educator. Received a title of People's Artist of Russia and was nicknamed the "Godfather of the Russian piano school"....

, and also in London, 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...

, under Christopher Elton

Christopher Elton

Christopher Elton is an English pianist, Head of the Keyboard department of the Royal Academy of Music in London and a professor emeritus of the University of London.-Biography:...

. As well as pursuing a career on the concert platform, Hayroudinoff also has a role as Professor of Piano 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...

.

As well as his broadcasts worldwide, he has recorded CDs for various labels including Chandos, Decca and NAMI. His recent recordings of the Rachmaninoff Preludes and Etudes-Tableaux have received fulsom praise from reviewers (the former selected by Classic FM Magazine as a part of the 'four discs essential Rachmaninoff Collection'), and his recordings of Shostakovich Theatre Music and the Dvořák

Antonín Dvorák

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 Piano Concerto were selected as among the best CDs of the year by BBC Music Magazine and Gramophone Magazine respectively. Rustem Hayroudinoff holds the record for his Chicago

Chicago

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 recital, which has been broadcast live on more than 300 radio stations simultaneously.

Hayroudinoff's complete recording of the Rachmaninoff Etudes-Tableaux was one of the three nominees for best CD of 2007 in the instrumental class in BBC Music Magazine's January 2008 edition, and was also named the ideal choice in BBC Radio 3's edition of 'Building a Library' devoted to these pieces in July 2008 (programme presenter David Nice).

Discography

• Rachmaninov Complete Etudes-Tableaux (Chandos CHAN10391)
• Dvořák Piano Concerto (Chandos CHAN10309)
• Shostakovich Symphony No 4 arranged for 2 Pianos, with Colin Stone (Chandos CHAN10296)
• Rachmaninov Works for Cello and Piano, with Alexander Ivashkin (Chandos CHAN10095)
• Rachmaninov 24 Preludes (Chandos CHAN10107)
• Shostakovich Theatre Music (Chandos CHAN9907)
• An Equal Music-Music from the Novel (Decca 466945-2)

External links and references

• Personal web-page Personal web-page
• Rustem Hayroudinoff on Breath.com
• Evening Kazan newspaper (in Russian)
• Today's Zaman. Turkish newspaper, retrieved on October 24, 2007 (in English)