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Ivo PogorelicIvo Pogorelić (20 October, 1958) is a Croatian pianist. He received his first piano lessons when he was seven. Five years later, he was invited to Moscow to continue his studies at the Central Music School with Timakin. He graduated to the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. In 1976 he began studying intensively with the pianist and teacher Aliza Kezeradze, who passed on to him the tradition of the Liszt-Siloti school. They were married from 1980 until her premature death in 1996. Pogorelić won the Casagrande Competition in Terni (Italy) in 1978 and the Montreal International Music Competition in 1980; but he became famous for the prize he didn't win. In 1980 he entered the International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw and was eliminated in the third round. The Argentine pianist Martha Argerich proclaimed him a genius and left the jury in protest. Pogorelić gave his debut recital in New York's Carnegie Hall in 1981. He debuted in London the same year. Since then, he has played many solo recitals worldwide and has played with some of the world's leading orchestras including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Orchestre de Paris and many others. Pogorelić soon began recording for Deutsche Grammophon and in 1982 he became one of their exclusive artists. He has made more than fifteen recordings of works by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Liszt, Mozart, Mussorgsky, Scarlatti, Tchaikovsky and others. In 1986 Pogorelić established a foundation in Croatia to help young artists study abroad by raising funds for scholarships. Since 1989, the Ivo Pogorelić Festival in Bad Wrishofen gives young artists the opportunity to perform with renowned artists. In December 1993, Pogorelić founded the "International Solo Piano Competition" in conjunction with the Ambassador Foundation in Pasadena, California. In 1994 he helped to provide medical support for the people of Sarajevo by seting up a foundation that organized charity concerts. He has helped to raise money for the rebuilding of Sarajevo, the Red Cross and the fight against illnesses such as cancer and multiple sclerosis. In 1988 he was named an "Ambassador of Goodwill" by UNESCO. His vast repertoire consists of works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninoff and Scriabin. First, technical perfection as something natural. Second, an insight into the development of the piano sound, as perfected by the pianist-composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, composers who understood the piano both as a human voice ... and as an orchestra with which they could produce a variety of colors. Third, the need to learn how to use every aspect of our new instruments, which are richer in sound. Fourth, the importance of differentiation.
Ivo Pogorelić about the most important things Aliza Kezeradze has taught him. Pogorelić Pogorelić
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