Murray Perahia

Murray Perahia (born the April 19th 1947 with New York) is a Pianiste and American Leader .

Today, Perahia is regarded as one of the largest traditional pianists in life.

Biography

Its beginnings

Although having started to play of the piano as of the 4 years age, Perahia starts to study it seriously only around 15 years. It enters at 17 years to the Mannes College, where it studies the instrument, the direction of orchestra, and the composition with Mieczysław Horszowski. The summer, it follows the teaching of Marlboro College, where it studies inter alia with Rudolf Serkin and Pablo Casals. In 1972, it gains the contest Leeds, which causes to sit its reputation of young talent. On a purely anecdotic basis, Fanny Waterman declared ( Piano Competition: The Story off the Leeds , by Wendy Thompson) that Horszowski had prevented little before the competition that it would bring the winner of it. This advertisement of the participation of Perahia would have caused the abandonment of other American candidates.

In 1973 it collaborates with Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears in the Festival of Aldeburgh. He becomes artistic deputy manager in 1981 about it, and this until in 1989.

The first recordings of importance that Perahia realizes are the integral of the concertos for piano of Mozart, with the British Chamber Orchestrated directed with the piano. In the Eighties, it also records the entirety of the concertos for piano of Beethoven, with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra directed by Bernard Haitink.

Perahia is dependant of a close friendship with Vladimir Horowitz. This last will have on him a major influence.

In margin of its activity of pianist soloist, Perahia collaborates regularly with the Guarneri Quartet and the Budapest Quartet. He is also the principal chief invited of the orchestra of the Academy off St Martin in the Fields, with which he records and gives representations.

Years 1990: health issue

In 1992, the career of Perahia is threatened by the discovery of an osseous malformation on the level of its inch. It is operated but ignitions start and move away it during several years from the piano. During this period, it is dedicated to a thorough study of Johann Sebastian Bach. As of medical agreement, it records towards end of the year 90 a series of works for piano of Bach, accommodated very well in the musical world. Its interpretation of the Variations Goldberg is regarded as being one of best, while Perahia was essential like one of the large specialists in Bach.

It, thereafter, recorded studies of Chopin, as well as the last sonatas for piano of Schubert.

Today

Today in 2006, he lives with London. The March 8th 2004, the Reine Elizabeth II ordered it honorary Knight Commander off the British Empire .

At the beginning of 2006, the health issues of Perahia reappeared, again moving away it from the scene. Several representations with the Barbican of London were cancelled, as well as a round in ten cities of the United States. In October 2006, Perahia could take again its rounds. It gives a series of representations in various towns of Germany, of which Hamburg where it is a real success.

Rewards

Medal Claudio Arrau of the Robert Schumann Society :

Decreed in 2000 during VIIe International festival Robert-Schumann

Grammy Award "Better interpretation of music of chambre" :

Decreed in 1989 with David Corkhill, Evelyn Glennie, Murray Perahia & Georg Solti for the interpretation of the Sonata for two pianos and percussions of Bartók

Grammy Award "Better interpretation - soloist without orchestra :

Decreed in 2003 with Andreas Neubronner (production and engineering of the sound) & Murray Perahia for the interpretation of the Studies, COp 10 & COp 25 of Chopin
Decreed in 1999 in Murray Perahia for the interpretation of the English Continuations Our. 1,3 and 6 of Bach

Discography

The Eighties

Schubert: Wanderer Fantasie ; Schumann: Fantasy in C Major (1986)
Mozart, Beethoven: Quintets for piano and Winds (1986)
Mozart: Sonata (K. 448); Schubert: Piano sonata for furnace hands (1986) — with Radu Lupu
Beethoven: Piano concertos our. 3 and 4 (1986)
Brahms: Piano four-bit byte (1987)
Beethoven: Piano sonatas our. 17,18 and 26 (1987)
Beethoven: Piano concerto No 5 ( Emperor ) (1987)
has off Portrait Murray Perahia (1987)
Mendelssohn: Piano concertos our. 1 and 2 (CD of 1987, but recording of 1974; originally produced in vinyl) — with Neville Marriner and the Academy off St Martin in the Fields
Mozart: Piano concertos our. 11,12 and 14 (1987)
Mozart: Piano concertos our. 22 and 24 (1987)
Chopin: Piano concerto No 1, Barcarolle, etc (1987)
Beethoven: Piano concertos our. 1 and 2 (1987)
Mozart: Piano concertos our. 9 and 21 (1987)
Schumann: Symphonic studies, posthumous studies, Butterflies; Chopin: Piano sonatas our. 2 and 3 (1988)
Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze; Fantasiestücke (1988)
Beethoven: Five The piano concertos (1988) — with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestrated directed by Bernard Haitink
Schumann: Piano sonata, (COp 22), Schubert: piano sonata (D. 959) (1988)
Bartók: Sonata for 2 pianos and percussion; Brahms: Variations there is topic by Haydn (1988)
Schumann, Grieg: Piano concertos (1989)

Years 1990

Chopin: Piano concertos our. 1 and 2 (1990)
Murray Perahia in Performance (1991)
Murray Perahia Plays Franck and Liszt (1991)
Brahms: Sonata No 3, Rhapsodies, etc (1991)
Mozart: Concertos for 2 and 3 pianos, Andante and variations for piano furnace hands (1991) with Radu Lupu
Mozart: Piano concertos our. 21 and 27 (1991)
The Aldeburgh Recital (1991)
Mozart: Piano sonatas (K. 310,333, and 533) (1992)
Bach: Harpsichord concertos (1993)
Immortal Beloved Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1994)
Greatest Hits: Grieg (1994)
Chopin: Ballades, Waltzes, Mazurkas, etc (1995)
Beethoven: Piano sonatas (COp 2, our. 1– 3) (1995)
Murray Perahia: 25th Anniversary Edition (1997)
Schumann: Kreisleriana , Piano sonata No 1 (1997)
Schumann: Works for piano and supplements orchestrated (1997) — with the Philharmonic orchestra of Berlin directed by Claudio Abbado
Murray Perahia Plays Handel and Scarlatti (1997)
Bach: English continuations our. 1,3 and 6 (1998)
Songs Without Words : Bach/Busoni, Mendelssohn and Schubert – Liszt (1999)
Mozart: Piano concertos our. 20 and 27 (1999)
Glenn Gould At the Movies (1999)
Bach: English continuations our. 2,4 and 5 (1999)

Since 2000

Bach: Goldberg Variations (2000)
Bach: Keyboard concertos volume 1, our. 1,2 and 4 (2001)
Bach: Keyboard concertos our. 3,5,6,7 (2002)
Schubert: Late piano sonatas (2003)
Murray Perahia Plays Bach (2003)
Beethoven: String Four-bit byte, COp 127; Sonata piano, COp 101 (2004) (quartet COp 127 was transcribed for orchestra and is directed by Murray Perahia)

Videotex

Mozart: Piano concertos our. 21 and 27 in rehearsal and performance (1992)

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