Sergey Schepkin
{{short description|American pianist of Russian birth (born 1962)}}
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| birth_place = St. Petersburg
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- Concertino-Praga International Competition for Young Musicians (First Prize)
- All-Russia Piano Competition (Second Prize)
- Queen Sonja International Music Competition (Third Prize)
- New Orleans International Piano Competition (First Prize)
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Sergey Schepkin (born September 24, 1962) is an American pianist of Russian birth. He lives in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Performer
Schepkin was born in St. Petersburg. He started playing piano at the age of five under the tutelage of Leah Zelikhman, and studied piano at the St. Petersburg Conservatory with Alexandra Zhukovsky (a pupil of Sergei Tarnowsky), Grigory Sokolov, and Alexander Ikharev, graduating summa cum laude in 1985. He gave his first full-length piano recital in 1978, and made his orchestral debut with the Saint Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Vladislav Chernushenko in 1984. After his permanent move to the United States in 1990, he studied with Russell Sherman at New England Conservatory in Boston, where he earned an Artist Diploma in 1992 and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in 1999. He also coached with Paul Doguereau in 1994–98. He made his Carnegie Hall recital debut in 1993 (at Weill Recital Hall),{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/24/arts/classical-music-in-review-358994.html?scp=6&sq=schepkin&st=cse |title=Classical Music in Review |work=The New York Times |date=Feb 24, 1993 |access-date=Nov 12, 2011}} and has performed as soloist and chamber player throughout the world. He has appeared at the Great Performers Series at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts,{{cite news|url=http://www.newcriterion.com/articlepdf.cfm/New-York-chronicle-2542|title=404|website=www.newcriterion.com}} Celebrity Series of Boston,{{cite web|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/16302730.html?FMT=ABS&date=Oct%2027,%201996 |title=Boston Globe Archive |publisher=Pqasb.pqarchiver.com |date=Oct 27, 1996 |access-date=Nov 12, 2011}}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite web|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/823757361.html?FMT=ABS&date=Apr+18%2C+2005 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712082423/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/823757361.html?FMT=ABS&date=Apr+18,+2005 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 12, 2012 |title=Boston Globe Archive |publisher=Pqasb.pqarchiver.com |date=Apr 18, 2005 |access-date=Nov 12, 2011}}
the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York,{{cite web|last=Kozinn |first=Allan |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9905E4DD103FF937A15753C1A9639C8B63&scp=8&sq=schepkin&st=cse |title=CLASSICAL MUSIC REVIEW - Brahms Meets Bach And Finds Much to Say - Review |work=New York Times |date=Oct 24, 2005 |access-date=Nov 12, 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/25/arts/music-review-drama-not-from-the-performer-but-from-what-is-being-played.html?scp=4&sq=schepkin&st=cse |title=MUSIC REVIEW; Drama, Not From the Performer But From What Is Being Played |work=The New York Times |date=May 25, 2004 |access-date=Nov 12, 2011}} Boston's Gardner Museum and Emmanuel Music, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Phillips Collection in Washington, DC, LACMA{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-feb-15-et-ginell15-story.html |title=Eloquent feats from Schepkin |work=Los Angeles Times |date=Feb 15, 2003 |access-date=Nov 12, 2011}} and Maestro Foundation [http://www.maestrofoundation.org/] series in Los Angeles, Sumida Triphony Hall in Tokyo, as well as Grand and Chamber Halls of the St. Petersburg Philharmonia, among many other venues and series. He has performed under the baton of Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Karsten Andersen, Keith Lockhart, Jonathan McPhee, Klauspeter Seibel, and Vassily Sinaisky. His concerts and recordings have been reviewed by The New York Times,{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/15/arts/music-review-a-bach-specialist-branches-out-and-willfullness-takes-a-bow.html?scp=2&sq=schepkin&st=cse |title=MUSIC REVIEW; A Bach Specialist Branches Out, And Willfullness (sic!) Takes a Bow |work=The New York Times |date=Jun 15, 2004 |access-date=Nov 12, 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/30/arts/music-review-his-own-way-yet-like-glenn-gould.html?scp=1&sq=schepkin&st=cse |title=MUSIC REVIEW; His Own Way, Yet Like Glenn Gould |work=The New York Times |date=Sep 30, 1997 |access-date=Nov 12, 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/30/arts/in-performance-classical-music-041295.html?scp=3&sq=schepkin&st=cse |title=In Performance; CLASSICAL MUSIC |work=The New