Youri EGOROV

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Timeline

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Born Kazan - May 28, 1954 Kabalevski Competition at age of 12 Prize for best interpretation Shostakovich PNC No. 2 Graduation Music School Kazan Marguerite Long - Jacques Thibaud Competition Tchaikovsky Competition Invitation Hans Kerkhoff VARA Saint-Saëns PNC No. 3 and recording VARA Studio 1 Holland Appearance Kazan TV Chopin - Scherzo 23/11 Recording AVRO Studio 9 Hilversum > Lessons with B.G. Apresov Kazan Music School Study Moscow Conservatory with Yakov Zak
1954
1960
1966
1971
1974
16/3 Recital VARA Studio 1 Hilversum 17/5 Flight from Brescia 19/5 - 15/6 stay at a refugee camp  near Rome 18/5 Requests political asylum 1/8 Letter KGB Youri's father died 18/8 Contact parents restored NCRV recording Hilversum > 13/5 Departs from Moscow to Brescia 15/6 Departs from Brescia via Rome and Brussels to Amsterdam
1976
19/12 Recording VARA Studio 1 Hilversum Tchaikovsky - The Seasons Op. 37b 22/4 Recital BOZAR TV studio recording Südwestfunk Baden-Baden Regie: Karl Schurr. Duration: 60 min. 24/4 Recital Concertgebouw Grote Zaal > Van Cliburn Competition 8/1 Appearance Dutch radio ‘Für Elise’
1976
1977
Maxim Gershunoff & Leon Van Dyke management US 8/1 Performance Stravinsky Concerto for Piano and Winds with conductor Ed Spanjaard and the Concertgebouw Orchestra 1/6 Holidays Family Smith - Forth Worth 22/8 Recording with violinist Emmy Verhey
1975
Release Melodiya 2LP 'Tchaikovsky Competition 1974', misc. pianists 16/12 Carnegie Hall debut & Live recording a 'Klaas A. Posthuma' production 11/3 Recording VARA Studio 1 Hilversum > Musical America Magazine selected Youri as Musician of the Month
1978
23/1 U.S. recital debut Alice Tully Hall N.Y. 20/3 Matinee Op De Vrije Zaterdag Saint-Saëns Concerto No. 2 and recording for 'Radio'Nederland' Queen Elisabeth Competition Release LP Deutsche Grammophon Jef Maes PNC and Schumann - Carnaval 30/6 Concert Chicago Symphony Orchestra with James Levine - Ravina Festival London debut - Queen Elizabeth Hall 21/6 Caramoor Festival > 25/8 Two of Youri's albums appeared on Billboard Magazine's Best-Selling Classical LP chart
1980
Tour UK 13 Cities / 18 Concerts 15/6 TV broadcast Tchaikovsky PNC № 1 with Concertgebouw Orchestra and conductor Antal Doráti
1977
Recording Schumann Kreisleriana a 'Klaas A. Posthuma' production 1/5 Stereo Review magazine selected the LP Schumann Kreisleriana as its Classical Selection of the Month Debut La Roque d’Anthéron Festival 28/3 Milwaukee Public Television Beethoven PNC No.3 with David Zinman 18/8 Edinburgh Festival 21/8 Le Monde newspaper article 'Youri Egorov nouveau Lippatti?' 1/7 Nohant Festival Chopin 15/7 Abbey Road Studios > LP release MHS Musical Heritage Society Chopin Etudes Op.10 & Op. 25 a Klaas A. Posthuma Production
1982
1981
1/5 Recording Abbey Road Studios Beethoven PNC No.5 'Emperor' Recording Abbey Road Studios London 14/5 Wigmore Hall with violinist Emmy Verhey January Tour Germany 19 concerts 20/2 Recital Frick Collection Concerts 18/11 Recital Beethovensaal Bonn Recitals New York, Amsterdam, Zürich, Château de Sully, La Roque d'Anthéron > 1/5 Abbey Road Studios
1985
1982
1/11 Abbey Road Studios 13/10 Abbey Road Studios 24-30/11 On tour with the NY Philharmonic with Jesus Lopez-Cobos 12+13 February Masterclass Amsterdam Sweelinck Conservatory 10/8 Caramoor Festival 24/4 VARA Studio 1 Hilversum 27/11 Last performance in Concertgebouw Amsterdam, recorded by NCRV recording 6/6 Chopin PNC No.2 Salle Olivier Messiaen de la Maison de Radio France > 23/1 Recital Gulbelkian Foundation Lisbon
