Lilya Zilberstein
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Biography
Born in Moscow on April 19, 1965, and educated at the Gnessin State Musical CollegeGnessin State Musical College
The Gnessin State Musical College and Gnessin Russian Academy of Music is a prominent music school in Moscow, Russia...
(1971-88), she rose to prominence after winning the 1987 Concorso Busoni
Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition
The Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition is a music competition for young pianists that takes place in Bolzano, Italy.-History: The first Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition was organized by Cesare Nordio in 1949 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the death of pianist and...
. This triumph opened up the Italian halls to her, and as soon as she graduated she embarked on a tour, debuting in the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino is an annual opera festival which was founded in April 1933 by conductor Vittorio Gui with the aim of presenting contemporary and forgotten operas in visually dramatic productions. It was the first music festival in Italy. The first opera presented was Verdi's early...
. She finished with her German debut in Munich and she was immediately contracted by Deutsche Grammophon
Deutsche Grammophon
Deutsche Grammophon is a German classical record label which was the foundation of the future corporation to be known as PolyGram. It is now part of Universal Music Group since its acquisition and absorption of PolyGram in 1999, and it is also UMG's oldest active label...
. She settled in Hamburg two years later, where she still lives with her husband and her two sons, Daniel and Anton. She has since had a successful concert career.
Selected discography
- Johannes BrahmsJohannes BrahmsJohannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene...
- Variation on a theme by Paganini, op.35; Intermezzi op.117; 6 Pieces, op.118. 1990, Deutsche Grammophon. - Brahms - 3rd Violin Sonata, op.108, along with Maxim VengerovMaxim VengerovMaxim Alexandrovich Vengerov is a violinist, violist, and conductor who was born in the Soviet Union.-Youth:Born on 20 August 1974 in Novosibirsk, Russia, to a family with musical tradition....
. EMIEMIThe EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major... - Brahms - Sonata for two pianos, op.34b, along with Martha ArgerichMartha ArgerichMartha Argerich is an Argentine pianist.-Early life:Argerich was born in Buenos Aires and started playing the piano at age three...
. 2002, EMI. - Brahms - 1st Piano Concerto, op.15; Tragic Overture [4 hands Brahms' arrangement], along with Cord Garben. Hänssler Classic
- Frédéric ChopinFrédéric ChopinFrédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....
- 1st Piano Sonata, op.4; Mazurkas B. 4, 16, 73, 82, 85, 134, 140; Rondos op.1, 5., Waltzes in E flat major (op. posth KK 1237), and in A minor (op. posth, KK 1238-9), Deutsche Grammophon. - Edvard GriegEdvard GriegEdvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt , and for his collection of piano miniatures Lyric Pieces.-Biography:Edvard Hagerup Grieg was born in...
- Piano Concerto, op.16. Gothenburg Symphony OrchestraGothenburg Symphony OrchestraThe Göteborgs Symfoniker is an orchestra based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Founded in 1905, it was granted the title of the "National Orchestra of Sweden" in 1997...
- Neeme JärviNeeme JärviNeeme Järvi is an Estonian-born conductor.-Early life:Järvi studied music first in Tallinn, and later in Leningrad at the Leningrad Conservatory under Yevgeny Mravinsky, and Nikolai Rabinovich, among others...
. Deutsche Grammophon. - Modest MussorgskyModest MussorgskyModest Petrovich Mussorgsky was a Russian composer, one of the group known as 'The Five'. He was an innovator of Russian music in the romantic period...
- Pictures at an exhibition; Nikolai MedtnerNikolai MedtnerNikolai Karlovich Medtner was a Russian composer and pianist.A younger contemporary of Sergei Rachmaninoff and Alexander Scriabin, he wrote a substantial number of compositions, all of which include the piano...
- 8 Forgotten Melodies, op.38 (selection); Sergei TaneyevSergei TaneyevSergei Ivanovich Taneyev , was a Russian composer, pianist, teacher of composition, music theorist and author.-Life:...
- Prelude and Fugue, op.29 - Sergei RachmaninoffSergei RachmaninoffSergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music...