York Times |date=Jan 30, 1995 |access-date=Nov 12, 2011}} The Boston Globe,{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2011/05/23/chameleon_arts_ensemble_delivers_chordal_majesty/ |title=Chordal majesty from Chameleon |work=Boston Globe |date=May 23, 2011 |access-date=Nov 12, 2011|last1=Gantz |first1=Jeffrey }}{{cite web|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/337228391.html?FMT=ABS&date=May%2016,%202003 |title=Boston Globe Archive |publisher=Pqasb.pqarchiver.com |date=May 16, 2003 |access-date=Nov 12, 2011}}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite web|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/46166666.html?FMT=ABS&date=Oct%2026,%201999 |title=Boston Globe Archive |publisher=Pqasb.pqarchiver.com |date=Oct 26, 1999 |access-date=Nov 12, 2011}}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite web|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/62024051.html?FMT=ABS&date=Oct%2014,%201994 |title=Boston Globe Archive |publisher=Pqasb.pqarchiver.com |date=Oct 14, 1994 |access-date=Nov 12, 2011}}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Los Angeles Times, Asahi Shimbun, BBC Music Magazine,{{cite web|url=http://www.classicalmusic.com/review/bach-276 |title=The Leading Classical Music Site on the Net |publisher=classicalmusic.com |access-date=Nov 12, 2011}}{{cite web|author=Running Time: 143:52 (2 discs) |url=http://www.classical-music.com/review/bach-149 |title=Bach | Classical-Music.com | Official Website of BBC Music Magazine |publisher=Classical-Music.com |access-date=Nov 12, 2011}} International Piano,{{cite web|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/68725295.html?FMT=ABS&date=Feb%2016,%202001 |title=Boston Globe Archive |publisher=Pqasb.pqarchiver.com |date=Feb 16, 2001 |access-date=Nov 12, 2011}}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Fanfare, American Record Guide, Musicweb-International,{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/Aug10/bach_partitas-0241089.htm |title=Bach: The Six Keyboard Partitas, Vols 1–2: ONGAKU RECORDS 024-108 [DC] August 2010 MusicWeb-International |publisher=Musicweb-international.com |date=Mar 21, 1995 |access-date=Nov 12, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/June10/Bach_Schepkin_Vol1_NFPMA9949.htm |title=Sergey Schepkin plays Bach Volume 1 NF/PMA9949 [nb]: Classical Music Reviews – June 2010 MusicWeb-International |publisher=Musicweb-international.com |date=Jan 3, 2007 |access-date=Nov 12, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/May10/Mussorgsky_NFPMA9939.htm |title=Mussorgsky, Rachmaninov; Schepkin NF/PMA9939 [NB]: Classical Music Reviews – May 2010 MusicWeb-International |publisher=Musicweb-international.com |date=Jan 13, 2002 |access-date=Nov 12, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2008/Sept08/Bach_well_024115.htm |title=BACH Well Tempered Clavier Schepkin Ongaku 024115 [DC]: Classical CD Reviews – September 2008 MusicWeb-International |publisher=Musicweb-international.com |access-date=Nov 12, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2008/Aug08/Bach_Goldberg_024107.htm |title=BACH Goldberg Variations Ongaku 024107 [DC]: Classical CD Reviews – August 2008 MusicWeb-International |publisher=Musicweb-international.com |date=Jan 15, 1995 |access-date=Nov 12, 2011}} and other publications. Sergey Schepkin is a Steinway Artist.{{cite web|url=http://www.cmu.edu/homepage/creativity/2009/fall/sergey-schepkin.shtml |title=Sergey Schepkin – Carnegie Mellon University |publisher=Cmu.edu |access-date=Nov 12, 2011}}
Educator
Schepkin is also active as an educator. He served on the faculty of the St. Petersburg Conservatory in 1988–90 (where he also was Professor Ekaterina Murina's assistant in 1987-89), and was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Iowa in 1997–98. He is a Professor of Piano at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where he has served since 2003;{{cite web|url=http://music.cmu.edu/people.php?sub_page=faculty&faculty_id=93 |title=Carnegie Mellon School of Music | People |publisher=Music.cmu.edu |access-date=Nov 12, 2011}} he taught at The Boston Conservatory in 2006-07; in 2011-13, he was appointed as a Visiting Associate Professor at Boston University,{{cite web |url=http://www.bu.edu/cfa/music/faculty/schepkin/ |title=Sergey Schepkin » College of Fine Arts | Boston University |publisher=Bu.edu |access-date=Nov 12, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729012544/http://www.bu.edu/cfa/music/faculty/schepkin/ |archive-date=July 29, 2012 |df=mdy-all }} and taught at MIT in 2014-16. He has been on the New England Conservatory Preparatory and Continuing Education piano faculty since 1993. He has presented lecture-recitals and master classes at New England Conservatory, UCLA, San Francisco Conservatory, Oberlin Conservatory, MIT, Longy School of Music, Duquesne University, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, the Norwegian Academy of Music, and other schools.
