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Celebrating © Noah Shaye ELDAR NEBOLSIN ‘Save your superlatives until you have heard Eldar Nebolsin’ – LA Times ‘Scintillating pianism that rivals the greats in this repertoire ... rivalling Rubinstein’ – Gramophone ‘He may well be the Richter of his generation’ – American Record Guide BIOGRAPHY © Noah Shaye Described by the Gramophone Magazine as ‘virtuoso a tour throughout Spain performing Liszt’s Second Piano of power and poetry’, Eldar Nebolsin is considered one Concerto with the Royal Seville Philharmonic Orchestra. of the most versatile and interesting musicians of his Eldar also returns regularly to perform with London’s generation. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, most recently sharing the stage with Josep Caballé-Domenech, while he enjoyed A former student of renowned Russian pianist and debuts in both recital and concerto repertoire in Berlin’s teacher Dmitri Bashkirov, Eldar currently records for Konzerthaus, in Budapest, Winterthur, Brisbane, and in the Naxos label. His debut album, Rachmaninov’s Taiwan. Preludes, Opp. 23 and 32 earned from ClassicsToday. com the praise ‘close to stunning … Nebolsin’s is a truly In the chamber music field, Eldar collaborates with exceptional excursion into the music of Rachmaninov’, some of the world’s most renowned musicians such while his second album released the following year, Julian Rachlin, Maxim Rysanov, Alexey Ogrintchouk, Ilya both Liszt Piano Concertos and Totentanz with the Royal Grintgolts or Gustav Rivinius. Recent chamber music Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Vasily Petrenko, engagements include performances with the Leipziger earned top place on Naxos’ Bestsellers Digital Platform Streichquartett, Barnabas Kelemen, Miklós Perényi, for six consecutive months. Alexander Melnikov and Wolfgang Emmanuel Schmidt. The next albums for Naxos were Ernst von Dohnanyi’s In 2005 Eldar Nebolsin was unanimously awarded Variations of Nursery Theme, with the Buffalo the Sviatoslav Richter Prize in the First Edition of the Philharmonic Orchestra and JoAnn Falletta, Chopin’s International Piano Competition in Moscow where he complete works for piano and orchestra with the Warsaw was also honoured with the special award for the Best Philharmonic and Antoni Wit, a solo album of works by Classical Concerto Performance. During the 2009–10 Schubert, and the Lopes-Graça Piano Concertos with season Eldar enjoyed the honour of being Artist-in- Orquestra Sinfonica do Porto and Matthias Bamert. The Residence for Musis Sacrum in Arnhem. three piano quartets by Brahms coupled with Mahler’s Piano Quartet were followed by two albums released Eldar’s earlier international performances have taken him by Naxos in collaboration with Spectrum Concerts to the stages of some of the most famous orchestras of the Berlin – albums of Arensky and Sculhoff’s Chamber world – New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Chicago Works. Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Concert Symphony Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Fantasia with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Berlin, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Michael Stern received stunning reviews declaring it to Gulbenkian Foundation Orchestra, Orchestra di Santa be the definitive version of this repertoire. Most recently Cecilia in Rome, Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, Sydney IBS Classical released his collaboration with cellist Asier Symphony Orchestra, Sankt Petersburg Philharmonic Polo, Brahms Cello Sonatas. Earlier recordings include Orchestra and Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra with two albums for Decca – solo works by Chopin and outstanding conductors such as Mstislav Rostropovich, Liszt, and Chopin’s Piano Concertos with the Deutsches Ricardo Chailly, Yuri Temirkanov, Leonard Slatkin, Charles Symphonie Orchester Berlin and Vladimir Ashkenazy. Dutoit, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Vasily Petrenko, Nikolaj Alexeev, Vladimir Spivakov and Lawrence Foster, among Some of Eldar’s more recent engagements are re- many others. invitations to the Buffalo and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestras, his debuts with the Kansas City Symphony, From 2012 Eldar has held the position of Professor of Helsinki and Turku Philharmonics and New Zealand Piano at the Hanns Eisler Musik Hochschule, Berlin, where Symphony Orchestras, an all-Liszt evening in Lisbon with he now lives. He previously lived in Spain and for the last Jaime Martin, continuing chamber collaborations with 11 years held a place on the faculty of the International Janine Jansen and Friends in Utrecht and with Spectrum Institute of Chamber Music in Madrid teaching alongside Concerts at the Philharmonie, Berlin, a