Valentina Igoshina
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Valentina Igoshina is a Russia
n classical
pianist
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and Larissa Dedova at the Moscow Conservatory
.
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.
. In 1997, at age 18, she won first prize and a special award at the famed Rachmaninov International Piano Competition in Moscow
. Thus, Igoshina had won two notable piano competitions while still a teenager.
Since that time, Igoshina has competed in four other worldwide piano competitions:
Igoshina is considered as being one of the most outstanding of modern-day classical pianists. (See: Cultural Institute of the Macao S.A.R. Government, Orquestra de Macau, June 4, 2009.) She also appears on the list of "Great Women Pianists" at forte-piano-pianissimo.com.
in Amsterdam with Markus Stenz
conducting; the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
in Aberdeen with Alexander Titov conducting; on multiple occasions with The Hallé
in Manchester, United Kingdom with Sir Mark Elder conducting; 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
. 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:
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
) and The Strange Case of Delphina Potocka.
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
In October, 2010 Valentina Igoshina recorded Dmitri Shostakovich
's First and Second Piano Concertos with the Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss-am-Rhein (near Düsseldorf), and 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
.
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 classical
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
pianist
Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
.
Biography
Valentina Igoshina began studying piano with her mother, 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 DorenskySergei 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...
and Larissa Dedova at 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...
.
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.
Professional accomplishments
In 1993, at age 14, she won first prize at the Artur Rubinstein Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz, PolandPoland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. In 1997, at age 18, she won first prize and a special award at the famed Rachmaninov International Piano Competition 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...
. Thus, Igoshina had won two notable piano competitions while still a teenager.
- Second place at the Atlanta International Piano Competition (2002), GeorgiaGeorgia (U.S. state)Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
. - First place at the Concorso Pianistico Internazionale “Premio Guiliano Pecar” (2002), ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. - Laureate at the "Queen Elisabeth Competition" in BrusselsBrusselsBrussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
, (2003). - Second place at the Jose Iturbi International Piano CompetitionJosé Iturbi International Piano CompetitionThe José Iturbi Competition is an international piano competition named after the famed Spanish virtuoso José Iturbi, who later became a famous Hollywood actor. Created in 1981, it has been held ever since in the month of September and is part of the World Federation of International Music...
(2006), SpainSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
.
Igoshina is considered as being one of the most outstanding of modern-day classical pianists. (See: Cultural Institute of the Macao S.A.R. Government, Orquestra de Macau, June 4, 2009.) She also appears on the list of "Great Women Pianists" at forte-piano-pianissimo.com.
Festival and major orchestral appearances
Igoshina has been invited to play with many notable orchestras, among them being the Royal Concertgebouw OrchestraRoyal Concertgebouw Orchestra
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is a symphony orchestra of the Netherlands, based at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. In 1988, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands conferred the "Royal" title upon the orchestra...
in Amsterdam with Markus Stenz
Markus Stenz
Markus Stenz is a German conductor. He studied at the Hochschule für Musik Köln with Volker Wangenhein and at Tanglewood with Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa....
conducting; the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra is a broadcasting symphony orchestra based in Glasgow, Scotland. One of five full-time orchestras maintained by the British Broadcasting Corporation , it is the oldest full-time professional orchestra in Scotland...
in Aberdeen with Alexander Titov conducting; on multiple occasions with The Hallé
The Hallé
The Hallé is a symphony orchestra based in Manchester, England. It is the UK's oldest extant symphony orchestra , supports a choir, youth choir and a youth orchestra, and releases its recordings on its own record label, though it has occasionally released recordings on Angel Records and EMI...
in Manchester, United Kingdom with Sir Mark Elder conducting; the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra based in Melbourne, Australia. It has 100 permanent musicians. Melbourne has the longest continuous history of orchestral music of any Australian city and the MSO is the oldest professional orchestra in Australia...
in Australia with Markus Stenz
Markus Stenz
Markus Stenz is a German conductor. He studied at the Hochschule für Musik Köln with Volker Wangenhein and at Tanglewood with Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa....
