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Lazar Berman

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Listen to Années de pèlerinage: Première année: Suisse, S. 160: 2. Au lac de Wallenstadt by Lazar Berman, see lyrics, music video & more!
Années de pèlerinage: Première année: Suisse, S. 160: 2. Au lac de WallenstadtLazar Berman
Listen to Années de pèlerinage: Première année: Suisse, S. 160: 4. Au bord d'une source by Lazar Berman, see lyrics, music video & more!
Années de pèlerinage: Première année: Suisse, S. 160: 4. Au bord d'une sourceLazar Berman
Listen to Années de pèlerinage: Première année: Suisse, S. 160: 8. Le mal du pays by Lazar Berman, see lyrics, music video & more!
Années de pèlerinage: Première année: Suisse, S. 160: 8. Le mal du paysLazar Berman
Listen to Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat, S. 124: II. Quasi Adagio - Allegretto Vivace - Allegro animato by Lazar Berman, Carlo Maria Giulini & Vienna Symphony, see lyrics, music video & more!
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat, S. 124: II. Quasi Adagio - Allegretto Vivace - Allegro animatoLazar Berman, Carlo Maria Giulini & Vienna Symphony
Listen to Années de pèlerinage: Première année: Suisse, S. 160: 5. Orage by Lazar Berman, see lyrics, music video & more!
Années de pèlerinage: Première année: Suisse, S. 160: 5. OrageLazar Berman
Listen to Années de pèlerinage: Deuxième année: Italie, S. 161: 1. Sposalizio by Lazar Berman, see lyrics, music video & more!
Années de pèlerinage: Deuxième année: Italie, S. 161: 1. SposalizioLazar Berman
Listen to Années de pèlerinage: Première année: Suisse, S. 160: 1. La Chapelle de Guilaume Tell by Lazar Berman, see lyrics, music video & more!
Années de pèlerinage: Première année: Suisse, S. 160: 1. La Chapelle de Guilaume TellLazar Berman
Listen to Années de pèlerinage: Première année: Suisse, S. 160: 9. Les cloches de Genêve by Lazar Berman, see lyrics, music video & more!
Années de pèlerinage: Première année: Suisse, S. 160: 9. Les cloches de GenêveLazar Berman
Listen to Années de pèlerinage: Deuxième année: Italie, S. 161: 5. Sonetto 104 del Petrarca by Lazar Berman, see lyrics, music video & more!
Années de pèlerinage: Deuxième année: Italie, S. 161: 5. Sonetto 104 del PetrarcaLazar Berman
Listen to Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat, S. 124: I. Allegro maestoso by Lazar Berman, Carlo Maria Giulini & Vienna Symphony, see lyrics, music video & more!
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat, S. 124: I. Allegro maestosoLazar Berman, Carlo Maria Giulini & Vienna Symphony

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Listen to Berman plays Liszt, Mussorgsky, Rachmaninoff by Lazar Berman
ALBUMBerman plays Liszt, Mussorgsky, RachmaninoffLazar Berman

