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Ilya Itin (born 3 April 1967 in
Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administra ...
) is a Russian concert
pianist
A pianist ( , ) is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, ja ...
of international acclaim currently residing in
New York City
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.
Early career
Music Competition
Ilya Itin was the Gold Medalist of the 1996
Leeds International Piano Competition
The Leeds International Piano Competition, informally known as The Leeds and formerly the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition, takes place every three years in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1961 by Marion, Countess ...
where he also captured the Contemporary Music Award and the
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Audience Award.
In Russia, he was awarded the top prize given
Moscow Conservatory
The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (russian: Московская государственная консерватория им. П. И. Чайковского, link=no) is a musical educational inst ...
in the Russian National Rachmaninov Competition, followed by top prizes at the William Kapell Competition. In 1991, he won First Prize, ' and the ''Special Chopin Prize'' at the Casadesus Competition (presently, the
Cleveland International Piano Competition
The Cleveland International Piano Competition is an American piano competition that takes place biennially in Cleveland, Ohio. The initial Competition in 1975 and the nine others that followed were sponsored jointly by the Robert Casadesus Society ...
) and was awarded ', ''Best Prokofiev Performance'', ''Best Performance of a Work of Mozart'' and Third Prize at the
Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition
The Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition is based in Salt Lake City, Utah and is the second largest piano competition in the United States.
The competition has three age categories: the International Artists Competition for pianists age ...
, and Third Prize at the Arthur Rubinstein Competition, 1992.
Current career
Performance
Ilya Itin has toured as a soloist throughout Europe, Asia, South America, and the United States. He has performed with numerous world class orchestras including the
Cleveland Orchestra
The Cleveland Orchestra, based in Cleveland, is one of the five American orchestras informally referred to as the " Big Five". Founded in 1918 by the pianist and impresario Adella Prentiss Hughes, the orchestra plays most of its concerts at Sev ...
, the
St. Petersburg Philharmonic
The Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra (russian: Симфонический оркестр Санкт-Петербургской филармонии, ''Symphonic Orchestra of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonia'') is a Russian orchestra based ...
, the
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
The or TSO, was established in 1946 as the Toho Symphony Orchestra (東宝交響楽団). It assumed its present name in 1951.
Based in Kawasaki, the TSO performs in numerous concert halls and serves as pit orchestra for some productions at Ne ...
, the
Rochester Philharmonic
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History
George Eastman, founder of Eastman Kodak Company ...
, the Israel Camerata Jerusalem, the
China National Symphony, the
Bilkent Symphony of Ankara, the
Symphony Orchestra of India, the Mexico City Philharmonic, and the
London Philharmonic
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.
Itin has collaborated with prominent conductors throughout the world such as
Sir Simon Rattle
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,
Neeme Järvi
Neeme Järvi (; born 7 June 1937) is an Estonian American conductor.
Early life
Järvi was born in Tallinn. He initially studied music there, and later in Leningrad at the Leningrad Conservatory under Yevgeny Mravinsky, and Nikolai Rabinovich, ...
,
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* Christoph Bach (musician), Christoph Bach (1613–1661), German musician
* ...
,
Yakov Kreizberg
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Early years
In the Soviet Union
Yakov Bychkov was born in Leningrad into a family ...
,
Vassily Sinaisky
Vassily Serafimovich Sinaisky (Russian: Васи́лий Серафи́мович Сина́йский, born in Abez, Komi Republic, April 20, 1947) is a Russian conductor and pianist.
Biography
Sinaisky studied conducting with Ilya Musin at th ...
,
Valery Polyansky
Valery Kuzmich Polyansky (Russian: ''Валерий Кузьмич Полянский''; born April 19, 1949 in Moscow) is a Russian orchestral and choral conductor. He is a professor of the Moscow Conservatory, People's Artist of Russia (1996), ...