- 2nd Piano Concerto, op.18; 3rd Piano Concerto, op.30. Berliner Philharmoniker - Claudio AbbadoClaudio AbbadoClaudio Abbado, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI , is an Italian conductor. He has served as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, principal guest conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, music director of the Vienna State Opera,...
. Deutsche Grammophon. - Rachmaninoff - Cello Sonata, op.19, along with Gautier CapuçonGautier Capuçon-Biography:Gautier Capuçon was born in Chambéry, Savoie, the youngest of three siblings. His brother is the violinist Renaud Capuçon.He started learning the cello when he was four years old...
. 2002, EMI. - Rachmaninoff - Preludes, op.32 - Deutsche Grammophon
- Franz SchubertFranz SchubertFranz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer.Although he died at an early age, Schubert was tremendously prolific. He wrote some 600 Lieder, nine symphonies , liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music...
- Sonata D.850; Franz LisztFranz LisztFranz Liszt ; ), was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age...
- Aprés une lecture du Dante; Schubert/Liszt - Gretchen am Spinnrade. 1990, Deutsche Grammophon. - Dmitri ShostakovichDmitri ShostakovichDmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was a Soviet Russian composer and one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century....
- 1st Piano Sonata op.12 - Deutsche Grammophon. - Shostakovich - Concertino for two piano op.94 - along with Martha Argerich. 2006, EMI
- Ludwig van BeethovenLudwig van BeethovenLudwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...
- Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2. Live, 2007, K&K VerlagsanstaltK&K VerlagsanstaltK&K Verlagsanstalt is a German record label, owned by Josef-Stefan Kindler and Andreas Otto Grimminger.The company was established in 1990 by Josef-Stefan Kindler. In 1992 the musician and sound engineer Andreas Otto Grimminger joined the company...
. - Beethoven - Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata". Live, 2007, K&K VerlagsanstaltK&K VerlagsanstaltK&K Verlagsanstalt is a German record label, owned by Josef-Stefan Kindler and Andreas Otto Grimminger.The company was established in 1990 by Josef-Stefan Kindler. In 1992 the musician and sound engineer Andreas Otto Grimminger joined the company...
. - Brahms - Eight Pieces for Piano Opus 76. Live, 2008, K&K VerlagsanstaltK&K VerlagsanstaltK&K Verlagsanstalt is a German record label, owned by Josef-Stefan Kindler and Andreas Otto Grimminger.The company was established in 1990 by Josef-Stefan Kindler. In 1992 the musician and sound engineer Andreas Otto Grimminger joined the company...
. - Brahms - Eleven variations on an original theme in D major Opus 21, No. 1. Live, 2008, K&K VerlagsanstaltK&K VerlagsanstaltK&K Verlagsanstalt is a German record label, owned by Josef-Stefan Kindler and Andreas Otto Grimminger.The company was established in 1990 by Josef-Stefan Kindler. In 1992 the musician and sound engineer Andreas Otto Grimminger joined the company...
. - Brahms - Fourteen variations on a Hungarian melody in D major Opus 21, No. 2. Live, 2008, K&K VerlagsanstaltK&K VerlagsanstaltK&K Verlagsanstalt is a German record label, owned by Josef-Stefan Kindler and Andreas Otto Grimminger.The company was established in 1990 by Josef-Stefan Kindler. In 1992 the musician and sound engineer Andreas Otto Grimminger joined the company...
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External links
- Lilya Zilberstein Unofficial WEBSITE CONCERT TOUR DATES / Articles / Blog
- Agency in USA - Schmidt Artists International
- Agency in Europe - Alexandra Heinz
- [ Erik Eriksson, Allmusic] Biography
- http://www.internationalpianoacademy.org/BioZilberstein.html Biography
- http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/2009/08/zilberstein.htm "Lilya Zilberstein's recital at London's Wigmore Hall" by BILL NEWMAN
- http://www.projo.com/music/content/wk_lilya_09-24-09_K7FQ2KT_v11.2183d2e.html Interview with Lilya Zilberstein, Thursday, September 24, 2009
- http://www.projo.com/music/content/philharmonic_review_09-28-09_7OFS2D7_v9.3989413.html Concert Review "R.I. Philharmonic soars grandly for opener", September 28, 2009