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PHOTOS OF POLAND
FREDERIC CHOPIN:Concerto No.1 Op.11(1830)
KRYSTIAN ZIMERMAN,piano
Legendary LIVE Amsterdam 11-3-1979
II:Romance
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PHOTOS OF POLAND
FREDERIC CHOPIN:Concerto No.1 Op.11(1830)
KRYSTIAN ZIMERMAN,piano
Legendary LIVE Amsterdam 11-3-1979
II:Romance
The Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 by the Polish composer Frédéric Chopin was composed in 1830. It was first performed on 11 October of that year, in Warsaw, with the composer as soloist, during one of his "farewell" concerts before leaving Poland.
It was the first of Chopin's two piano concertos to be published, and was therefore given the designation of Piano Concerto "No. 1" at the time of publication, even though it was actually written immediately after what was later published as Piano Concerto No. 2. It is dedicated to Friedrich Kalkbrenner.
The concerto is scored for solo piano, a pair of flutes, oboes, clarinets, and bassoons, 4 horn, 2 trumpets, tenor trombone, timpani and strings.
It contains the three movements typical of instrumental concertos of the period: 1. Allegro maestoso
2. Romance - Larghetto
3. Rondo - Vivace
Classical critics usually fall into one of two schools of thought concerning the piece. The first of these says that given that Chopin was a composer for the piano first and foremost; the orchestral part of this piece acts more as a vehicle for the pianist, with the individual instrumental parts being uninteresting to perform. The second suggests that the orchestral backing is carefully and deliberately written to fit in with the sound of the piano, and that the simplicity of arrangement is in deliberate contrast to the complexity of the harmony.
KRYSTIAN ZIMERMAN
It came as a shock to the six-year-old Krystian Zimerman when he discovered that not every household has a piano. Until then, he had assumed that playing the piano occupied the same position in life as eating, drinking and sleeping. It was also at the age of six that he made his first appearance on television in his native Poland, playing his own compositions.
Attending the Music Academy in Katowice, Zimerman studied with Andrzej Jasinski who remained his only teacher after his very first lessons from his father. Two months after completing his high-school studies, at the age of 18, Zimerman became the youngest ever winner of the prestigeous Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1975. Although he had already performed widely both in Poland and abroad after winning several other competitions, giving concerts in Vienna, Copenhagen and several eastern European countries, the Chopin prize was a major breakthrough and catapulted the young musician into the forefront of the international music circuit.
His greatest luck in life, Zimerman feels, has been to meet and learn from great musicians, Arthur Rubinstein, with whom he developed an early friendship, was an important musical influence, and Zimerman`s work in concerts and recordings with conductors such as Bernstein, Giulini and Karajan formed landmarks in his career. More recently, Witold Lutoslawski dedicated his Piano Concerto to Zimerman, who gave its premiere in 1989.
Zimerman`s repertoire extends through solo piano music, concertos and chamber music; his aim in all of these is not to specialise in one composer or style, but to keep the range broad, from Bach to Lutoslawski. Rather than allowing himself to be labelled `a Beethoven player` he put Beethoven to one side and worked instead on Brahms, always preferring to avoid the dangers of musical pigeon-holing.
It can take a number of years for Zimerman to prepare a piece for the concert platform: his method of working involves studying a wide range of pieces at any one time, each of which will be at a different stage of acquaintance or readiness. Having lived with a work such as the Brahms Piano Concerto No 2 or the Liszt B minor Sonata for 10 years helps to produce a mature, fully thought-out interpretation. This working structure is characteristic of his belief in long-term investment - whether in practising, concert planning, or decision-making in day-to-day life.
He limits his concerts to not more than 50 per year, also working on between one and three records per year on his exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon. Many of his recordings have won awards, including the Gramophone Award, the Grand Priz du Disque, the Edison, the Diapaison d`or and a Grammy nomination. Although a prizewinner on a number of occasions and a participant in various competitions in the early part of his career, Zimerman remains firmly opposed to the idea of competitions as a method of musical selection and refuses all invitations to sit on juries for international piano competitions.
Beyond the piano, Zimerman`s interests range from playing the organ to electronics via psychology.
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