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Andrei PisarevPianist (Russia)  In 1991, in the International Mozart Competition in Salzburg, a young Russian pianist won 1st Prize - which was the first time since 1956 that a first prize had been awarded in this competition. It was Andrei Pisarev. The German newspaper "Westdeutsche Algemeine Zeitung" wrote about Mr. Pisarev: “For the third time the 34-year old pianist performed in Essen. His performance cannot be forgotten. …The pianist presented such impressive music, that is rarely heard. The fact that his playing is distinguished for virtuosity - is of no doubt. Because that is the basis for transparent sounding of music by Debussy, Liszt, Chopin and Kreisler / Rachmaninoff. His performance was really transparent. The sounds of Sonata by Scarlatti sparkled like clear radiant water drops. The "Suite Bergamasque" by Debussy sounded as a canvass painted with clear bright colours.” Andrei Pisarev was born in the old Russian city of Rostov-on-Don in 6th November 1962. He began his Musical education in his home town at the age of seven. In 1978 he moved to Moscow to study with professor Boris Shatskes at the Music School and then at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory "P.I. Tchaikovsky" as a student of Professor Sergei Dorensky. He graduated in 1987 and received his M.A. degree in 1989. Besides Mozart Competition Andrei Pisarev won 1st Prize in the Rachmaninov Piano Competition (Moscow 1983) as well as 1st Prize in the UNISA TRANSNET International Piano Competition and Special Prizes for the best performances of a classical sonata and a Mozart Concerto (Pretoria 1992). Mr. Pisarev is a unique pianist of rare artistic temperament. He has wide repertoire and feels equally at home when he perform Bach, Mozart, Liszt, Chopin, Rachmaninov or Debussy. He has performed as a soloist and/or with major orchestras all over Russia and former Soviet Union and also in the United States, Germany, Italy, Austria, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Sweden, South Africa and Japan. Among the orchestras he has appeared with are the Russian National Orchestra, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, RAI Orchestra Milan, Cape Town Symphony Orchestra etc. Mr. Pisarev is a Professor at the Moscow Conservatory and he has also held master-classes in Japan, USA and Yugoslavia and was a member of the Jury at the Rachmaninov International Competition for Young Pianists (Novgorod 1995). The critics have acclaimed Pisarev for his "thoroughly unquestionable and irreprehensible technical accomplishment" and for his "imaginative interpretations which amply tell the story of the brilliant Lisztion piano in its epic moments, or that of Schumannesque intimist in the idyllic ones" (Alto Adige). Mr. Pisarev's concerts are marked by "the magic of his artistic sensibility and the euphoric atmosphere of the whole concert hall". His playing is regarded "remarkable for its composure as for its complete pianistic command. The faultless propor-tions, the air of rapt simplicity, the perfect sense of balance and phrase were often breathtaking". ReviewsLa Nacion, San José, Costa Rica, review on the 5th Gala Concert of the 11th International Music Festival: Absolute virtuoso "Exceptional instrumental abilities of Andrei Pisarev from Russia, that qualify him as a complete master of his instrument, connected with the special for him musical intelligence and impeccable sense of style, lifted the recital at the National Theatre on Wednesday on the level of absolute virtuosity. Numerous listeners, attended the 5th Gala Concert of the 11th International Music Festival, were seating in absolute silence and listening the pianist with the intense attention during the whole concert. The performance of every piece had been awarded with a storm of applauses. In the beginning of the concert Pisarev showed an exceptional delicacy of his touché and incredible distinction of the articulation in Rondo a moll, KV 511 and Rondo D dur by W.A. Mozart. In the following four selected pieces by Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849), Písarev handled with equal delicacy in the soft chromatic arabesques of the Nocturne in Re major flat, opus 27, N ° 2, whereas in the Ballad in the minor Sun, opus 23, was heard shifts of lyric and intense in his round and distinct sound. Its subtlety and the beauty of the timbres, that the interpreter obtained from the instrument, were indescribable in the Berceuse in Re major flat. To conclude this first part, the pianist demonstrated in connected and natural way both light and dramatic cadences of the Scherzo in do, opus 39. After the intermission, Písarev offered an intimate and concentrated interpretation of The benediction in the loneliness by Franz Liszt (1811-1886). The filigreed of his fingers, the glossy sound, the wide dynamical scale, joined by the fluid and coherent phrasing that had been distinguishing the performance during the whole recital, culminated in the perfect and unconstrained performance of The Moment Musical, opus 16, of Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943), as well as of 4 of The Preludes, opus 23 – and 1 The Preludes opus 32. Andrei Písarev’s respond on audience’s rough applauses was, out of program, the 3rd Liebestraum and Campanella by Liszt and the Waltz in do supported minor by Chopin." Reviewer: Andrés Sáenz, newspaper La Nacion, San José, Costa Rica, August 20th 2001 Internet Magazin Music Webmaster – review on CD of RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 3 & Variations on a theme of Chopin Andrei Pisarev, Russian Philharmonic Orchestra/Samuel Friedmann Arte Nova: "This new Rachmaninoff 3 and Arte Nova's Tchaikovsky 2 & 3 with the same orchestra and conductor (also reviewed, but summarily) are different as chalk from cheese. There are two important differences - both recordings were made a few months apart in the same Moscow studio, but with different engineers, and Andrei Pisarev is a quite marvellous pianist. Born in 1962, he won important competitions in Moscow (Rachmaninoff) and Salzburg (Mozart). The latter may give a clue to his unusual sensibility. His technical command can be taken for granted. If you don't know the Rachmaninoff Chopin Variations Op 22 (1903, based on the C minor Prelude which every amateur pianist plays) do select it first, instead of treating them as a fill-up. It is a major work lasting 27 min., unaccountably neglected, included by Rachmaninoff in each of his 1909 recitals in America, and Pisarev makes as good a case for it as I have heard. There are flights of fancy and subtle rubato phrasing in both variations and concerto, reminiscent of Rachmaninoff's own. The rapport with conductor and orchestra is excellent - you can sense them listening and reacting to each other. Balance is ideal and recorded sound of piano and orchestra very beautiful. This is a real discovery, an auspicious release, which raises hope that Pisarev's agent might consider booking concert appearances for him in Britain." Reviewer Peter Grahame Woolf, Internet Magazin Music Webmaster, 2000 |
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