1986
27/2 Recital Concertgebouw with Ravel Miroirs 1/5 Recording Abbey Road Studios Mozart PNC No.17 and No.20 23/4 Recital Tokyo Bunka Kaikan 5/12 Chopin PNC No.2 Conservatorio di Milano 5/3 Recital Maastricht. Schubert - 6 Moments Musicaux DV 780, Chopin - Fantasy in f minor Op.49, Brahms - Klavierstücke Op.118 19/4 Cremation at Westerveld Amsterdam 21/5 VPRO TV broadcast documentary ‘Youri Egorov 1954–1988’ by Eline Flipse 1/3 Establishment Youri Egorov Foundation > Youri died on April 16, 1988 Banff World Media Festival - Banff Canada Prix spécial du Jury ‘Youri Egorov 1954–1988’
1988
19/4 Memorial service 2/12 Recital Unione Musicale Turin
1979
1984
1987
CD release "Legacy 2: Youri Egorov" received the "Perfect Five-Star Rating" from CD Review Magazine Release 7CD box by EMI Release ‘Youri Egorov, a Life in Music’ 10CD+DVD box by Etcetera November - Youri Egorov Foundation stops with their activities Youri Egorov box ‘a Life in Music’ receives Diapason d'Or award > The YPF introduces the 'Grand Prix Youri Egorov' prize for exceptional talent YPF Piano Competition
1993
Release DVD 'Youri Egorov 1954 - 1988' a film by Eline Flipse from 1989 Young Piano Foundation (YPF) takes over heritage Youri Egorov
1989
1990
2006
2008
2010
2012
Limited Editions HQCD CD Japan Beethoven PNC No.5 and Mozart PNC No.17 & No.20 >
2014
2013
IHLIA Amsterdam takes over Youri Egorov archives of YPF CD releases by Youri Egorov Foundation YES / Canal Grande 6/6 Paris with Nelson Freire and Michel Dalberto 9/8 La Roque d’Anthéron Beethoven PNC No. 2 and Beethoven Triple Concerto Op. 56 with Augustin Dumay, Misha Maisky, Orchestre National d’URRS. Cancelled due illness. February Recital Kazan Conservatory Main Hall Schumann - Kreisleriana
2016
CD release recital Ambassador Pasadena California 1980 by FHR
1981
Elyse Mach - Great Contemporary Pianists Speak for Themselves (1980, 1991 paperback) Youri Egorov Vol. 2 - page 331-602 2CD release ‘Autumn Song’ by Et’cetera, includes Ravel - Miroirs Elisabeth Leonskaya, Viktor Liberman and Mischa Maisky play in succession for Youri, whose body lay in repose in his room
1969
30/5 Recital Kazan State Conservatory Concert Hall. Laureate of IV Kabalevsky Competition for Young Pianists 16/4 Recital Eglise de Saint-Severin Beethoven Andante Favori en Fa Majeur, Sonate Op. 2/2, Op. 10/2, Op. 103 ‘Pathetique’ > Benefit concerts in memoriam of Youri Egorov with Mischa Maisky, Maria Joao Pires, Emmy Verhey, Gidon Kremer and others 23/4 Chicago recital debut
1978
1983
Ravel Piano Concerto in G major with the Mailwaukee SO and the Florida SO Masterclass Cloître du Monastère de Cimiez Nice
2013
15/1 TV interview Sonja Barend Dutch TV † 17/7 Teatro alla Scala, Milano, Musiche di Schumann, Liszt, Rachmaninov with soprano Barbara Hendricks 16/4 TV PM Magazine US television: In the Spotlight: Youri Egorov at Oakland University
1986
Jury member ‘Jacques Vonk’ competition Sweelinck Conservatory Amsterdam Piano Bulletin magazine - Interview with Irina Dubinina by Olga de Kort (Dutch only) 20/9 Nederlandse Filmdagen - Hoogt Theater ‘Youri Egorov 1954–1988’ Eline Flipse
10CD release ‘From the history of the Tchaikovsky Competition’ - Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
2015
Download only release recital Ambassador Pasadena California 1978 by FHR CD release recital Concertgebouw Amsterdam nov. 16, 1983. Previously unreleased live performances. Limited Edition.
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1974
Lessons with Irina Dubinia a former pupil of Lev Oborin & Yakov Zak
1965
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