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On March 16th, 2024 one of the great pianists of our time Mikhail Voskresensky played a solo recital at over sold out Tateuchi Hall, Finn Center in Mountain View, CA.
The program featured Sonata E minor by Haydn, Rondo A minor by Mozart, 'Moonlight' Sonata by Beethoven, Prelude & Nocturne for the Left Hand by Scriabin and Prokofiev's Eighth Sonata.
This was his debut in the San Francisco Bay Area since his first appearance in the USA in 1963. Having had arguably the longest international piano career in the world, Mr. Voskresensky protested the unjust war in Ukraine in 2022, fled Russia and settled in
New York.
Read a review on this recital here.
Pianist Mikhail Voskresensky was the longest serving piano professor at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory before joining Juilliard School as a Guest Professor. Through his teacher Lev Oborin who was the First Prizewinner of the First Chopin Competition, his pedagogical genealogy goes back in the history to Igumnov, Siloti, Liszt and Beethoven.
A memorable event of his life was a study with XXth century giant composer Dmitry Shostakovich with whom Mr. Voskresensky prepared European debut of Piano Concerto no. 2.
His students have won 120 top prizes at world’s major international competitions and he taught in world's all major conservatories and universities as a guest Master Class professor.
On March 17th, 2024 in collaboration with Gradus ad Parnassum, Stanford University held his Master Class with its best piano students. The crowd and public reception were unprecedented.