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Evgeny Igorevich Kissin
(Russian: ????´??? ?´??????? ??´???, Evge'nij I'gorevic Ki'sin
) (born 10 October 1971) is a Russian classical pianist and former child prodigy. He is especially known for his interpretations of the works of Chopin, for whom he has felt an affinity since early childhood.
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Biography
Kissin was born in
Moscow to a
Jewish family. At age 11 months, he was reputedly able to hum along to a
Bach tune his sister Alla was playing on the piano. At age 6 he commenced his own piano studies at the esteemed
Gnessin School of Music for Gifted Children. There, he became a student of
Anna Pavlovna Kantor, who was Kissin's only piano teacher outside of his family.
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At the age of 10, Kissin made his debut with the Ulyanovsk Symphony Orchestra and the year after that he gave his first recital in Moscow. Kissin's talents were revealed on the international scene in 1984, when he played and recorded
Chopin's two
piano concertos with the
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire. In 1987, he made his United Kingdom debut, alongside conductor
Valery Gergiev and violinists
Maxim Vengerov and
Vadim Repin, at
The Lichfield Festival. In 1988, he played
Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 with
Herbert von Karajan at the
Berlin Philharmonic's New Year's Concert, and he made his
Proms debut in the same year. In September, 1990, Kissin made his debut in North America playing Chopin's two piano concertos with the
New York Philharmonic under
Zubin Mehta and the first piano recital in
Carnegie Hall's centennial season. In 1997, he gave the first solo piano recital in the history of
The Proms in London.
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Kissin makes regular recital tours of Europe, America and Asia. He has performed with all the leading orchestras of the world under such conductors as
Claudio Abbado,
Vladimir Ashkenazy,
Daniel Barenboim,
Sir Colin Davis,
Valery Gergiev,
Carlo Maria Giulini,
Mariss Jansons,
Herbert von Karajan,
James Levine,
Sir Andrew Davis,
Lorin Maazel,
Riccardo Muti,
Seiji Ozawa,
Sir Georg Solti,
Evgeny Svetlanov and
Yuri Temirkanov. Kissin has also performed chamber music with
Martha Argerich,
Gidon Kremer,
James Levine,
Alexander Knyazev,
Mischa Maisky,
Thomas Quasthoff,
Isaac Stern and others.
In addition to music, Kissin has given recitals of
Yiddish and Russian poetry. In 2007 Kissin became Honorary Patron of a professional chamber opera company, City Opera of Vancouver, led by conductor Charles Barber.
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Awards and recognitions
- Musical America
, Instrumentalist of the Year, 1994
- Triumph Award
, Outstanding Contribution to Russia's Culture (Youngest Awardee), 1997
- Honorary Doctorate of Music by the Manhattan School of Music, 2001
- Honorary Membership of the Royal Academy of Music (2005)
- Herbert von Karajan Award, Baden-Baden, Germany (2005)
- Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra), 2006
- Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Award, Brescia, Italy (2007)
References
- The prodigy
- An ordinary genius
- Magical music in the mountains
- www.cityoperavancouver.com