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‘Save your superlatives until you have heard Eldar Nebolsin’ –
LA Times
‘Scintillating pianism that rivals the greats in this repertoire
... rivalling Rubinstein’ – Gramophone
‘He may well be the Richter of his generation’ – American Record
Guide
Celebrating
ELDAR NEBOLSIN
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BIOGRAPHY© Noah Shaye
Described by the Gramophone Magazine as ‘virtuoso of power and
poetry’, Eldar Nebolsin is considered one of the most versatile and
interesting musicians of his generation.
A former student of renowned Russian pianist and teacher Dmitri
Bashkirov, Eldar currently records for the Naxos label. His debut
album, Rachmaninov’s Preludes, Opp. 23 and 32 earned from
ClassicsToday.com the praise ‘close to stunning … Nebolsin’s is a
truly exceptional excursion into the music of Rachmaninov’, while
his second album released the following year, both Liszt Piano
Concertos and Totentanz with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Orchestra and Vasily Petrenko, earned top place on Naxos’
Bestsellers Digital Platform for six consecutive months.
The next albums for Naxos were Ernst von Dohnanyi’s Variations
of Nursery Theme, with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and JoAnn
Falletta, Chopin’s complete works for piano and orchestra with the
Warsaw Philharmonic and Antoni Wit, a solo album of works by
Schubert, and the Lopes-Graça Piano Concertos with Orquestra
Sinfonica do Porto and Matthias Bamert. The three piano quartets by
Brahms coupled with Mahler’s Piano Quartet were followed by two
albums released by Naxos in collaboration with Spectrum Concerts
Berlin – albums of Arensky and Sculhoff’s Chamber Works.
Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Concert Fantasia with the
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Michael Stern received stunning
reviews declaring it to be the definitive version of this
repertoire. Most recently IBS Classical released his collaboration
with cellist Asier Polo, Brahms Cello Sonatas. Earlier recordings
include two albums for Decca – solo works by Chopin and Liszt, and
Chopin’s Piano Concertos with the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester
Berlin and Vladimir Ashkenazy.
Some of Eldar’s more recent engagements are re-invitations to
the Buffalo and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestras, his debuts
with the Kansas City Symphony, Helsinki and Turku Philharmonics and
New Zealand Symphony Orchestras, an all-Liszt evening in Lisbon
with Jaime Martin, continuing chamber collaborations with Janine
Jansen and Friends in Utrecht and with Spectrum Concerts at the
Philharmonie, Berlin, a recital tour in Canada and USA with Eldar’s
frequent partner, violist Maxim Rysanov, as well as his debut with
MDR Symphony Orchestra and Jun Märkl at the Gewandhaus Leipzig,
and
a tour throughout Spain performing Liszt’s Second Piano Concerto
with the Royal Seville Philharmonic Orchestra. Eldar also returns
regularly to perform with London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,
most recently sharing the stage with Josep Caballé-Domenech, while
he enjoyed debuts in both recital and concerto repertoire in
Berlin’s Konzerthaus, in Budapest, Winterthur, Brisbane, and in
Taiwan.
In the chamber music field, Eldar collaborates with some of the
world’s most renowned musicians such Julian Rachlin, Maxim Rysanov,
Alexey Ogrintchouk, Ilya Grintgolts or Gustav Rivinius. Recent
chamber music engagements include performances with the Leipziger
Streichquartett, Barnabas Kelemen, Miklós Perényi, Alexander
Melnikov and Wolfgang Emmanuel Schmidt.
In 2005 Eldar Nebolsin was unanimously awarded the Sviatoslav
Richter Prize in the First Edition of the International Piano
Competition in Moscow where he was also honoured with the special
award for the Best Classical Concerto Performance. During the
2009–10 season Eldar enjoyed the honour of being
Artist-in-Residence for Musis Sacrum in Arnhem.
Eldar’s earlier international performances have taken him to the
stages of some of the most famous orchestras of the world – New
York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra,
Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, Vienna Chamber Orchestra,
Orchestre de Paris, Gulbenkian Foundation Orchestra, Orchestra di
Santa Cecilia in Rome, Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, Sydney
Symphony Orchestra, Sankt Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra and
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra with outstanding conductors such as
Mstislav Rostropovich, Ricardo Chailly, Yuri Temirkanov, Leonard
Slatkin, Charles Dutoit, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Vasily Petrenko,
Nikolaj Alexeev, Vladimir Spivakov and Lawrence Foster, among many
others.
