Youri egorov biography

Born in Kazan, USSR, Youri Egorov.
Born: May 28, 1954 - Kazan, USSR Died: April 15, 1988 - Amsterdam, Holland.
Youri Aleksandrovich Egorov was a Soviet and Monegasque classical pianist.

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In the House of the Poet

Russian concert pianist Youri Egorov (1954-88) was a cult hero. Jan Brokken got to know Egorov in the 1970s when he travelled with him for a magazine article that he was to write to a performance in England. Egorov’s playing was out of this world but he was agitated by the orchestra’s indifference: ‘Not one spark of enthusiasm, I can’t stand that.’

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In het huis van de dichter

The young pianist, a child prodigy, had fled Russia aged twenty-two for fear his homosexuality would be discovered (also to the embarrassment of his family), and requested asylum in the Netherlands. In Amsterdam he was soon living with a friend on the Brouwersgracht, the centre of a small circle of admirers and friends. In het huis van de dichter (In the House of the Poet) is described as a novel – and it reads as easily as one – but in fact it is a true account (based on real events and on the letters and diary entries that Egorov wrote as he desperately waited for a decision on his asylum application) of Egorov’s tormented life. He was consume

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Youri EGOROV

BiographyBorn in 1954, pianist Youri Egorov began his piano studies at the age of six at the Music School and Conservatory in Kazan. In 1971 he was a prizewinner in the Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud Competition in Paris, and was admitted to the Moscow Conservatory to study with the late Jacov Zak. In 1974 he was a top prize winner at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, and, in 1975, at the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition in Brussels.Youri Egorov was enormously successful in his New York recital debut at Alice Tully Hall in 1978, and in his Chicago debut the same year. He performed with the Chicago Symphony in 1979, and made a triumphant return to New York in his Carnegie Hall debut that season. Youri Egorov's first visit to the United Kingdom was in October, 1980, when he gave 18 concerts in 13 cities in one month. He made his London debut at that time at the Royal Festival Hall with the Scottish National Orchestra, and his London recital debut at Queen Elizabeth Hall. Since then, Youri Egorov has given three more critically acclaimed Carnegi

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Youri Egorov

Year Composer Work Recorded at CD, record or website 1974TchaikovskyThe Seasons, Op. 37b (1875-1876)VARA Studio 1, HilversumRadio 4 Concerthuis 1974TchaikovskyPiano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 75, Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, conductor Roberto BenziConcertgebouw Grote Zaal, AmsterdamRadio 4 Concerthuis 1974RachmaninoffRhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43Tchaikovsky Competition MoscowMelodiya MELCD1002349 (2015) 1975MaesPiano Concerto No. 2, Symphonic Orchestra RTBF, conductor Irwin HoffmanQueen Elisabeth Music CompetitionBOZAR, BrusselsDeutsche Grammophon 2530 602 1975SchumannCarnaval, Op. 9Queen Elisabeth Music CompetitionBOZAR, BrusselsDeutsche Grammophon 2530 602 1976BachItalian Concerto in F major, BWV 971Concertgebouw Kleine Zaal, AmsterdamRadio 4 Concerthuis 1976BachThe Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 13 in F-sharp major, BWV 857CD Astoria Stereo DP 87001 1976BachThe Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 24 in