Elena Filonova is a contemporary French classical pianist of Russian origin.

Biography

After starting piano lessons at the age of three, she obtained the First Prize of the ''Concours Beethoven pour jeunes talents''. An adherent to the Heinrich Neuhaus school, Filonova had an international concert career after studying with Pavel Messner,

Yevgeny Malinin Yevgeny Malinin (8 November 19306 April 2001), PAU, was a Soviet and Russian pianist. Biography Malinin was born in Moscow. A disciple of Heinrich Neuhaus, he began his career while a student at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1949 he won (ex-a ...

, Kirill Kondrashin,

Yevgeny Mravinsky Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Mravinsky (russian: Евге́ний Алекса́ндрович Мрави́нский) (19 January 1988) was a Russian conductor, pianist, and music pedagogue; he was a professor at Leningrad State Conservatory. Biog ...

and Emil Gilels. She has recorded numerous records, including several for the Melodiya label (works by Chopin, Prokofiev,

Sergei Rachmaninoff Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff; in Russian pre-revolutionary script. (28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one o ...

and

Rodion Shchedrin Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin ( rus, Родион Константинович Щедрин, , rədʲɪˈon kənstɐnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ ɕːɪˈdrʲin; born 16 December 1932) is a Soviet and Russian composer and pianist, winner of USSR State ...

). Since 1990, Elena Filonova has been living in Paris. In 2010, she founded her own Paris-based festival, "Harmonies d'Automne", for which she is the artistic director.

Selected discography

* Works by

Giovanni Bottesini Giovanni Bottesini (22 December 1821 – 7 July 1889) was an Italian Romantic composer, conductor, and a double bass virtuoso. Biography Born in Crema, Lombardy, he was taught the rudiments of music by his father, an accomplished clarinetist ...

, CD, with Rinat Ibragimov and the London Symphony Orchestra * Tchaikovsky recitals, CD, Marcal Classics, 2004 * Mélodies oubliées — Arabesques, by

Nikolai Medtner Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (russian: Никола́й Ка́рлович Ме́тнер, ''Nikoláj Kárlovič Métner''; 13 November 1951) was a Russian composer and virtuoso pianist. After a period of comparative obscurity in the 25 years immedi ...

, CD, Ar re-se (distrib. Codaex), 2007

References

External links

Official website of Elena Filonova

Nikolai Medtner, Elena Filonova – Mélodies Oubliées
on Discogs
Master-class de la pianiste Elena Filonova
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