Mikhail Pletnev - Mikhail Pletnev: The Piano Colorist (2025)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 2:55:09 | 548 Mb
Genre: Classical
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 2:55:09 | 548 Mb
Genre: Classical
Mikhail Pletnev Reaching the highest level of prominence as both pianist and conductor, Mikhail Pletnev is a major figure on the contemporary Russian musical scene. He is also a prolific composer and a competent amateur violinist.Pletnev was born on April 14, 1957, in Archangelsk in the far north of what was then the Soviet Union. His family was musical; his father played and taught the bayan button accordion, and his mother was a pianist. When the family moved to Kazan in Russia's Tatarstan region, Pletnev began piano studies with Julia Shaskin. He moved to Moscow at 13 to study at the Moscow Central Music School with Evgeny Timakin, and a Grand Prix at the Jeunesses Musicales International in 1945 proved to be the first in a long series of prizes for the young pianist.