From 2012 Eldar has held the position of Professor of Piano at
the Hanns Eisler Musik Hochschule, Berlin, where he now lives. He
previously lived in Spain and for the last 11 years held a place on
the faculty of the International Institute of Chamber Music in
Madrid teaching alongside Ralf Gothoni where he regularly presents
master classes both in piano solo repertoire and chamber music.
August 2019
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’Splendid playing, marked by perfect intonation, ensemble
balance, and
tonal warmth, conjoined with emotional engagement, interpretive
intelligence, and superior recording, add up to a very strong
recommendation for this release.’ – Fanfare
‘Piano Trio No. 1, the best known of these works, is given a
pleasant performance.’
– BBC Music Magazine
RECORDING OFTHE YEAR
CRITIC’S CHOICENOMINEE
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‘Their Brahms is rich and expressive, unmannered and technically
secure.
Tempos are in the conventional range with no attempts at
showiness or virtuosity. All four are terrific players, but I
was
most taken with pianist Nebolsin, who plays with subtle grace
and
admirable clarity.’ – American Record Guide
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‘There’s not much one needs to say about these fine
performances. Tempos
and balances are excellent, Nebolsin plays sensitively and with
style.’
– Fanfare
‘Clearly Nebolsin has this music in his fingers… There is sheer
pyrotechnic display on offer here that rivals the
best.’ – American Record Guide
‘The disc is special, with excellent performances and excellent
sound.
– Classical Candor
GRAMOPHONERECOMMENDS
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‘Nebolsin [deserves] praise for his lively and sympathetic work
in this virtually unknown music.
The Portuguese orchestra shines under the distinguished baton of
Bamert. All in all, this is a
high-quality production.’ – Fanfare
‘Eldar Nebolsin brings precise phrasing and visceral intensity
to his performance of both concertos.’
– Scene Magazine
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‘Nebolsin…proves himself a scintillating and persuasive
Chopinist, alive to every
detail.’ – Gramophone
‘[Nebolsin’s] playing is fleet and his technique sure. Most
important,
he seems to thoroughly grasp the mercurial lyricism of Chopin’s
writing.’
– Soundstage.com
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‘Eldar Nebolsin offers an interpretation that is perfect in
style and colour.’
– ResMusica.com
‘Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic play this music really
well, and they are
lucky to have a piano soloist in Eldar Nebolsin more than up to
the formidable
task that Dohnányi sets for him.’ – ClassicsToday.com
NOMINEE RESMUSICACLEF DU MOIS
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‘Nebolsin carries all before him with sparkling, life-enhancing
playing.’
– Classic FM
‘Nebolsin does a good job of letting the music flow naturally,
while keeping the
textures of the piano figurationlight and airy.’ – Fanfare
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For the full list of Eldar Nebolsin's extensive discography with
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‘The kaleidoscopic shifts of rhythm and emotion are simply
breathtaking.’ – Limelight Magazine
‘[Nebolsin] has this music in his blood. He captures its
nobility
as well as its passion, delicacy as well as dazzle.’
– The Dallas Morning News
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‘Nebolsin’s grasp of structure, simplicity of approach with
clear, natural phrasing, and the song-
like purity of the recorded sound make this a very special
Schubert
disc.’ – Classic FM
‘Nebolsin’s touch is light and poetic, allowing the delicate
color
of Schubert’s lyricism to come through in an unforced manner
that serves the needs of the music very well indeed.’
– Audio Video Club of Atlanta
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‘This is clearly the work of a great musical imagination, and I
can’t imagine it being
played any better than it is here.’– The Art Music Lounge
EDITOR’SCHOICE
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‘This disc is a real winner, not just for Nebolsin’s playing,
but because of the addition of the totally overlooked Concert
Fantasia.’ – Classic FM
CD OFTHE WEEK
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‘Both concerto performances are quite fine … you won’t be
disappointed with these
performances.’ – Classical Net
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