Olga Kern

Olga Vladimirovna core ( Russian: Ольга Владимировна Керн; born April 23, 1975) is a Russian pianist.

Life

Originally from a family of musicians Olga Kern began playing the piano at age five. She studied first with Yevgeny Timakhin at the Moscow Central Music School and continued her studies at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory with Sergei Dorenesky continued. In 1996 she received a scholarship from the Russian President. At thirteen she won a diploma at the Concertino Praga. After winning the age of seventeen the Rachmaninov Competition for Young Pianists, she participated in other international competitions. She won the 1990 Concorso in Pinerolo and the 2001 Van Cliburn Piano Competition (ex - aequo with Stanislav Ioudenitch ). Then following your concert career, she continued with numerous appearances continued in various European cities, traveled to Japan, South Korea and the United States. