| Sergei Rachmaninov |
Prelude Op. 32, No. 5, in G Major |
02/10/2009 |
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| Sergei Rachmaninov |
Moments Musicaux in D-flat Major, Op. 16, No. 5 |
02/10/2009 |
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| Claude Debussy |
Hommage à Rameau, from Images, Book 1 |
02/10/2009 |
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| Christoph Gluck |
Mélodie d'Orfée (tr. Sgambati) |
02/12/2009 |
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| Franz Liszt |
Tarantella, from Venezia e Napoli |
02/10/2009 |
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| Franz Liszt |
Sonetto 104 del Petrarca |
02/10/2009 |
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| Frédéric Chopin |
Etude Op. 10, No. 8 in F Major |
02/10/2009 |
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| Frédéric Chopin |
Ballade No. 4 in f minor, Op. 52 |
02/10/2009 |
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| Frédéric Chopin |
Mazurka in A-flat Major, Op. 41, No. 4 |
02/10/2009 |
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| Franz Schubert |
Gretchen am Spinnrade (tr. Liszt) |
02/10/2009 |
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| Isaac Albéniz |
Cordoba, Op. 232, No. 4 |
02/12/2009 |
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| Nikolai Medtner |
Canzona serenata, from Forgotten Motives Op. 38 |
02/10/2009 |
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| Alexander Scriabin |
Poem in F-Sharp Major, Op. 32 |
02/10/2009 |
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| Jean-Philippe Rameau |
Le rappel des oiseaux (Bird Calls) |
02/10/2009 |
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| Johannes Brahms |
Rhapsody in G minor, Op. 79, No. 2 |
02/10/2009 |
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| Johannes Brahms |
Intermezzo in c-sharp minor, Op. 117, No. 3 |
02/10/2009 |
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Dmitry Paperno, Piano
Biography
The Russian pianist, teacher, and writer, Dmitry
Paperno, received his musical training at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State
Conservatory, earning a Mastero's Degree with Honours in 1951 and an Aspirant
Diploma in 1955. He was a prize winner at the Fifth International Chopin
Competition in Warsaw in 1955 and the First International Enescu Competition in
Bucharest in 1958.
Following that Dmitry Paperno went on to concertize widely throughout Russia
and Eastern Europe as well as in England, Cuba, and Belgium (as soloist with
the U.S.S.R. State Orchestra at EXPO in Brussels in 1958). He also made
numerous recordings for Melodiya, the record label of the Soviet Union.
In 1967, Dmitry Paperno began teaching at the Gnessin Moscow State Institute.
After emigrating to the USA in 1976, Paperno continued to perform extensively
throughout the USA and Western Europe. A Professor at Chicago's DePaul
University since 1977 (now Emeritus), he has been on the jury panel for many
international piano competitions. He has also given master-classes at the
Moscow Conservatory as well as in Belgium, Finland, Portugal, and the USA,
including classes at Oberlin and the Manhattan School of Music.
Dmitry Paperno is the author of several articles on music and pianism and the
books Notes of a Moscow Pianist (Amadeus Press) and Postscriptum.