conducting; the Orquestra Simfonica de Barcelona
Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona
The Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra is a symphony orchestra based in Barcelona, Spain.-History:In addition to the Orquestra Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu, founded in 1847 and devoted to opera and ballet, Barcelona has had several symphonic orchestras since 1888...
with Josep Caballé Domenech
Josep Caballé Domenech
Josep Caballé Domenech is a Spanish musician and conductor. He is the Music Director of the Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra.-Biography:Josep Caballé Domenech was born in Barcelona, Spain, into a family of musicians...
conducting; on multiple occasions with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Santiago in Chile, with Jan Latham-Koenig conducting; the London Philharmonic with Carl Davis
Carl Davis
Carl Davis CBE is an American born conductor and composer who has made his home in the UK since 1961. In 1970 he married the English actress Jean Boht....
conducting; the Macao Orchestra
Macao Orchestra
The Macao Orchestra is a professional orchestra based in the Chinese special administrative region of Macao. Consisting of approximately 60 members from Asia, Europe, North America and Australia, the orchestra performs symphonic, chamber and educational concerts around Macau...
in Macao, China with Lu Jia conducting; the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
The Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra , one of Poland's premier musical institutions, was established in 1901 on the initiative of an assembly of Polish aristocrats and financiers, as well as musicians...
with Antoni Wit
Antoni Wit
Antoni Wit is a Polish conductor. He is the present musical director of the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra.Wit graduated from Kraków's State Higher School of Music, studying conducting under Henryk Czyz and composition under Krzysztof Penderecki, going on to study under Nadia Boulanger in...
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
Antoni Ros-Marbà
Antoni Ros-Marbà is a Spanish conductor from Catalonia. He began his musical education at the Conservatori Superior de Música de Barcelona...
conducting. She worked both in Russia and Italy with Alexander Vedernikov
Alexander Vedernikov
Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov is a Russian conductor. He is son of the bass Alexander Filipovich Vedernikov ....
. 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.
- La Società dei Concerti, Milan.
- Ravello FestivalRavello FestivalThe Ravello Festival is also popularly known as the "Wagner Festival" and is an annual summer festival of music and the arts held in the town of Ravello on the Amalfi coast in the Campania region of Italy...
, Italy. - Duszniki Zdroj Chopin Festival, Poland.
- BelemBelemBelem or Belém may refer to:* Belém, capital city of the Brazilian state of Pará* Belem , a three-masted barque from France* Belém, Alagoas, a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Alagoas...
Festival, Lisbon. - Radio France-MontpellierFestival de Radio France et MontpellierThe Festival de Radio France et Montpellier is a summer festival of opera and music held in Montpellier, France created in 1985. The music festival concentrates on classical music and jazz with about 100 events, including opera, concerts, films, and talks, most of which are free and located in the...
, France. - La Roque-d'AnthéronLa Roque-d'AnthéronLa Roque-d'Anthéron is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France. Silvacane Abbey, a former Cistercian monastery, is located near La Roque-d'Anthéron.-Population:-References:*...
Festival, (Multiple Occasions) Provence, France. - Harrod's International Piano Series, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London.
- Styriarte Festival, Graz, Austria.
- Povoa de VarzimPóvoa de VarzimPóvoa de Varzim is a Portuguese city in the Norte Region and sub-region of Greater Porto, with a 2011 estimated population of 63,364. According to the 2001 census, there were 63,470 inhabitants with 42,396 living in the city proper. The urban area expanded, southwards, to Vila do Conde, and there...
Festival, Portugal. - Association Musique au Pays de George Sand, (Multiple Occasions) Nohant, France.
- Festival des Nuits Musicales d'Uzes, Uzes, France.
- Ohrid Summer Festival, Macedonia
- Theatre l'Athenee Louis-Jouvet, Paris.
- Festival Piano en Valois, Angoulême, France.
