Ivo Pogorelich, Robert Schumann piano concerto in A minor Op.54, Madrid, 2017, Audio only.

ORCHESTER DES STAATSTHEATERS AM GARTNERPLATZ MÜNCHEN (Munich Gärtnerplatz State Theatre), Conductor MICHAEL GUTTMAN
MADRID, SPAIN, APRIL 2017.
1 Allegro affettuoso
2 Intermezzo. Andante grazioso
3 Allegro vivace
“To send light into the darkness of men's hearts--such is the duty of the artist.”
― Robert Schumann
Recording dedicated to the memory of Pogorelich`s mentor, teacher, and wife, Aliza Kezeradze, who lovingly passed on to him the tradition of the Liszt-Siloti school, before her untimely death in 1996. This recording pays homage to this exceptionally refined, visionary, and truly revolutionary woman, who made Pogorelich not only a unique artist of genius, but the best ever at the level of Horowitz and Maria Callas.
Ivo Pogorelich is not only an artist of the highest caliber, discipline and musicianship, but the archetype of the modern artist, the isolated and courageous master, who finds his own way to new heights of expression, no matter the prejudices or the barriers of misunderstanding raised against him. He stands alone at the beginning of a new epoch like a prophet, mapping the routes that art would take.
Pogorelich´s cathartic and mystical sound, is concerned with the ultimate mysteries that transcend this world. His grandiose, colossal and majestic art, symbolizes the struggle of the human soul to find release from the bonds of its material body. His exquisite and overwhelming music continues to echo throughout the entire performance and beyond, so the action is at once momentary, eternal and complete.
Pogorelich´s interpretations are indescribably beautiful and irresistible. His sound is pure poetry and extremely emotional, yet entirely unsentimental. We are hypnotized by his new and radical naturalness, by his nobility, dignity, severity and sobriety; transporting us to states of wonder, ecstasy, meditation, love and compassion.
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Sound and Silence,
Life and Death,
Time and Space;
collapse into the Eternal moment of Infinity.
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Lets begin by saying that Schumann accomplished very few of his goals he had set in life as
a young man. At the same time he left a treasure that is still not valued and understood
enough. This is a man who's talent was far greater than his own daily life dimension. It is
known that he was aspiring to become a concert virtuoso pianist and there were other
aims like the aim of educating people and enlightening people as he fought against bad
custom and bad taste in music in his lifetime. He was very brave and much is written about
it. He is also the person responsible for the first monument ever erected to Ludwig van
Beethoven. What we have today is piano works of such richness and beauty that would
need more effort and much more work in order to be understood and presented through
interpretations as this seems to be an author who opened the most hidden and intimate
parts of the human heart and soul and there is so much more in his music than we
understand today. He is not just another so called romantic.
Schumann's music is often underrated. In reality it is an enigma and has as many steps
(moves) as the game of chess does. What I mean to say is that there is something infinite
about the trepidation that music both processes and invokes in listeners.
If we look at Schumann as a composer we can see that it often took him years to complete
a particular movement or piece. Equally none of his works can be learned quickly or easily
and the fact that some of the motives are very likeable and pleasant to the ear does not
help at all and is often misleading. It sounds nice when you first read it but for it to sound
convincing much has to be invested in terms of an effort and dedication before it really
becomes alive.
Ivo Pogorelich.

[@JavierSerraltaSanMartin]