recital tour in Ralf Gothoni where he regularly presents master classes Canada and USA with Eldar’s frequent partner, violist both in piano solo repertoire and chamber music. Maxim Rysanov, as well as his debut with MDR Symphony Orchestra and Jun Märkl at the Gewandhaus Leipzig, and August 2019 More information: www.eldarnebolsinpiano.com • www.naxos.com/person/Nebolsin_Eldar/47312.htm © 2019 Naxos Rights US, Inc. 2 DISCOGRAPHY 8.572799 8.573317 8.572798 ’Splendid playing, marked by perfect ‘Their Brahms is rich and expressive, ‘There’s not much one needs to say intonation, ensemble balance, and unmannered and technically secure. about these fine performances. Tempos tonal warmth, conjoined with emotional Tempos are in the conventional and balances are excellent, Nebolsin engagement, interpretive intelligence, and range with no attempts at plays sensitively and with style.’ superior recording, add up to a very strong showiness or virtuosity. All four – Fanfare recommendation for this release.’ – Fanfare are terrific players, but I was most taken with pianist Nebolsin, ‘Piano Trio No. 1, the best known of these who plays with subtle grace and works, is given a pleasant performance.’ admirable clarity.’ – BBC Music Magazine – American Record Guide NOMINEE RECORDING OF CRITIC’S CHOICE THE YEAR 8.572335 NBD0011 [Blu-ray Audio] 8.572336 NBD0012 [Blu-ray Audio] 8.572303 ‘Nebolsin…proves himself a scintillating ‘Nebolsin carries all before him with ‘Eldar Nebolsin offers an interpretation and persuasive Chopinist, alive to every sparkling, life-enhancing playing.’ that is perfect in style and colour.’ detail.’ – Gramophone – Classic FM – ResMusica.com ‘[Nebolsin’s] playing is fleet and his ‘Nebolsin does a good job of letting the ‘Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic technique sure. Most important, music flow naturally, while keeping the play this music really well, and they are he seems to thoroughly grasp the textures of the piano figurationlight lucky to have a piano soloist in Eldar mercurial lyricism of Chopin’s writing.’ and airy.’ – Fanfare Nebolsin more than up to the formidable – Soundstage.com task that Dohnányi sets for him.’ – ClassicsToday.com GRAMOPHONE NOMINEE RECOMMENDS RESMUSICA CLEF DU MOIS 8.570517 8.572817 ‘Clearly Nebolsin has this music in his ‘Nebolsin [deserves] praise for his lively and fingers… There is sheer pyrotechnic sympathetic work in this virtually unknown music. display on offer here that rivals the The Portuguese orchestra shines under the best.’ – American Record Guide distinguished baton of Bamert. All in all, this is a high-quality production.’ – Fanfare ‘The disc is special, with excellent performances and excellent sound. ‘Eldar Nebolsin brings precise phrasing and visceral – Classical Candor intensity to his performance of both concertos.’ – Scene Magazine GRAMOPHONE RECOMMENDS WANT LIST 3 © 2019 Naxos Rights US, Inc. DISCOGRAPHY 8.570327 8.572459 8.573525 ‘The kaleidoscopic shifts of ‘Nebolsin’s grasp of structure, ‘This is clearly the work of rhythm and emotion are simply simplicity of approach with clear, a great musical imagination, breathtaking.’ natural phrasing, and the song- and I can’t imagine it being – Limelight Magazine like purity of the recorded sound played any better than it is here.’ make this a very special Schubert – The Art Music Lounge ‘[Nebolsin] has this music in his disc.’ – Classic FM blood. He captures its nobility EDITOR’S RECORDING OF as well as its passion, delicacy as ‘Nebolsin’s touch is light and CHOICE THE MONTH well as dazzle.’ poetic, allowing the delicate color – The Dallas Morning News of Schubert’s lyricism to come through in an unforced manner that serves the needs of the music very well indeed.’ CD-TIPP – Audio Video Club of Atlanta 8.573462 ‘This disc is a real winner, not just for Nebolsin’s playing, but because of the addition of the totally overlooked Concert 2.110284 (DVD) Fantasia.’ – Classic FM ‘Both concerto performances are quite fine … you won’t CD OF be disappointed with these THE WEEK performances.’ – Classical Net ALLMUSIC EDITOR’S CHOICE For the full list of Eldar Nebolsin's extensive discography with Naxos, please visit his artist page www.naxos.com/person/Eldar_Nebolsin/47312.htm Worldwide Representation: Jenny Rose, AOR Management Inc. 6910 Roosevelt Way NE, PMB 221, Seattle, Washington, 98115, USA Tel: +1 206 729 6160 • Cell: +1 206 915 5145 CONTACT [email protected] • www.aormanagement.com Spain: Netherlands: Humberto Orán, (Musiespaña) c/José Marañon 10, Marjon Koenokoop, (Ivy Artists) Groot Hertoginnelaan 4º, izda., 28010 , Madrid 217, 2517 ES Den Haag, The Netherlands +34 91 591 32 90, +34 91 591 32 91 +31 (0)70 39 25 271, +31 (0)70 39 25 930 [email protected] • www.musiespaña.com +31 (0)70 36 59 021 [email protected] • www.ivyartists.com © Noah Shaye eldarnebolsin201910/LS.