Boris Berezovsky

Boris Berezovsky has won critical acclaim a great virtuoso pianist. Born in Moscow, he studied at the Moscow Conservatoire (class of Eliso Virsaladze) and privately under Alexander Satz. Subsequent to his London debut at the Wigmore Hall in 1988, The Times described him as “an artist of exceptional promise, a player of dazzling virtuosity and formidable power”. In 1990, he won the gold medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
Currently, Boris Berezovsky regularly performs with the most prominent orchestras, including London’s Philharmonia, the New York Philharmonic, the Rotterdam Philharmonic, the Munich Philharmonic, the Oslo Philharmonic, Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, the Birmingham Symphony and the Orchestre National de France. In March 2009, Boris Berezovsky performed at the Royal Festival Hall in London. The pianist has been partnered by musicians including Brigitte Engerer, Vadim Repin, Dmitry Makhtin, and Alexander Knyazev.
Boris Berezovsky has an extensive discography; together with Teldec, he has recorded works by Chopin, Schumann, Rakhmaninov, Musorgsky, Balakirev, Medtner, Ravel and the complete Liszt Transcendental Studies. His recording of the Rakhmaninov sonatas was awarded the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik and his Ravel disc was recommended by Le Monde de la Musique, Diapason, The BBC Music Magazine and the Independent on Sunday. Boris Berezovsky also won the BBC Music Magazine Awards in March 2006.
In 2004, together with Dmitry Makhtin and Alexander Knyazev, Boris Berezovsky recorded a DVD of Tchaikovsky’s works for piano, violin and cello in addition to his trio À La Mémoire d’un grand artiste. This recording was honoured with France’s prestigious Diapason d’Or prize. In October 2004, with Warner Classics International, Boris Berezovsky, Alexander Knyazev and Dmitry Makhtin recorded Shostakovich’s Trio No 2 and Rakhmaninov’s Trio élégiaque No 2. These were awarded France’s Choc de la Musique, the United Kingdom’s Gramophone prize and Germany’s Echo Classic award (2005).
In January 2006, Boris Berezovsky released his solo recording of the Chopin-Godowsky études, which received the Diapason d’Or and the RTL d’Or prizes. With the Urals Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Dmitry Liss, he recorded Rakhmaninov’s preludes and the complete collection of his piano concerti (for Mirare), while with Brigitte Engerer he produced a disc of works by Rakhmaninov for two pianos which received several prestigious prizes.