- Cercle de l'Union interallieeCercle de l'Union interalliéeThe cercle de l'Union interalliée, also known as the Cercle interallié is a social and dining club established in 1917 at No. 33 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré in Paris, France with Ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France, as its second president...
, Paris - Theatre du ChateletThéâtre du ChâteletThe Théâtre du Châtelet is a theatre and opera house, located in the place du Châtelet in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France.One of two theatres built on the site of a châtelet, a small castle or fortress, it was designed by Gabriel Davioud at the request of Baron Haussmann between 1860 and...
, Paris - Cloitre des Jacobins, Toulouse
- Polish Baltic Philharmonic Hall, Gdansk
Recordings
Igoshina has made live recordings on BBC RadioBBC Radio
BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927. For a history of BBC radio prior to 1927 see British Broadcasting Company...
3, ABC Classic FM, BBC Scotland
BBC Scotland
BBC Scotland is a constituent part of the British Broadcasting Corporation, the publicly-funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. It is, in effect, the national broadcaster for Scotland, having a considerable amount of autonomy from the BBC's London headquarters, and is run by the BBC Trust, who...
, as well as the sound tracks for Tony Palmer
Tony Palmer
Tony Palmer is an American football guard in the National Football League who is currently a free agent. The former University of Missouri guard who was selected by the St. Louis Rams. He was signed by the Green Bay Packers after being cut in the 2006 preseason by St. Louis...
's movies The Harvest of Sorrow (in collaboration 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,...
, Sir John Gielgud and 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 The Strange Case of Delphina Potocka.
In 2006 Warner Classics International
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...
produced an album entitled Valentina Igoshina, wherein Igoshina played works by Modest Mussorgsky
Modest Mussorgsky
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky was a Russian composer, one of the group known as 'The Five'. He was an innovator of Russian music in the romantic period...
and Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann, sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era....
. Included on the album were Mussorgsky
Mussorgsky
Mussorgsky can refer to:*The Mussorgsky family of Russian nobility;*Modest Mussorgsky, a Russian composer belonging to that family.*Mussorgsky , a 1950 Soviet film about the composer...
's Pictures at an Exhibition
Pictures at an Exhibition
Pictures at an Exhibition is a suite in ten movements composed for piano by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky in 1874.The suite is Mussorgsky's most famous piano composition, and has become a showpiece for virtuoso pianists...
and Schumann
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann, sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era....
's Carnaval
Carnaval (Schumann)
Carnaval, Op. 9, is a work by Robert Schumann for piano solo, written in 1834-1835, and subtitled Scènes mignonnes sur quatre notes . It consists of a collection of short pieces representing masked revelers at Carnival, a festival before Lent...
.
In 2008 Igoshina recorded a definitive work of the waltzes of Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....
. 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
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...
In October, 2010 Valentina Igoshina recorded Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was a Soviet Russian composer and one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century....
's First and Second Piano Concertos with the Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss-am-Rhein (near Düsseldorf), and is distributed by Warner Classics International.
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...
Also in 2010, she appeared in another of Tony Palmer
Tony Palmer
Tony Palmer is an American football guard in the National Football League who is currently a free agent. The former University of Missouri guard who was selected by the St. Louis Rams. He was signed by the Green Bay Packers after being cut in the 2006 preseason by St. Louis...
's productions, entitled Valentina Igoshina Plays Chopin.
Many of Igoshina's performances can be seen on YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
, including Chopin's Fantaisie Impromptu and Liszt
Liszt
Liszt is a Hungarian surname. Notable persons with that surname include:* Franz Liszt , Hungarian composer and pianist* Adam Liszt , father of Franz Liszt* Anna Liszt , mother of Franz Liszt...
's Liebesträume
Liebesträume
Liebesträume , is a set of three solo piano works by Franz Liszt, published in 1850. Liszt called each of the three pieces Liebesträume, but often they are referred to incorrectly in the singular as Liebestraum...
.
External links
- Valentina-igoshina.com, Valentina Igoshina's official website.