, and
Mikhail Pletnev
Mikhail Vasilievich Pletnev (russian: Михаи́л Васи́льевич Плетнёв, ''Mikha'il Vas'ilevič Plet'nëv''; born 14 April 1957) is a Russian pianist, conductor and composer.
Life and career
Pletnev was born into a musical fa ...
.
He is a regular and much lauded performer at the Miami International Piano Festival and the
Golandsky Institute's International Piano Festival at
Princeton University
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.
His recitals in the USA and Asia have brought him great critical acclaim.
In the summer of 2010, Itin returned from a five city tour of Asia, where he played his program of all 24
Rachmaninov Preludes to sold out audiences. Itin opened the 2010-2011 season of the Rochester Philharmonic performing Liszt's
Piano Concerto No. 1. His acclaimed concerto recordings include Beethoven's Concerto No. 2 with the Israel Camerata, and Haydn Concerto in D Major with the Arturo Benedetti Michaelangeli Festival Chamber Orchestra. Other recordings include: the newly released live recording of the 24 Rachmaninov Preludes, Prokofiev's
Sixth Sonata, No. 7 and No. 8 and Mussorgsky's ''
Pictures at an Exhibition
''Pictures at an Exhibition'', french: Tableaux d'une exposition, link=no is a suite (music), suite of ten piano pieces, plus a recurring, varied Promenade theme, composed by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky in 1874. The piece is Mussorgsky's ...
'', released by Video Artists International (VAI). His chamber music recordings, include DVDs of Beethoven's
"Spring" sonata with
Igor Gruppman
Igor Gruppman (born July 4, 1956) is a Ukrainian violinist and conductor. He is the Principal Conductor of the Orchestra at Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, a position he has held since 2003. In May 2009, Igor Gruppman was appointed by Val ...
, Brahms' Viola Sonata in F minor with
Vesna Gruppman, and a recital with legendary violinist
Ida Haendel
Ida Haendel, (15 December 19281 July 2020) was a Polish-British-Canadian violinist. Haendel was a child prodigy, her career spanning over seven decades. She also became an influential teacher.
Early career
Born in 1928 to a Polish Jewish fami ...
at the Miami International Piano Festival.
Studies
Itin began his piano studies at age four, working throughout his childhood with Natalia Litvinova at the Sverdlovsk Music Conservatory for Gifted Children.
Itin continued his studies with
Lev Naumov
Lev Nikolayevich Naumov (russian: Лев Никола́евич Нау́мов; 12 February 1925, Rostov – 21 August 2005, Moscow) was a Russians, Russian classical pianist, composer and educator. Received a title of People's Artist of Russi ...
at the Moscow Conservatory, graduating with the highest honors in 1990.
Recordings
On March 7, 2010, Itin recorded two live recitals in one day at the Miami International Piano Festival's Master Pianists Series, which have recently been released on the VAI label. This "Russian piano music marathon" contains all 24 Rachmaninov Preludes and Prokofiev's
Seventh
Seventh is the ordinal form of the number seven.
Seventh may refer to:
* Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
* A fraction (mathematics), , equal to one of seven equal parts
Film and television
*"The Seventh", a second-season e ...
and
Eighth piano sonatas.
Teaching
Ilya Itin teaches as a guest instructor at the Juilliard School and Peabody Institute and is a visiting artist/professor at
Musashino Academy of Music in Tokyo, Japan. He has also served on the faculty of the Graduate Program at
CUNY
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, New York, and teaches in the summer at the Golandsky Institute at Princeton University.
References
External links
Official Website
Amazon List of RecordingsWPRB InterviewThe Golandsky InstituteIlya Itin at EventfulRochester Philharmonic Classical ConcertsIsrael Camerata JerusalemMiami International Piano Festival Critical Review
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Living people
1967 births
Russian classical pianists
Prize-winners of the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition
Moscow Conservatory alumni
Cleveland International Piano Competition prize-winners
Musicians from Yekaterinburg
21st-century classical pianists