Eminent Russian piano teacher has died
http://slippedisc.com/2015/01/eminent-russian-piano-teacher-has-died/?sthash.gXN90fdp.mjjo
Vera Gornostaeva, professor at the Moscow Conservatoire and teacher of more than 50 international competition winners, has died aged 85. (Russian TV report here).
A student of the formidable Heinrich Neuhaus, Gorostaeva taught Emil Gilels’s daughter Elena and went on to train three or four generations of musician families. Ivo Pogorelich and Sergey Babayan were among her star pupils.
She recorded for Philips, Yamaha and other labels.
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Vera Gornostaeva performs Chopin. 5 Mazurkas Вера Горностаева
https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-ts=1421828030&v=_vBK5dR8d8I&x-yt-cl=84411374
Линия жизни. Вера Горностаева
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr_I-rMjrBs
Выдающаяся пианистка и всемирно известный педагог, профессор, народная артистка России Вера Горностаева вспоминает о том, как маленькой девочкой вступила в мир музыки, как училась у легендарного Генриха Густавовича Нейгауза, как дружила с удивительным мальчиком Славой Ростроповичем. Также она рассказывает, как в ее жизни появилась литература, и как можно через два часа после концерта написать книгу.
Chopin - 16 Mazurkas (Vera Gornostaeva)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knz7n4RslWU
00:00 ➢ Op. 67, No. 4 in A minor
02:45 ➢ Op. 24, No. 2 in C major
04:50 ➢ Op. 24, No. 4 in B-flat minor
09:15 ➢ Op. 30, No. 3 in D-flat major
11:54 ➢ Op. 30, No. 4 in C-sharp minor
15:47 ➢ Op. 41, No. 4 in A-flat major
17:37 ➢ Op. 68, No. 4 in F minor
19:37 ➢ Op. 56, No. 3 in C minor
24:29 ➢ Op. 41, No. 2 in E minor
26:47 ➢ Op. 59, No. 3 in F-sharp minor
29:59 ➢ Op. 68, No. 2 in A minor
33:20 ➢ Op. 56, No. 2 in C major
34:52 ➢ Op. 21, No. 1 in G minor
36:46 ➢ Op. 63, No. 2 in F minor
38:20 ➢ Op. 7, No. 3 in F minor
40:26 ➢ Op. 63, No. 3 in C-sharp minor
Vera Gornostaeva (b. October 1, 1929) is a Russian pianist and pedagogue.
Emeritus Artist of the Russian Federation, Gornostaeva is a graduate of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, where her teacher was the legendary Heinrich Neuhaus.
In addition to her extensive performing career, Gornostaeva is a prominent professor at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory; holds masterclasses in Italy, Germany, France, Switzerland, England, and the USA. She has presented masterclasses in Japan since 1990 under the auspices of the Yamaha Musical Fund that are broadcast by NHK-TV. Her book, "Two Hours After the Concert" was translated and published there.
Other educational activities include leading annual seminars for Russian music teachers; giving lectures on radio and TV on classical music and the performing arts; and publishing articles and books. She is a jury member and often chairman of the jury at many prestigious international music competitions, and is also the President of the Moscow Association of Musicians.
Professor Gornostaeva is renowned for having trained about 50 prize winners of international piano competitions, including Alexander Slobodyanik, Semion Kruchin, Valery Sigalevitch, Petras Geniušas, Dina Joffe, Yuri Lisichenko, Pavel Egorov, Alexander Paley, Eteri Andjaparidze, Ivo Pogorelich, Aleksandra Romanić, Sergei Babayan, Marian Pivka, Maxim Philippov, Ayako Uehara, Yurie Miura, Lukas Geniušas, Vadym Kholodenko, Andrey Gugnin and others.
She has made numerous recordings for Philips, Phoenix, Yamaha, and other labels of piano works by Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, Liszt, Schumann, Schubert, Scriabin, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, and Shostakovich.
photos
https://www.google.hr/search?q=Vera+Gornostaeva&client=opera&hs=mp0&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=Yd-_VLapGqPZywPo0oFQ&ved=0CCUQsAQ&biw=931&bih=575
Sergey Gordeev
I had the honor of interviewing Vera Gornostaeva, the legendary Russian pianist and pedagogue, at her dacha in Dubna, near Moscow. We talk about what led her to music, whether there is such a thing as accident in life, her great teachers, and the great Moscow Conservatory. PART 1 OF 2. Air date: 8/23/13 on NTV America.
http://vimeo.com/73898947
Sergey Gordeev
http://vimeo.com/sergeygordeev
News Anchor at NTV America (NYC), NY Correspondent, Ren-TV (Moscow)
On-air reporter, Sirius XM Radio, Graduate, Columbia Journalism School