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Evgeny Kissin

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Biography

By two-years-old, Evgeny Kissin was playing the piano and, by 12, the child prodigy was performing Chopin concertos with the Moscow State Philharmonic Orchestra. Guided by teacher Anna Pavlovna Kantor and honing his skills at the Gnessin State Music College, his virtuosity came to wider attention when he toured Europe and Japan in the late 1980s. He debuted in New York with conductor Zubin Mehta before giving a recital at New York's Carnegie Hall in 1990. He later gave the first solo recital in the history of The Proms and won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist in 2006, 2009 and 2010, as well making acclaimed recordings of works by Liszt, Beethoveen, Schubert, Scriabin and his beloved Chopin. Growing from a shy, sheltered child prodigy into a world-renowned master, Kissin's dazzling finger work, deep understanding of classical music and natural, energetic flair continue to spellbind audiences and critics.
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  2.   Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11~1. Allegro maestoso (Part 1) featuring Evgeny Kissin
  3.   Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11~1. Allegro maestoso (Part 2) featuring Evgeny Kissin
  4.   Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 19 "Sonata Fantasy": I. Andante
  5.   Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11~1. Allegro maestoso (Part 3) featuring Evgeny Kissin
  6.   Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11~1. Allegro maestoso (Part 4) featuring Evgeny Kissin
  7.   12 Études, Op. 8: No. 11 in B-Flat Minor
  8.   12 Études, Op. 8: No. 12 in D-Sharp Minor
  9.   12 Études, Op. 8: No. 2 in F-Sharp Minor
  10.   Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11~3. Vivace (Part 2) featuring Evgeny Kissin
  11.   Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11~2. Larghetto (Part 1) featuring Evgeny Kissin
  12.   Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11~2. Larghetto (Part 2) featuring Evgeny Kissin
  13.   Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11~3. Vivace (Part 1) featuring Evgeny Kissin
  14.   Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-Flat Major, Op. 10: I. Allegro brioso featuring Claudio Abbado
  15.   Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Op. 26: Andante - Allegro
  16.   Mozart: Sonata for Piano 4 Hands in C Major, K. 521 - I. Allegro (Live) featuring Evgeny Kissin
  17.   Beethoven: Choral Fantasy in C Minor for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 80 featuring Claudio Abbado
  18.   Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Op. 37: II. Largo featuring Colin Davis
  19.   Gluck: Melodie from "Orfeo ed Euridice" (Dance of the Blessed Spirits) - Arr. Giovanni Sgambati
  20.   Brahms: 7 Fantasien, Op. 116: IV. Intermezzo in E Major
  21.   Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Op. 16: Andantino - Allegretto
  22.   Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Op. 26: Allegro ma non troppo
  23.   Schubert: Fantasy In C Major "Wanderer" - Solo Piano, D 760 - Adagio
  24.   Erlkönig, D. 328 (Op.1): Wer reitet so spät
  25.   Die Forelle, D.550 (Op.32)
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