Soviet and Russian pianist (1924–1993)
Tatyana Petrovna Nikolayeva
Tatiana Petrovna Nikolayeva (Russian : Татьяна Петровна Николаева , romanized : Tatyana Petrovna Nikolaeva ; May 4, 1924 – November 22, 1993) was a pianist , composer , and teacher from the Soviet Union .
Life
Nikolayeva was born in Bezhitsa,[ 1] in the Bryansk district , on May 4, 1924.[ 2] Her mother was a professional pianist and studied at the Moscow Conservatory under the renowned pedagogue Alexander Goldenweiser , and her father was an amateur violinist and cellist.[ 2] Nikolayeva won first prize in the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Leipzig , which was founded to mark the bicentenary of Bach 's death in 1750. Dmitri Shostakovich , who was a member of the jury, composed and dedicated the 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87 , to her: it remained an important part of her piano repertoire.[ 2]
She sat as a jury member on international competitions such as the Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition ,[ 3] the International Tchaikovsky Competition and the Leeds Piano Competition .[ 2] She recorded her own transcription of Sergei Prokofiev 's Peter and the Wolf .[ 4] Nikolayeva was the teacher of Nikolai Lugansky .[ 5] Among her other students were András Schiff , whom she taught in summer courses at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar ,[ 6] and Michael Korstick , whom she taught during her master classes at Musikhochschule Cologne, Germany.
She died on November 22, 1993, in San Francisco , nine days after succumbing to a brain haemorrhage during a performance of one of the Op. 87 fugues at the Herbst Theatre .[ 2] [ 7]
As James Campbell-Methuen commented in her obituary, "Aside from the Shostakovich, though, Tatiana Nikolayeva will be remembered as a Bach player who flung stylistic considerations to the winds and played the music with an irrepressible musical intelligence and knowledge of the resources of her chosen instrument."[ 2]
Partial repertoire
Compositions
References
^ "The Prokofiev Page – Recordings" . Archived from the original on December 27, 2005.
^ a b c d e f "Obituary: Tatiana Nikolayeva" . The Independent . November 27, 1993. Archived from the original on May 26, 2022.
^ Paloma O’Shea Santander International Piano Competition “Winners, members of the jury and artistic guests”
^ "scribd" . Archived from the original on June 11, 2014.
^ "Nikolai Lugansky" . www.kennedy-center.org . Retrieved October 17, 2020 .
^ Schiff, András (April 2, 2020). Music Comes Out of Silence . Orion Publishing Group, Limited. ISBN 978-1-4746-1527-3 .
^ "Tatiana Nikolayeva (Piano, Arranger) - Short Biography" . www.bach-cantatas.com .
^ "Tatiana Nikolayeva (piano) on Hyperion Records" . Hyperion Records .
^ "Russian Soviet and Post Soviet Concertos page 1- February 2011 MusicWeb-International" . Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2012 .
^ "Pianist Tatiana Nikolayeva | website in memoriam of Tatiana Nikolayeva" . www.tatiana-nikolayeva.info .
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