TCHAIKOVSKY

Piano Concerto No. 1

Tchaikovsky: Un poco di Chopin Chopin: Barcarolle

Schubert / Liszt: Erlkönig, Frühlingsglaube, Die Forelle Auf dem Wasser zu Singen, Die Stadt (Schwanengesang)

Schumann / Liszt — Liebeslied (Widmung)

Daniil Trifonov

Mariinsky Orchestra

Valery Gergiev

Daniil Trifonov, winner of the XIVth International Tchaikovsky Competition, is probably the world’s most exciting young pianist. On his first Mariinsky recording he joins Valery Gergiev for a scintillating performance of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No 1. Daniil also presents a selection of recital repertoire including music by Tchaikovsky, Chopin and Liszt transcriptions of Schubert and Schumann.

Written for Nikolai Rubinstein, Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto is one of his most popular works. Revised three times, including an arrangement for two pianos, the concerto was finally set in stone in 1888 and it is this version that is most frequently performed today. Tchaikovsky balances core motivic elements with a sense of lyrical spontaneity to create a technically challenging but instantly appealing work.

At only 21 years old, Daniil Trifonov has won countless awards, including the Chopin Competition in Warsaw, the Rubinstein Competition in Tel Aviv and the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow (Gold Medal). Valery Gergiev personally awarded Trifonov the ‘Grand Prix’ in Moscow, an additional award given to the best overall competitor in any category of the International Tchaikovsky Competition.

In 2011, Trifonov gave his debut with the London Symphony Orchestra and has since performed with the Vienna Philharmonic and the Mariinsky Orchestra, as well as touring throughout the USA, Europe and the Far East. In the coming season he will make debuts with the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony and Chicago Symphony orchestras, as well as performing recitals at Salle Pleyel, Carnegie Hall, Suntory Hall and Wigmore Hall.

He plays Stravinsky, Debussy and Chopin at the Queens Hall during the Edinburgh Festival on 24th August.

"He has everything and more. What he does with his hands is technically incredible. It’s also his touch – he has tenderness and also the demonic element. I have never heard anything like that" Martha Argerich.

"A pianist for the rest of our lives ... This is a major artist, phenomenally gifted and almost fully formed, with fresh ideas and a winning stage presence that is quite irresistible from the moment he bounds through the door and sits at the keyboard, unable to contain his need to share" Norman Lebrecht.

Mariinsky SACD MAR0530