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Great Pianists

What is it about the life of a pianist that sets him/her apart from others? What is being a pianist all about? What is it like to feel like a pianist? To be referred to as a “pianist?”

Mostly, a pianist loves the piano in a very deep and profound way. A pianist finds beauty, sadness, adventure, rapture, and overall great solace in being able to sit down and let his/her emotions spill forth like a waterfall.

Being a pianist is a gift. It’s a gift to oneself, and a gift to others in the world who love to listen to the piano. It’s almost like a pianist can go within when in need of communication with the Almighty; meaning the truly gifted pianist has the ability to connect on a spiritual level with the source of all music, and become one with It. This happens when the pianist is totally in love with the music he is playing, whether I front of an audience or alone. Sometimes a pianist wants it all for himself, and other times being a great pianist is all about sharing that flow from within with the audiences of the world in vulnerable, yet exciting ways.
This is a euphoric state that is a truly blessed place to experience. Of course, not only the pianist is able to experience this, but anyone totally in love with what they are doing can create this for themselves.

What makes a “great” pianist, or better said a world re-known pianist? Is it the mastery of technical skills that make the pianist stand out? Or is it the amount of feeling, or emotion the pianist generates while performing? Does a great pianist have to play in a spectacular manner, or can he be less technically proficient, and still make the grade?

It seems it all depends on the type/genre of music you are talking about. The strictly classical pianist usually needs, and highly admires, the idea that strong facility and technique is an absolute must to be considered a great pianist, while improvisation is not required.

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Vladimir Samoylovich Horowitz

(Hebrew: ולדימיר הורוביץ‎; Russian: Владимир Самойлович Горовиц, Vladimir Samojlovič Gorovits; Ukrainian: Володимир Самійлович Горовиць, Volodymyr Samiylovich Horovyts) (1 October 1903 – 5 November 1989) was a Russian-American pianist. In his prime, he was considered one of the most distinguished pianists of any age. His technique, use of tone color and the excitement of his playing are legendary. Though sometimes criticized for being overly mannered and showy, he has a huge and passionate following and is widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century

. Awards and recognitions

Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists

• 1987 Horowitz: The Studio Recordings, New York 1985 (Deutsche Grammophon 419217)
• 1969 Horowitz on Television: Chopin, Scriabin, Scarlatti, Horowitz (Columbia 7106)
• 1968 Horowitz in Concert: Haydn, Schumann, Scriabin, Debussy, Mozart, Chopin (Columbia 45572)

Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance

• 1989 Horowitz Plays Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 (Deutsche Grammophon 423287)
• 1979 Golden Jubilee Concert, Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 (RCA CLR1 2633)

Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance

• 1993 Horowitz Discovered Treasures: Chopin, Liszt, Scarlatti, Scriabin, Clementi (Sony 48093)
• 1991 The Last Recording (Sony SK 45818)
• 1988 Horowitz in Moscow (Deutsche Grammophon 419499)
• 1982 The Horowitz Concerts 1979/80 (RCA ARL1-3775)
• 1980 The Horowitz Concerts 1978/79 (RCA ARL1-3433)
• 1979 The Horowitz Concerts 1977/78 (RCA ARL1-2548)
• 1977 The Horowitz Concerts 1975/76 (RCA ARL1-1766)
• 1974 Horowitz Plays Scriabin (Columbia M-31620)
• 1973 Horowitz Plays Chopin (Columbia M-30643)
• 1972 Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas) (Columbia M-30464)

Grammy Award for Best Classical Album:

• Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz
• 1966 Horowitz at Carnegie Hall: An Historic Return
• 1972 Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas)
• 1978 Concert of the Century with Leonard Bernstein (conductor), the New York Philharmonic, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Vladimir Horowitz, Yehudi Menuhin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Isaac Stern, Lyndon Woodside
• 1988 Horowitz in Moscow (Deutsche Grammophon 419499)
• 1987 Horowitz: The Studio Recordings, New York 1985 (Deutsche Grammophon 419217)

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, 1990

Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical

• 1966 Horowitz at Carnegie Hall — An Historic Return
• 1987 Horowitz: The Studio Recordings, New York 1985 (Deutsche Grammophon 419217)

Emil Grigoryevich Gilels

(Russian: Эми́ль Григо́рьевич Ги́лельс, Emi'li Grego'rievič Gi'lelis; October 19, 1916 – October 14, 1985) was a Soviet pianist, widely considered to be one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. His last name is sometimes transliterated Hilels

Prizes, Awards and Honors

• 1st Prize, All-Soviet Union Piano Competition, 1933
• 2nd Prize, Vienna International Piano Competition, 1936
• 1st Prize, Concours Eugène Ysaÿe, Brussels, 1938
• Stalin Prize, USSR, 1946
• People's Artist, USSR, 1954
• Order of Lenin, USSR, 1961
• Order of Commandeur Mérite Culturel et Artistique de Paris, 1967
• Gold Medal of the City of Paris, France
• Order of King Leopold I, Belgium
• Honorary Member, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome
• Honorary Member, Royal Academy of Music, London
• Honorary Professor, Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest.

Vladimir Vladimirovich Sofronitsky

Russian: Владимир Владимирович Софроницкий, Vladimir Sofronitskij; May 8 [O.S. April 25] 1901 – August 26, 1961) was a Russian pianist, best known as an interpreter of Russian composer Alexander Scriabin.

Little known in the Western Hemisphere due to almost complete absence of concert tours and recordings, Sofronitsky was held to the highest regards in his native land. Sviatoslav Richter and Emil Gilels looked up to Sofronitsky as their master, and famously, when Sofronitsky once drunkenly proclaimed the former to be a genius, Richter toasted him to be a god. Gilels was reputed to say that "The greatest pianist in the world has died" upon hearing Sofronitsky's death.

Few of Sofronitsky's recordings are available in the West. One noteworthy release, in BMG's "Russian Piano School" series, contains a complete concert, including a wonderful, dreamy, mercurial account of Robert Schumann's Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 11. His issue in Phillips's Great Pianists of the Twentieth Century features Chopin Mazurkas and Waltzes on the first CD, and some of his legendary Scriabin on the second, including the 9th and 10th sonatas and a staggering Vers la Flamme. Denon Classics' Japanese Vladimir Sofronitsky Edition is a series of 15 CDs, 10 of which remain in print.

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