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Listen to Liszt: 12 Études d'Exécution Transcendante by Lazar Berman by Lazar Berman
ALBUMLiszt: 12 Études d'Exécution Transcendante by Lazar BermanLazar Berman
Listen to Liszt by Lazar Berman: The 12 Transcendental Etudes by Lazar Berman
ALBUMLiszt by Lazar Berman: The 12 Transcendental EtudesLazar Berman
Listen to Liszt: 12 Études d'exécution transcendante, S. 139 (Remastered 2021) by Lazar Berman
ALBUMLiszt: 12 Études d'exécution transcendante, S. 139 (Remastered 2021)Lazar Berman
Listen to Liszt: Années de pèlerinage by Lazar Berman
ALBUMLiszt: Années de pèlerinageLazar Berman
Listen to Lazar Berman Rarities, Vol. 2 (Recorded 1972) by Lazar Berman
ALBUMLazar Berman Rarities, Vol. 2 (Recorded 1972)Lazar Berman
Listen to Liszt: 12 Transcendental études, S. 139 by Lazar Berman
ALBUMLiszt: 12 Transcendental études, S. 139Lazar Berman
Listen to Schumann, Liszt: Romantic Sonatas by Lazar Berman
ALBUMSchumann, Liszt: Romantic SonatasLazar Berman
Listen to Lazar Berman Rarities by Lazar Berman
ALBUMLazar Berman RaritiesLazar Berman
Listen to Schubert, F.: Piano Sonata No. 21 - Clementi, M.: Piano Sonata, Op. 40, No. 2 (Berman) (1972) by Lazar Berman
ALBUMSchubert, F.: Piano Sonata No. 21 - Clementi, M.: Piano Sonata, Op. 40, No. 2 (Berman) (1972)Lazar Berman
Listen to Beethoven, L. Van: Piano Sonatas Nos. 8, 19, 23 and 31 (Berman) (1972-1984) by Lazar Berman
ALBUMBeethoven, L. Van: Piano Sonatas Nos. 8, 19, 23 and 31 (Berman) (1972-1984)Lazar Berman
Listen to Lazar Berman At Carnegie Hall (26 October 1977) by Lazar Berman
ALBUMLazar Berman At Carnegie Hall (26 October 1977)Lazar Berman
Listen to Berman, Lazar: Lazar Berman Plays Liszt and Rachmaninov (29 April 1976) by Lazar Berman
ALBUMBerman, Lazar: Lazar Berman Plays Liszt and Rachmaninov (29 April 1976)Lazar Berman
Listen to Berman, Lazar: Piano Works by Franz Liszt by Lazar Berman
ALBUMBerman, Lazar: Piano Works by Franz LisztLazar Berman
Listen to Russian Piano School, Vol. 3 by Lazar Berman
ALBUMRussian Piano School, Vol. 3Lazar Berman
Listen to Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 - Les Préludes S. 97 by Carlo Maria Giulini, Lazar Berman, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Vienna Symphony & Vienna Philharmonic
ALBUMLiszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 - Les Préludes S. 97Carlo Maria Giulini, Lazar Berman, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Vienna Symphony & Vienna Philharmonic
Listen to Franz Liszt : Années de pèlerinage, 2e et 3e année: l'Italie by Lazar Berman & Francesco Santin
ALBUMFranz Liszt : Années de pèlerinage, 2e et 3e année: l'ItalieLazar Berman & Francesco Santin
Listen to Inedito (Unpublished) by Lazar Berman
ALBUMInedito (Unpublished)Lazar Berman
Listen to Liszt & Chopin: Piano Works by Lazar Berman
ALBUMLiszt & Chopin: Piano WorksLazar Berman
Listen to Rachmaninov: "Paganini" Rhapsody, 6 Preludes, "Corelli" Variations by Tamás Vásáry, Lazar Berman, London Symphony Orchestra & Yuri Ahronovitch
ALBUMRachmaninov: "Paganini" Rhapsody, 6 Preludes, "Corelli" VariationsTamás Vásáry, Lazar Berman, London Symphony Orchestra & Yuri Ahronovitch
Listen to October, 1956 in Budapest by Lazar Berman
ALBUMOctober, 1956 in BudapestLazar Berman
Listen to Lazar Berman: Franz Liszt by Lazar Berman
ALBUMLazar Berman: Franz LisztLazar Berman
Listen to Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 - Venezia e Napoli by Lazar Berman, Vienna Symphony & Carlo Maria Giulini
ALBUMLiszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 - Venezia e NapoliLazar Berman, Vienna Symphony & Carlo Maria Giulini
Listen to Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 - Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 by Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov, Stanislaw Wislocki, Lazar Berman & Sviatoslav Richter
ALBUMTchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 - Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov, Stanislaw Wislocki, Lazar Berman & Sviatoslav Richter
Listen to Lazar Berman at Carnegie Hall, New York City, March 11, 1979 by Lazar Berman
ALBUMLazar Berman at Carnegie Hall, New York City, March 11, 1979Lazar Berman
Listen to Chopin: Polonaises Nos. 1-6; Piano Sonata No. 3 by Emil Gilels & Lazar Berman
ALBUMChopin: Polonaises Nos. 1-6; Piano Sonata No. 3Emil Gilels & Lazar Berman
Listen to Chopin: Polonaises 1-6 & Piano Sonata No. 3 by Lazar Berman & Emil Gilels
ALBUMChopin: Polonaises 1-6 & Piano Sonata No. 3Lazar Berman & Emil Gilels
Listen to Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30 by Claudio Abbado, Lazar Berman & London Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMRachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30Claudio Abbado, Lazar Berman & London Symphony Orchestra

