Episode 82 - Elias On Pianists Part 2

Elias and I talk about a few of the great performing pianists. Part 2 we discuss modern and currently performing pianists.

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Here is a list of pianists we discuss and think you should listen to:

Alfred Brendel (b. 1931)
Vladimir Ashkenazy (b. 1937)
Martha Argerich (b. 1941)
Maurizio Pollini (b. 1942)
Nelson Freire (b. 1944)
Ursula Oppens (b. 1944)
Maria João Pires (b. 1944)
Radu Lupu (b. 1945)
Murray Perahia (b. 1947)
Mitsuko Uchida (b. 1948)
*Håkon Austbø (b. 1948)
Grigory Sokolov (b. 1950)
Santiago Rodriguez (b. 1952)
András Schiff (b. 1953)
Krystian Zimerman (b. 1956)
*Dang Thai Son (b. 1958)
Yefim Bronfman (b. 1958)
*Sara Davis Beuchner (b. 1959)
*Stephen Prutsman (b. 1960)
*Paul Stewart (b. 1960)
*Sergei Babayan (b. 1961) Casadesus (1st), Hamamatsu (1st), Scottish (1st), Busoni (3rd), Honens (4th)
Stephen Hough (b. 1961)
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (b. 1961)
*Frederic Chiu (b. 1964)

*Pavel Nersessian (b. 1964)
*Alexander Korsantia (b. 1965) Sydney (1st) Rubinstein (1st)
Leif Ove Andsnes (b. 1970)
*Stanislav Ioudenitch (b. 1971)
Evgeny Kissin (b. 1971)
Arcadi Volodos (b. 1972)
Nikolai Lugansky (b. 1972)
Simone Dinnerstein (b. 1972)
Valentina Lisitsa (b. 1973)
*Antonio Pompa-Baldi (b. 1974) Long-Thibaud (3rd), Cleveland (1st), Cliburn (2nd)
Ning An (b. 1976)
*Roberto Plano (b. 1978) American Prize, Cleveland (1st), Cliburn (finalist)
*Andrius Žlabys (b. 1978)
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Spencer Myer (b. 1978/9)
Sa Chen (b. 1979)
Alexander Kobrin (b. 1980)
Alexandre Moutouzkine (b. 1980)
Yundi Li (b. 1982)
Lang Lang (b. 1982)
*Boris Giltburg (b. 1984) (Beethoven Sonatas) Santander (2nd=1st), Queen Elisabeth (1st), Rubinstein (2nd)
Evgheny Bozhanov (b. 1984) Cliburn (finalist), Queen Elisabeth (2nd), Chopin (4th-refused)
Ingolf Wunder (b. 1985)
*Rafał Blechacz (b. 1985) Chopin (1st)
*Yeol Eum Son (b. 1986) Tchaikovsky (2nd)
Vadym Kholodenko (b. 1986)
*Vitaly Pisarenko (b. 1987) Liszt (1st), Leeds (3rd)
Adam Golka (b. 1987)
Yuja Wang (b. 1987)
*Sean Chen (b. 1988) American Prize, Cliburn (3rd)
*Yekwon Sunwoo (b. 1989) Sendai (1st), Cliburn (1st)
*Charles-Richard Hamelin (b. 1989) Seoul (3rd), Montréal (2nd), Chopin (2nd)
*Haochen Zhang (b. 1990) China Piano Competition (1st) Avery Fisher Grant, Cliburn (1st)
*Claire Huangci (b. 1990) ARD Munich (2nd), Geza Anda (1st)
*Lukas Geniušas (b. 1990) Bachauer (1st), Scottish (2nd), Chopin (2nd), Tchaikovsky (2nd)
*Daniil Trifonov (b. 1991) Chopin (3rd), Rubinstein (1st), Tchaikovsky (1st) (also composer)
*Kenny Broberg (b. 1993) Cliburn (2nd), Tchaikovsky (3rd), American Prize
*Beatrice Rana (b. 1993) Montréal (1st), Cliburn (2nd)
*Seong-Jin Cho (b. 1994) Hamamatsu (1st), Tchaikovsky (3rd), Rubinstein (3rd), Chopin (1st), DAEWON Music Awards
*Kate Liu (b. 1994) NY International (1st), Hilton Head (6th), Montréal (finalist), Chopin (3rd)
*Do-Hyun Kim (b. 1994) Gilmore Fellow, Vendome (2nd), Young Concert Artist Auditions (1st)
Drew Peterson (b. 1994) American Prize, Avery Fisher Grant, 
*Syzmon Nehring (b. 1995) Rubinstein (1st)
*Eric Lu (b. 1997) Minnesota E-Comp. (1st), Chopin (4th), German Piano Award (1st), Leeds (1st)
Tony Yike Yang (b. 1998) Chopin (5th-age of 16!)
*Alexander Malofeev (b. 2001) China (1st), winner of youth competitions…career exploded (a la Kissin)