The programme of this unusual soirée performance is based around one famous music surname and will feature three piano concertos by three different Tchaikovskys. Although uncle and nephew Boris and Alexander Tchaikovsky are not related to Pyotr Tchaikovsky, they both studied at the Moscow Conservatoire named after their famous namesake. Moreover, both are not only composers, but also wonderful pianists who have performed their own pieces.
Featured soloist for Boris Tchaikovsky’s concert is pianist Daria Tchaikovskaya, a representative of the music dynasty’s next generation and prize-winner at various international competitions. Today Daria Tchaikovskaya mostly resides and works in Germany, but is still loyal to the traditions of Russian piano school. That comes as no surprise considering that her mentors include famous teachers Vladimir Krainev and Pavel Gililov.
Boris Berezovsky will join her for Alexander Tchaikovsky’s Concerto for Two Pianos. Berezovsky needs no special introduction. He first received international acclaim at the Leeds International Piano Competition in 1987, where he finished fourth. The following year, the 19-year-old Berezovsky’s debut at London’s Wigmore Hall was met with rave critic reviews. The Times described him as "an artist of exceptional promise, a player of dazzling virtuosity and formidable power"; that promise was fulfilled when he won the 1990 International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Gramophone called Berezovsky “the truest successor to the great Russian pianists.” Boris Berezovsky is a frequent guest at the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre, where he appears in recitals and with ensembles.
Berezovsky will also play solo in Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 2. Although less popular than Piano Concerto No. 1, Piano Concerto No. 2 is just as grand in scope and complexity of the solo part, so virtuoso that the orchestra can sometimes do nothing else but fall silent.
Vladimir Khavrov