Prizes, awards, grants, and nominations
- 1978 First Prize, Concertino-Praga International Competition for Young Musicians, Prague
- 1985 Second Prize, All-Russia Piano Competition, Ufa, Russia
- 1987 Best Collaborative Pianist Diploma, Markneukirchen International Instrumental Competition, Markneukirchen, Germany
- 1988 Third Prize, Queen Sonja International Music Competition, Oslo
- 1990 Perot Foundation Grant
- 1992 Theodore Presser Foundation Award
- 1993 Harvard Musical Association Arthur Foote Award
- 1996 Top Five Want List, Fanfare magazine (for the 1995 Bach Goldberg Variations){{Cite journal|last=Jacobson|first=Bernard|year=1996|title=Want List for Bernard Jacobson (1996)|url=http://dev.fanfarearchive.com/articles/atop/20_2/2020190.aaa_Want_List_1996.html|journal=Fanfare Magazine|volume=20|issue=2 }}
- 1996 Samuel Chester Award
- 1997 & 1998, NAIRD Indie Award Nominations (for The Six Keyboard Partitas Vols. 1 & 2){{Cite web|url=http://patch.com/massachusetts/brookline/pianists-follows-career-from-st-petersburg-to-brookline|title=Pianist Follows Career from St. Petersburg to Brookline|last=Chemerynski|first=Rachel|date=10 October 2010|website=patch.com|access-date=23 January 2017}}
- 1994 & 1999 Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation Award
- 1994, 1995, & 1999 St. Botolph Club Foundation Grants
- 1999 Gunther Schuller Medal, New England Conservatory
- 1999 First Prize and Chopin Prize, New Orleans International Piano Competition{{Cite journal|year=1999|title=International piano competitions winners announced|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-46925813.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202011457/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-46925813.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 February 2017|journal=American Music Teacher|publisher=Music Teachers National Association, Inc.|access-date=23 January 2017|via=HighBeam Research}}
- 1999 & 2000 Best recordings of year, The Boston Globe (Bach Well-Tempered Clavier I&II){{cite web|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/48494383.html?FMT=ABS&date=Dec%2026,%201999|title=Boston Globe Archive|date=Dec 26, 1999|publisher=Pqasb.pqarchiver.com|access-date=Nov 12, 2011}}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite web|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/65356872.html?FMT=ABS&date=Dec%2010,%202000|title=Boston Globe Archive|date=Dec 10, 2000|publisher=Pqasb.pqarchiver.com|access-date=Nov 12, 2011}}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
- 2001 Top choice of a Bach Well-Tempered Clavier I recording, International Piano Magazine
- 2003 Maestro Foundation Grant
- 2009 Steinway Artist as of October{{Cite web|url=http://eu.steinway.com/en/concert-artist/artist-details/sergey-schepkin/|title=Sergey Schepkin|date=2009|website=steinway.com|publisher=Steinway & Sons|access-date=23 January 2017}}
- 2014 WGBH CD of the Week (Bach French Suites){{Cite web |website=www.wgbh.org/ |url=http://www.wgbh.org/articles/Schepkin-Plays-Bachs-Six-French-Suites-10072 |title=Schepkin Plays Bach's Six French Suites |url-status=live |archive-date=September 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905234120/http://www.wgbh.org/articles/Schepkin-Plays-Bachs-Six-French-Suites-10072 |language=en |access-date=19 June 2023 |date=2014 |publisher=WGBH Educational Foundation}}
- 2016 WCRB CD of the Week (Bach Partitas){{Cite web|url=http://classicalwcrb.org/post/cd-week-bach-six-partitas#stream/0|title=CD of the Week: Bach: The Six Partitas|date=July 18, 2016}}
Discography
- 1989 Winners of the 1988 Queen Sonja International Music Competition, Oslo. Simax
- 1995 Bach: The Goldberg Variations. OngakuOCLC [http://worldcat.org/oclc/36637907 36637907]
- 1996 Bach: The Six Keyboard Partitas, Volume I: Partitas I-IV. OngakuOCLC [http://worldcat.org/oclc/37780652 37780652]
- 1997 Bach: The Six Keyboard Partitas, Volume II: Partitas V and VI, Four Duets, Overture in the French Style. OngakuOCLC [http://worldcat.org/oclc/37780932 37780932]
- 1999 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier I. OngakuOCLC [http://worldcat.org/oclc/42003683 42003683]
- 2000 Schnittke: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2, with Joanna Kurkowicz, violin. BridgeOCLC [http://worldcat.org/oclc/637663254 637663254]
- 2000 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier II. OngakuOCLC [http://worldcat.org/oclc/44601589 44601589]
- 2003 Debussy: Preludes I, Images I, Masques, D’un cahier d’esquisses, L’isle joyeuse. CentaurOCLC [http://worldcat.org/oclc/794896521 794896521]
- 2006 Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Rachmaninoff: Seven Preludes. Northern FlowersOCLC [http://worldcat.org/oclc/897386413 897386413]
- 2007 Bach: Schepkin plays Bach Volume 1, Capriccio in B-flat, Partita No. 6, The Italian Concerto. Northern FlowersOCLC [http://worldcat.org/oclc/897386973 897386973]
- 2010 Bach: Goldberg Variations. King International
- 2011 Brahms: Late Piano Works. King International
- 2013 Schumann: Liederkreis (Kerner Lieder; Lenau Lieder and Requiem; Eichendorff Liederkreis), with Darren Chase, baritone. Arabesque
- 2014 Bach: The Six French Suites, Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, Fantasia and Fugue in A minor, BWV 904. Steinway & SonsOCLC [http://worldcat.org/oclc/897429069 897429069]
- 2016 Bach: The Six Partitas. Steinway & SonsOCLC [http://worldcat.org/oclc/951958915 951958915]
References
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External links
- Sergey Schepkin website: www.schepkin.com [http://www.schepkin.com ]
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