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Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter (March 20, 1915 - August 1, 1997) was a Russian pianist. Sviatoslav Richter was widely recognized as one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. He was well known for his vast repertoire, effortless technique and poetic phrasing.
Richter was born in Zhitomir but grew up in Odessa. Unusually, he was largely self-taught although his organist father provided him with a basic education in music. Even at an early age, Richter was an excellent sight-reader, and regularly practiced with local opera and ballet companies. He developed a lifelong passion for opera, vocal and chamber music that found its full expression in the festival he established in Grange de Meslay, France. He started to work at the Odessa Conservatory where he accompanied the opera rehearsals. He gave his first recital in 1934 at the engineer club of Odessa but did not formally study piano until three years later, when he enrolled in the Moscow Conservatory, which waived the entrance exam for the young prodigy after it was clear he would not pass. He studied with Heinrich Neuhaus who also taught Emil Gilels, and who claimed Richter to be “the genius pupil, for whom he had been waiting all his life”. In 1940, while still a student, he gave the world premiere of the Sonata No. 6 by Sergei Prokofiev, a composer with whose works he was ever after associated. He also became known for skipping compulsory political lessons at the conservatory and being expelled twice during his first year.
Richter was born in Zhitomir but grew up in Odessa. Unusually, he was largely self-taught although his organist father provided him with a basic education in music. Even at an early age, Richter was an excellent sight-reader, and regularly practiced with local opera and ballet companies. He developed a lifelong passion for opera, vocal and chamber music that found its full expression in the festival he established in Grange de Meslay, France. He started to work at the Odessa Conservatory where he accompanied the opera rehearsals. He gave his first recital in 1934 at the engineer club of Odessa but did not formally study piano until three years later, when he enrolled in the Moscow Conservatory, which waived the entrance exam for the young prodigy after it was clear he would not pass. He studied with Heinrich Neuhaus who also taught Emil Gilels, and who claimed Richter to be “the genius pupil, for whom he had been waiting all his life”. In 1940, while still a student, he gave the world premiere of the Sonata No. 6 by Sergei Prokofiev, a composer with whose works he was ever after associated. He also became known for skipping compulsory political lessons at the conservatory and being expelled twice during his first year.
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Piano Concerto in C sharp minor, Op. 30
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AudiophiliaX wrote:
Legendary, the greatest of all ! RIP Slava
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Redingot wrote:
The artist image that is currently on display is I think horrendous. You can barely recognize that it is him. Even in the little album on this page there are far better images, let alone the entire internet. How can we change it?
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theapril-sea wrote:
the best pianist ever. P.S.all great pianists were from russia :)
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Tarkovsky86 wrote:
I created a group in honor of Sviatoslav Richter. Join http://www.lastfm.es/group/Sviatoslav+Richter
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Tarkovsky86 wrote:
Simply the best
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kozborn wrote:
Listen to his interpretations of Bach music! I recommend Das Wohltemperierte Klavier. An ocean of glorious, calm, genuine beauty.
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pianoneil1 wrote:
Brilliant, fantastic, marvellous, the best ever pianist. Whatever he plays turns to gold. A pretty good accompanist too.
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mamyblues wrote:
ne manquez sous aucun pretexte : "Richter l'insoumis" film grandiose de Bruno Monsaingeon
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szaidif wrote:
Seven Preludes from Op.32/S.Rachmaninov..... 21. No.1o in B minor !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! transcendentis...............................................................................................................................
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oniontop wrote:
NikolaiFokov is correct. Richter's Rach 2 is perfection in wax...anyone seen it on any other medium?
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Vasilievich wrote:
I really wish Richter had played Rach 3, it would be really interesting to hear his interpretation of the piece...
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ParanoidAndr0id wrote:
One of the best. Such a versatile pianist.
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smintheus wrote:
Rachmaninov Etudes Tableaux, No 5 in D minor, Brilliant!!
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1223334Zs wrote:
i wish someone would have recorded him playing with a high-speed camera.
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Luna-de-Rio wrote:
So according to a biographer he is of a german extraction because of the german father as if the maternal side is non-existent when it is anything but german/western etc. Somebody edit this russophobia please!
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Amina172 wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/Schumann/
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theapril-sea wrote:
sure he is the best pianist of all time.
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Rojavida wrote:
I'd recommend the Chopin Scherzi
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ferol wrote:
...or Etude Tableau Op.33, No.4 by Rachmaninov? áááárrrrrrrr
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MetalGuitar wrote:
Amen.
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