Pavel Nersessian
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| native_name = Па́вел Тигра́нович Нерсесья́н
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| birth_place = Ramenskoye
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| genre = Classical music
| occupation = Pianist
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Pavel Nersessian (Russian: Павел Тигранович Нерсесьян, born 26 August 1964) is a Russian classical pianist. He is an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation and Professor of the Moscow Conservatory State Conservatory after P.I. Tchaikovsky and Boston University.
Biography
Pavel Nersessian was born in Ramenskoye, a town outside Moscow, Russia Federation on 26 August 1964. In 1971-1982 he studied at the Central Music School (Class by V. Levin). In 1973 he made his debut by playing the Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056 by Johann Sebastian Bach with the orchestra in the city of Gorky. After graduating from high school with honors, in 1982 he entered the Moscow Conservatory (class of Sergei Dorensky).[http://www.nersessian.com/about/ Biography | The Official Pavel Nersessian Site ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101093142/http://www.nersessian.com/about/ |date=2013-11-01 }}
= Teaching activity =
Upon graduating from the Moscow Conservatory in 1987 he was proposed to teach there. He began his teaching job as an assistant to Sergei Dorensky and as a concertmaster of the Children's Music School number 60 in Moscow.
In 2013 he became a professor of piano in Boston University.{{Cite web |title=On Demand: Pavel Nersessian: Music of the exiles: from Chopin to Stravinsky |url=https://www.uncsa.edu/news/20211004-pavel-nersessian.aspx |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=University of South Carolina School of the Arts |language=en}}
=Into the world arena=
Being one of the most remarkable pianists of his generation in Russia, he is known for his ability to play equally convincing in the whole palette of the piano repertoire.{{POV-inline|date=July 2022}} He has won prizes in every piano competition he has entered,{{Cn|date=July 2022}} including Beethoven Competition in Vienna in 1985, Paloma O’Shea Competition in Santander and Tokyo Competition. He made his American debut in 1993 at Alice Tully Hall, which the New York Times called "impressive" with "a gift for softly colored expressiveness," but lacking "a major intellectual challenge."{{Cite news |last=Ross |first=Alex |date=1993-03-09 |title=Classical Music in Review |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/09/arts/classical-music-in-review-918993.html |access-date=2022-07-08 |issn=0362-4331 |quote=This seemed an impressive debut, although none of the music presented a major intellectual challenge (Shostakovich's youthful iconoclasm included).}}
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|+ Record of piano prizes, incomplete ! Year !! Competition !! Prize !! Ex-aequo with... !! 1st prize winner |
| 1985
| {{Flagicon|Austria}} [https://beethoven-comp.at/about-us/ VII Ludwig van Beethoven, Vienna] || 2nd prize || || {{Flagicon|Austria}} Stefan Vladar |
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| 1987
| {{Flagicon|Spain}} X Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition || 4th prize || {{Flagicon|China}} Xiang Dong Kong || {{Flagicon|USA}} David Allan Wehr |
| 1991
| {{Flagicon|Ireland}} [http://www.dipc.ie/competition/winners/ II Dublin Competition]|| 1st prize || || |
= Concert activity =
Nersessian has served on international juries, including the Dublin International Piano Competition (Ireland),{{Cite web |url=http://www.dipc.ie/PianoPerson.aspx?ID=124 |title=Dublin International Piano Competition 2009 |access-date=2013-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101051236/http://www.dipc.ie/PianoPerson.aspx?ID=124 |archive-date=2013-11-01 |url-status=dead }} International Festival of Classical Music and Competition of Young Pianists (Kazakhstan),[http://astana-app.kz/en/material/40 Pavel Nersessian about Astana Piano Passion ] and Summit Music Festival (USA).[http://www.summitmusicfestival.org/about.htm Summit Music Festival 2013]
Recordings
Pavel Nersessian has recorded disks with compositions of Chopin, Schumann, Schubert, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Shostakovich etc. The album with compositions of Schumann «Kreisleriana», opus 16, Chopin 24 preludes, opus 28, performed by Pavel Nersessian was released on at Moscow Conservatory in 1995.
= Discography =
- Tchaikovsky - The Sleeping Beauty / Schubert, Scarlatti, Scriabin, Schumann, Moszkowski, Rachmaninov - (CD) Pavel Nersessian 2005, Bel Air Music
- Rachmaninov - Russian Rhapsody / Dukas - L'apprenti sorcier / Debussy - Prelude / Bizet - Jeux d'enfants - Andrei Pisarev, Pavel Nersessian (CD) 2005, Bel Air Music
- Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 4 - Pavel Nersessian / Sonata No. 32 - Andrei Tchistiakov (CD) 2005, Bel Air Music
- Beethoven - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major Op. 61, Sonata no. 14 in C sharp minor Op. 27/2 2005, Bel Air Music
- R.Schumann Kreisleriana, opus 16, F.Chopin 24 preludes opus 28, Pavel Nersessian, 1995 Moscow Conservatory
Awards
References
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.nersessian.com/en/about/}}
- [http://classic-online.ru/ru/performer/6703 Classic-online website - Pavel Nersessian ]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CD14RXKZss Pavel Nersessian plays Scriabin: Sonata No 7 Op 64. Interview.]
- [http://musictonic.com/music/Pavel+Nersessian#v=nzDyedWuyXM Concert videos - Pavel Nersessian ]
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Category:People from Ramensky District
Category:Russian classical pianists
Category:Russian male classical pianists
Category:Prize-winners of the Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition
Category:Moscow Conservatory alumni