Ivo Pogorelich
Born in Belgrade in 1958, the son of a musician, Ivo Pogorelich made his solo concert debut at the age of 10. As an outstanding talent he continues his education in Moscow at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory. A radical shift in his artistic development occurred after meeting the prominent Georgian pianist and pedagogue, Alisa Kezeradze, with whom he began an intense and fruitful professional cooperation in 1976. Thanks to her, he redefined his technique by adopting the knowledge gained from the western tradition of the russian piano school to which she belonged.
Ivo Pogorelich won a state competition in Zagreb in 1975, followed by a two-months long tour around the USA with the Dubrovnik Festival Orchestra. He attracted even greater attention from the world music public in 1980 as the laureate of the prestigious International Piano Competition in Montreal. That same year, he also participated in the 10th Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw, where, for reasons which have never been fully explained, he was eliminated before the final round. This controversial and unfounded decision resulted in dissatisfaction among certain members of the jury, who left the competition in protest, while pianist Martha Argerich explained her decision to leave by declaring Pogorelich a genius.
His debut in New York Carnegie Hall in 1981 was followed by sensational solo performances on the world’s most important stages, as well as those with renowned orchestras such as the Vienna, Berlin, New York, Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestras, the London, Boston and Chicago Symphony orchestras and the Tonhalle and Concertgebouw orchestras to name but a few.
As an exclusive artist of Deutsche Grammophon record label between 1981 and 1998, Ivo Pogorelich released the extensive discography including fourteen albums. In August 2019 he became an exclusive artist of Sony Classical and released his first studio recordings in 20 years.
In 2020/2021 he will be touring recitals in the Far East (China, Taiwan and Japan), as well as a large number of other concerts and projects on European stages with a program dedicated to the music of Frederic Chopin.
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