Ivo Pogorelich

Birth : 1958-10-20, Belgrade, Yugoslavia

History

Ivo Pogorelich is a Croatian-Serbian concert pianist. Pogorelih won the Casagrande Competition in Terni, Italy, in 1978 and the Montreal International Musical Competition in 1980. In 1980 he entered the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw and was eliminated in the third round, resulting in controversy.

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Ivo Pogorelich: Recital

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In 1981, piano virtuoso Ivo Pogorelich took the stage at New York City's Carnegie Hall, and a musical star was born. This concert video features the pianist performing works from some of the world's greatest composers, including Johann Sebastian Bach's "English Suite No. 2 in A Minor" and Ludwig van Beethoven's "Fur Elise in A Minor." Pogorelich also plays selections from Frédéric Chopin, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Sergey Prokofiev, among others.

Ivo Pogorelich: Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven

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Pianist Ivo Pogorelich in a 1987 studio recital of works by Bach, Scarlatti, and Beethoven, recorded at historical palaces of Veneto Villa Caldogno in Vincenza and Eckartsau Castle in Lower Austria. The program consists of: BACH English Suites ##2,3 // SCARLATTI Sonatas K487 in C, K20 in E, K98 in e, K450 in g, K1 in d, K159 in C // BEETHOVEN Sonata #11 in B♭ op22; Bagatelle "für Elise".

Ivo Pogorelich: Chopin, Haydn, Mozart

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At the peak of his career, Ivo Pogorelich was filmed at Racconigi Castle in Italy playing four major works by Chopin as well as sonatas by Haydn an dMozart. Director Horant H. Hohlfeld captures the pianist's virtuosity in revealing close-ups. The program includes: CHOPIN Polonaise in c op40/2; Nocturne in E♭ op55/2; Prelude in c♯ op45; Sonata in b op58 // HAYDN Sonata in A♭ H16.46 // MOZART Sonata in A K331 "alla turca".

Ivo Pogorelich

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In this documentary from 1983, pianist and “enfant terrible” Ivo Pogorelich is seen in the intimacy of his home, learning and rehearsing Joseph-Maurice Ravel’s Gaspard de la nuit (after a prose poem by Aloysius Bertrand), this piece being one of the most outstanding demonstrations of his virtuosity.