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VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY MAY VISIT ARMENIA
PanARMENIAN.Net
February 18, 2012 - 15:52 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Vladimir Ashkenazy, principal conductor of the Sydney
Symphony Orchestra and legendary pianist may pay a visit to Armenia. In
a recent interview he said he hopes to conduct in Armenia later this
year or early next. "My teacher for many years was Armenian," he said,
according to J-Wire.
Vladimir Ashkenazy born in Gorky, Soviet Union (now Nizhny Novgorod,
Russia), to the pianist and composer David Ashkenazi and to the
actress Yevstolia Grigorievna, born Plotnova.
Ashkenazy went on to graduate from the Moscow Conservatory where he
studied with Lev Oborin and Boris Zemliansky, winning second prize in
the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1955 and the
first prize in the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Brussels in
1956. He shared the first prize in the 1962 International Tchaikovsky
Competition with British pianist John Ogdon.
Ashkenazy moved to Iceland with his wife in 1968 and became an
Icelandic citizen in 1972. In 1978, the couple, with five children
(Vladimir Stefan, Nadia Liza, Dimitri Thor, Sonia Edda, and Alexandra
Inga), moved to Switzerland.
He was the principal conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra from
1987 to 1994 and was principal conductor of the Czech Philharmonic
from 1998 to 2003. He became musical director of the NHK Symphony
Orchestra in 2004.
Besides these positions, Ashkenazy is conductor laureate of the
Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor laureate of the Iceland Symphony
Orchestra, and music director of the European Union Youth Orchestra,
with which he performs regularly.
Ashkenazy has also appeared in several Christopher Nupen music films,
conducting extracts from the composer profiled, including Ottorino
Respighi and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and performing at the piano.
He succeeded Gianluigi Gelmetti as the chief conductor and artistic
director of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in January 2009.
PanARMENIAN.Net
February 18, 2012 - 15:52 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Vladimir Ashkenazy, principal conductor of the Sydney
Symphony Orchestra and legendary pianist may pay a visit to Armenia. In
a recent interview he said he hopes to conduct in Armenia later this
year or early next. "My teacher for many years was Armenian," he said,
according to J-Wire.
Vladimir Ashkenazy born in Gorky, Soviet Union (now Nizhny Novgorod,
Russia), to the pianist and composer David Ashkenazi and to the
actress Yevstolia Grigorievna, born Plotnova.
Ashkenazy went on to graduate from the Moscow Conservatory where he
studied with Lev Oborin and Boris Zemliansky, winning second prize in
the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1955 and the
first prize in the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Brussels in
1956. He shared the first prize in the 1962 International Tchaikovsky
Competition with British pianist John Ogdon.
Ashkenazy moved to Iceland with his wife in 1968 and became an
Icelandic citizen in 1972. In 1978, the couple, with five children
(Vladimir Stefan, Nadia Liza, Dimitri Thor, Sonia Edda, and Alexandra
Inga), moved to Switzerland.
He was the principal conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra from
1987 to 1994 and was principal conductor of the Czech Philharmonic
from 1998 to 2003. He became musical director of the NHK Symphony
Orchestra in 2004.
Besides these positions, Ashkenazy is conductor laureate of the
Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor laureate of the Iceland Symphony
Orchestra, and music director of the European Union Youth Orchestra,
with which he performs regularly.
Ashkenazy has also appeared in several Christopher Nupen music films,
conducting extracts from the composer profiled, including Ottorino
Respighi and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and performing at the piano.
He succeeded Gianluigi Gelmetti as the chief conductor and artistic
director of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in January 2009.