VERA TIMANOVA - Schlozer. Concert Etude in A-flat Major, op. 1, no. 2.

Vera Timanova, piano
Recorded in 1907
Welte-Mignon Piano Roll no. 1384.


Вера Тиманова
Шлецер. Концертный этюд соч.1/2 Вельте no.1384


Vera Timanova was born into a well-to-do family in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia, where she spent her childhood. She showed musical aptitude at an early age, and at age six began taking piano instruction from local teachers, with her first public performance at the age of only nine. About this concert she wrote in her autobiography "The announcement of the concert made a splash in the city. Tickets sold briskly and I earned my first thousand roubles. I performed Mozart's Concerto and several pieces. The success was complete".

The child prodigy came to the attention of composer Anton Rubinstein who spoke highly of her potential. The two went on to become close friends. Rubinstein's recommendation led to Timanova being sponsored to attend Carl Tausig's School of Advanced Piano Playing in Berlin by a local merchant. Subsequently, Timanova was a student of Franz Liszt and became a prominent performer in Russia, France, Austria, Britain, Germany and Turkey, while periodically returning to Ufa to perform; the last such trip was in 1896.

Among Timanova's other prominent admirers were Alexander Borodin and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, who dedicated the Scherzo humoristique, part of his Six Pieces for Piano Solo, Op. 19 (1873) to her. In addition to her friendship with Rubinstein, Timanova was also very close to Czech conductor and composer Eduard Nápravník. His Fantaisie (1881), written for Timanova, is a virtuosic 12-minute work based on three Russian folk songs including the omnipresent Song of the Volga Boatmen.

Timanova returned to Russia permanently in 1907, settling in St Petersburg, giving concerts and piano tuition. In 1907 she recorded a number of pieces on piano rolls, including pieces by Liszt, Sergei Lyapunov, Moritz Moszkowski, and the extraordinarily difficult Étude in A flat, Op. 1, No. 2 attributed to Paul de Schlözer.

After the 1917 revolution, Timanova's wealthy background led to her being critical of the new Bolshevik authorities, but she was nonetheless granted a VIP pension of 50 roubles, sufficient to finance the employment of a maid. Her last public performance was in 1937 when she was 82 years of age. Vera Timanova died of hunger during the Siege of Leningrad in February 1942.

(from Wikipedia article)



Вера Викторовна Тиманова (1855—1942) — выдающаяся русская виртуозка-пианистка и преподавательница. Родилась в Уфе в дворянской семье, где получила домашнее музыкальное образование. В девять лет она дала первый концерт в зале Дворянского собрания, исполняя нелегкие сочинения Шопена, Калькбреннера, а также концерт Моцарта. Затем училась в Петербургской консерватории на средства уфимского богача Базилевского у А.Г. Рубинштейна и П.Л. Петерсона. Также училась в Берлине, в Высшей музыкальной школе Таузига, который обратил на её талант особенное внимание.

Любимая ученица Ференца Листа. Её исполнительское искусство высоко ценили Чайковский и Бородин. После весьма удачных заграничных концертов, Тиманова переселилась в Петербург, посвятив себя концертной и педагогической деятельности.

Умерла в блокадном Ленинграде

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For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Timanova (in English) or
http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0... (in Russian)

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[palcsi]

@gerardbedecarter That is so sad...

[NadineMademoiselle]

Спасибо огромное!. Бриллиантиссимо!!! 

[aardvaark069]

wow. a very romantic and sensitive performance.

[chadmaster410]

amazing skills

[37antattack]

A damn fast piece played a damn faster

Brilliant!!!!!

:D

[Noshirm]

She was also a pupil of Tausig and of Anton Rubinstein. This is an incredible performance. Thanks for posting it!

[gerardbedecarter]

Vera Timanoff was a pupil of Franz Liszt who thought very highly of her. She died of starvation in 1942 during the siege of Leningrad.