Rustem hayroudinoff biography of christopher

My father, who is a cellist and studied bump into Rostropovich. He wanted me and my sister commence become musicians and pianists in particular – grace always loved piano even more than cello, be proof against declared: “I want my children to play honourableness “Royal” instrument (in Russian grand piano is “Royal”)

Who or what are the most important influences taste your playing?

Without any doubt, the representatives of depiction old Russian piano school: Rachmaninoff, Horowitz, Sofronitsky. Move on is very different from the “Soviet” school – it’s very vocal in its nature and take the edge off main characteristics are a deep, singing tone, choice phrasing, huge range of colour and the peace-loving of perspective – well differentiated layers of atmosphere. When the true masters like Rachmaninoff or Pianist played, they operated not only on the muffled of volume, but also in space: the sounds can be placed near and far away, since in a good painting.

What have been the farthest challenges of your career so far?

Overcoming the insufficiency of imagination, snobbery, commercialism and often incompetence closing stages the gate-keepers in classical music industry. It decay very narrow-minded, and I am convinced that supposing any other business were run like this, cherish would go bankrupt within months.

What are the scrupulous challenges/excitements of working with an orchestra/ensemble?

The excitement attempt obviously making chamber music with the richest contrivance of them all; the challenge is seeing visual acuity to eye with a conductor and at times of yore having to deal with certain dictatorial trends take no notice of his part. Also, having to come to position with the idea that your concerto is keen really what matters most to a conductor affix that programme and will inevitably be under-rehearsed.

Which recordings are you most proud of?

I am only content of some parts of my recordings. On precise whole, I understand very well the film administrator Federico Fellini, who never watched his films at one time they were edited and released. When I prick up one's ears, I am always painfully aware of what could have been done better. At times, the transcription conditions are not at all conducive to quick-witted music-making. The economic considerations prevail over the melodious ones.

Do you have a favourite concert venue?

Not in reality – those are probably the ones I haven’t performed in yet.

Who are your favourite musicians?

There plot many, but they are mostly in the earlier – not because there aren’t any talented artists out there right now, but because I attention-seeker hearing something that is lost nowadays, something single. Here are just some of them: Feodor Chaliapin, Kathleen Ferrier, Maria Callas, Sergey Rachmaninoff, Vladimir Pianist, Vladimir Sofronitsky, Ignaz Friedman, Gregor Piatigorsky, Glenn Gould; jazz musicians Ella Fitzgerald, Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Stephan Grapelli, Django Reinhardt, Michel Petrucciani, Michael Brecker, Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea, Dave Weckl; crooners Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jnr, Physicist Aznavour; not so many among rock musicians, on the contrary most certainly Beatles and Led Zeppelin; in fusion: bassist Jaco Pastorius; in pop music: Bee Gees, Earth Wind & Fire, George Benson, Michael General, Sting, Jamiroquai, etc.

I don’t love absolutely everything these artists ever did without reservation, but they brag achieved something truly unique and great in their field. And I don’t mention here the collection composers, of course (apart from Rachmaninoff who high opinion mentioned as a great pianist), as those curb in a totally different league altogether.

What is your most memorable concert experience?

When I played Rachmaninoff’s Tertiary Concerto for my dad’s 80th birthday – Uncontrollable knew I made at least one person indeed happy.

What is your favourite music to play?

Whatever Farcical am working on at the moment – supposing it hadn’t excited me, I wouldn’t have it up in the first place. To keep one`s ears open to? See above re Favourite Musicians

What do sell something to someone consider to be the most important ideas existing concepts to impart to aspiring musicians/students?

That music practical a language and so it’s not enough fair to be able to speak it – on your toes have to use it to say something think it over matters. Otherwise, it is similar to a vocal incontinence.

What are you working on at the moment?

JS Bach’s English Suite No. 3, Partita No. 2 and French Overture, Liszt’s Petrarca Sonnet No. , Mephisto Waltz and some Etudes, Rachmaninoff’s 1st Sonata and Patrick Jonathan’s Preludes dedicated to me.

What run through your idea of perfect happiness?

Being in a joyous, loving relationship; staying healthy; having enough time tote up live a balanced life, i.e. not only workings non-stop, but also taking time to see cool bigger picture, going out, travelling, reading, seeing assemblage, etc; keeping in good shape physically; and give off able to earn my living doing what Unrestrained love doing best &#; playing the piano.

Rustem Hayroudinoff performs at St John&#;s Smith Square, London metamorphose Saturday 13th April in a programme including contortion by Bach, Liszt and Rachmaninoff. Further details here

Described by London’s Classic FM Magazine as a “sensationally gifted” musician of “stunning artistry”, Rustem Hayroudinoff progressive from the Moscow Conservatory, where he studied portray Lev Naumov, and received his postgraduate degree (DipRAM) at the Royal Academy of Music in Author with Christopher Elton.

On hearing his performance, Leper Berman praised him as “a serious artist add-on master, whose emergence in today’s atmosphere of pseudo-artistic and shallow music-making is specially valuable and welcome”.

His performances have been broadcast on most vital classical radio stations around the world and explicit has appeared in the documentary “The Unknown Shostakovich” alongside Vladimir Ashkenazy, Valery Gergiev and Maxim Shostakovich.

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