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19:00 | "Russian Winter" Arts Festival. Eliso Virsaladze |
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 State Chamber Orchestra of Russia (Moscow Chamber Orchestra), Conductor Alexey Utkin and Eliso Virsaladze (piano) will perform Mozart, Concerto No. 9 for Piano and Orchestra and Chopin, Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra. Eliso Virsaladze may not have name recognition of many of her keyboard contemporaries, but she is among the most highly respected performers of her generation, especially among fellow pianists, both past and present. Sviatoslav Richter, for example, touted her as the finest Schumann interpreter of her time. Besides Schumann, Virsaladze is well known for her Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Brahms, Rachmaninov, and Prokofiev. She also regularly appears in chamber music concerts with such artists as Natalia Gutman and the Borodin Quartet. Since 1967 she has taught music, and among her students are Boris Berezovsky and Aleksandar Madzar. Virsaladze has made numerous recordings for such labels as Melodiya and EuroArts. In subsequent years she has become a highly celebrated pianist, being named among “Russia’s Great Modern Pianist” in Mark Zilberquit’s 1983 book of the same name. She tours occasionally, though has resisted a “super-career”, in part to accommodate her teaching demands—both at the Moscow Conservatory and at the Hochschule für Musik in Munich. Her repertoire includes work a broad range of composers, with her favorites including Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Prokofiev, and perhaps especially Schuman. There is little doubt that Elisso Virsaladze has become somewhat of a legend in her own day by virtue of her extraordinary performances.
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