Ivo Pogorelich was born in Belgrade in 1958 as son of a musician. He received his first piano lessons at the age of seven and went to Moscow at the age of twelve to study at the Central Special Music School and then at the Tchaikowsky Conservatory. In 1976 he began intensive studies with the renowned pianist and teacher Aliza Kezeradze, with whom he was married from 1980 until her untimely death in 1996. Mme. Kezeradze was able to transmit the spirit and matter of the school of Beethoven and Liszt, the tradition of the Liszt-Siloti school, originated in Vienna and than carried through to the Conservatory of St. Petersburg, flourishing towards the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th. Century. Pogorelich´s sound, concerts and recordings pay homage to this exceptionally refined, visionary, and truly revolutionary woman, who so lovingly made Pogorelich a unique artist of genius. Ivo Pogorelich won the first prize at the Alessandro Casagrande Competition at Terni (Italy) in 1978 and the first price at the Montreal International Music Competition in 1980. In October of the same year he entered the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw where, when prevented from participating in the final contest as a soloist with the orchestra, a fierce controversy resulted in the renowned argentinian pianist Martha Argerich, a member of the jury, protesting and leaving the competition, joined by other members of the jury panel, with the words “He is a genius”. The New York Times once wrote “He played each note exactly, with such a feeling, such expression, he was an entire orchestra- it was as if he played 200 years ahead of our time”. In this spirit Ivo Pogorelich is known today as a poet of the instrument. Ivo Pogorelich is not only an artist of the highest caliber, discipline and musicianship, but the archetype of the modern artist, the isolated and courageous master, who finds his own way to new heights of expression, no matter the prejudices or the barriers of misunderstanding raised against him. He stands alone at the beginning of a new epoch like a prophet, mapping the routes that art would take. Pogorelich´s cathartic and mystical sound, is concerned with the ultimate mysteries that transcend this world. His grandiose, colossal and majestic art, symbolizes the struggle of the human soul to find release from the bonds of its material body. His exquisite and overwhelming music continues to echo throughout the entire performance and beyond, so the action is at once momentary, eternal and complete. Pogorelich´s interpretations are indescribably beautiful and irresistible. His sound is pure poetry and extremely emotional, yet entirely unsentimental. We are hypnotized by his new and radical naturalness, by his nobility, dignity, severity and sobriety; transporting us to states of wonder, ecstasy, meditation, love and compassion. -- Sound and Silence, Life and Death, Time and Space; collapse into the Eternal moment of Infinity. -- ----------------------- "you have to get into the phycological frame of mind in which composers wrote their works in order to discover its secrets. virtuosity comes from the greek origin virtue. original is finding the origin Gaudi said. rachmaninov had arthritis at the end of his life, he was so weak that his sound was very short, that is the reason he played fast, to fill the vacuum. if you have long sound you are in command to achieve clarity and the hypnotic sound between the notes. the problem was always the conflict and the difference between the absolute and the relative quality. beauty in music is like in diamonds, the purest diamond in the world is the Koh-i-Noor, it is the absolute beauty to which others with relative beauty are compared. work as hard as a galley slave. one should always try as much as possible to rediscover music as though one is hearing it for the first time, searching everywhere for new meanings and new depths. the highest function of the artist is to release the spirituality and the emotional immediacy that lie within the score. sound becomes metaphysical only when you have completely explored all physical possibilities. you should explore until reaching the absurd. music takes you to another universe of eternity that remains with you after the concert is finished." Ivo Pogorelich. ------------------------------------

[@alvarojosetasconospina3583]

Abrzzitooo javito..graxieee.maestro IVO tremendo konzert..

[@JavierSerraltaSanMartin]

siii detiene el tiempo.. eternidad.. dios existe.. los musicos lucidos lo sabemos.. ivo es cardenal.. obispo y Papa.. la dulzura infinita de sus fraseos.. y su fuerza.. cada vez que se escucha se crea el mundo... en que andas en cali?... tocas.. tienes alumnitos.. a que si...contacta hombre.. dejame whatsup y un hola.. o el tu hermana si no tienes y quieres.. o de un amigo.. ponmelo porfis en mi correo y te contacto [e-mail] un abrazo...

[@JavierSerraltaSanMartin]

Lets begin by saying that Schumann accomplished very few of his goals he had set in life as a young man. At the same time he left a treasure that is still not valued and understood enough. This is a man who's talent was far greater than his own daily life dimension. It is known that he was aspiring to become a concert virtuoso pianist and there were other aims like the aim of educating people and enlightening people as he fought against bad custom and bad taste in music in his lifetime. He was very brave and much is written about it. He is also the person responsible for the first monument ever erected to Ludwig van Beethoven. What we have today is piano works of such richness and beauty that would need more effort and much more work in order to be understood and presented through interpretations as this seems to be an author who opened the most hidden and intimate parts of the human heart and soul and there is so much more in his music than we understand today. He is not just another so called romantic. Schumann's music is often underrated. In reality it is an enigma and has as many steps (moves) as the game of chess does. What I mean to say is that there is something infinite about the trepidation that music both processes and invokes in listeners. If we look at Schumann as a composer we can see that it often took him years to complete a particular movement or piece. Equally none of his works can be learned quickly or easily and the fact that some of the motives are very likeable and pleasant to the ear does not help at all and is often misleading. It sounds nice when you first read it but for it to sound convincing much has to be invested in terms of an effort and dedication before it really becomes alive. Ivo Pogorelich.