Английская Википедия:Alexei Sultanov
Alexei Sultanov (Шаблон:Lang-ru; August 7, 1969 – June 30, 2005) was a Soviet and American (since 2004) classical pianist of Uzbek origin.
Biography
Alexei Sultanov was born to a family of musicians, his father a cellist, his mother a violinist, both music teachers. At the age of 6, he began piano lessons in Tashkent with Tamara Popovich[1] and then with Lev Naumov at the Moscow Conservatory.[1] At the age of thirteen he was a participant of the International Radio Competition for Young Musicians in Prague.[1] He became famous after winning the Eighth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition on June 11, 1989, at the age of 19,[2] the youngest contestant in that year's competition. Listeners were awed by his virtuosic technique, musicality, and dynamic range. After winning the Van Cliburn, he made appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and Late Night with David Letterman.
In October 1995, Sultanov won second prize at the XIII International Chopin Piano Competition; the grand prize was not awarded.[1] He went on to perform in North America, Europe and Asia.[1] During his lifetime Alexei Sultanov performed i.e. at New York's Carnegie Hall and Washington's Kennedy Center.[1]
In 1996 he had his first stroke, and despite his refusal was convinced by his wife Dace Abele to visit Ed Kramer, a neurologist. Kramer checked on him and discovered some small black spots which proved to him that blood clots had formed in the brain. Despite the stroke he continued his performance in Tokyo, but there he experienced another stroke. After that the same neurologist diagnosed him with diastolic heart failure. In February 2001, he had another stroke. The strokes damaged everything except the cerebral cortex and he was able to continue performing[3] while sitting in a wheelchair.
He became an American citizen in 2004.[2]
On June 30, 2005, at 4:30 a.m., he suffocated following a stroke. He died at the age of 35 in Fort Worth.[4][2]
Memorabilia
His performances of concerti by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff were recorded, with Maxim Shostakovich conducting the London Symphony Orchestra, and were published under the Teldec Classics label, while his other albums such as the Fantaisie–Impromptu of 1997 and Sultanov plays Chopin which was released two years later were published by the Arts Core Corporation. He also was a part of a PBS documentary called Here to Make Music which was produced by Peter Rosen for US viewers. The film won an award and has been aired worldwide ever since.[5]
References
External links
- Шаблон:YouTube
- The Eighth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Sultanov announced as the winner, video
- Sultanov Live in Japan, CD
- Шаблон:Official website
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ 88 notes pour piano solo, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Neva Editions, 2015, p. 153 et 155. Шаблон:ISBN
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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