Victor Merzhanov, piano
Tchaikovsky. "The Seasons", op. 37-bis:
11. November (Troika)
Recorded at Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory on January 12, 2007.
Victor Merzhanov was once called by a Swe...
Victor Merzhanov, piano
Tchaikovsky. "The Seasons", op. 37-bis: 11. November (Troika)
Recorded at Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory on January 12, 2007.
Victor Merzhanov was once called by a Swedish critic "a descendant of that line of great Russian-born pianists that began with Ziloty and Rachmaninov". Merzhanov graduated from the Moscow Conservatoire with distinction and his name was inscribed in its marble wall along with those of Scryabin and Rachmaninov. During his career he gave more tran 1500 recitals and concerts recitals with such conductors as Zanderling, Kondrashin, Gauk, Rozhdestvensky, Temirkanov, Svetlanov and many others. Merzhanov teaches at Moscow Conservatory since 1947.
Выдающийся русский пианист Виктор Мержанов, о котором шведский критик писал как о "достойном потомке великих пианистов, рожденных Россией, начиная с Зилоти и Рахманинова".За 50 лет сценической жизни он сыграл более 1500 концертов, в том числе с такими дирижерами, как К.Зандерлинг, К.Кондрашин, А.Гаук, Г.Рождественский, Ю.Темирканов, Е.Светланов.
Он имел блестящий успех во многих странах. В Италии его называли "настоящим волшебником, который поражает неповторимыми возможностями своих рук равно как и мудростью интерпретатора", в Польше писали, что "его игра открывает глаза на мир высочайшей гармонии, душевной красоты и благородной экспрессии, а его манера игры - образец недосягаемости"; в Америке отмечали "пластичность музыкального языка, необычную для исполнителей любой страны".
Виктор Мержанов родился в 1919 г. в Тамбове. В 1936 - 1941 гг. он учился в Московской консерватории по классу фортепиано у С.Фейнберга и по классу органа у А.Гедике. Окончил консерваторию с отличием, его имя занесено на мраморную стелу Московской консерватории и стоит в одном ряду с именами Скрябина, Рахманинова.
В 1941 - 1945 гг. В.Мержанов служил в армии. После войны учился в аспирантуре Московской консерватории. В 1945 г. получил Первую премию на Всесоюзном конкурсе музыкантов- исполнителей, разделив ее с С.Рихтером. В 1949 г. стал лауреатом конкурса Шопена в Варшаве. С 1947 г. Виктор Мержанов - профессор Московской консерватории.
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I've never heard of this guy. I don't think his fame made its way to the U.S. unfortunately. Many subtleties in his playing, which I liked very much. It puts many new generation pianists to shame.
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замечательно!
1941 - Moscow Conservatoire graduation
piano class (prof. S. Feinberg)
organ class (prof. A. Goedike)
1941-45 - Red Army, the tankman
1945 - All-Union competition
1st Prize (together with Svyatoslav Richter)