About Lazar Berman

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Hometown
St Petersburg, Russia
Born
1930
Genre
Classical
Hailed by some as the third primary figure among great Russian pianists of the twentieth century's second half, Lazar Berman has occasionally lived up to that reputation, but frequently has not. Emil Gilels, the first genius-level Soviet pianist to become well-known in the West, insisted that there was one artist, yet unheard in the West, who was the greater artist. Later, after Sviatoslav Richter's arrival in Europe and America, most felt Gilels had been correct. Still later, however, Gilels maintained that yet another pianist, Lazar Berman, was the finest of the three. After the initial stir created by Berman's 1976 American tour and other appearances in the West, critical opinion held that, while he was an extraordinary if uneven artist, he was not superior to the protean Richter or to the clear-minded Gilels. Still, his art was of an order by no means common. Trained at first by his mother, Anna Makhover, a former student of the pre-Revolutionary St. Petersburg Conservatory, Berman at age three and a half was placed under the tutelage of Samary Savschinsky at the Leningrad Conservatory and gave his first public performance at age four. When his family moved to Moscow in 1939, Berman came to the attention of the celebrated pianist Alexander Goldenweiser, who instructed young Lazar first at the Moscow Central Children's Music School, later at the Moscow Conservatory. Just a year after the move, Berman performed Mozart with the Moscow Philharmonic. Berman remained at the Conservatory through his post-graduate studies, completing his work there in 1957 after having won prizes at Brussels' Queen Elisabeth Competition in 1956 and at the Franz Liszt Competition in Budapest. During a tour of the West, he recorded Beethoven's Appassionata and Liszt's Sonatas for piano in B minor in London. The recording whetted appetites for more Berman performances, but the pianist was forbidden to travel further between 1959 and 1971 owing to his having taken a French wife. Meanwhile, recordings of Liszt, made for the Soviet Melodiya label, found their way to Europe and America, keeping alive interest in Berman's astounding technique and brio in the Romantic repertory. Once he was able to resume foreign tours in the mid-'70s, Berman's reputation rose to stratospheric levels as audiences praised not only his seemingly unshakeable technique, but also his musical authority. His 1976 American tour played to sold-out houses and brought him return bookings, as well as debuts in London, Paris, and other major Continental centers. His recording of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 with Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic became a best-seller. After the flourishes waved his way in the 1970s, Berman's critics began to focus on the pianist's limitations. Surely, there were few who could play Liszt as he did, or Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, and Scriabin. The composers of pre-Romantic times, however, were another matter. The strictures of that age were uncongenial to one so overtly big-boned in technique, so openly Romantic in temperament. Then in 1980, the discovery of forbidden American literature in his luggage led to another ban on foreign travel. The Soviets did recognize his importance by making him an Honored Artist in 1988, but after the collapse of the U.S.S.R., Berman abandoned Moscow in 1990 to teach in Norway and Italy, making his home in the latter country ever since and acquiring Italian citizenship in 1994. In later life he taught at Imola and performs with his violinist son, Pavel.

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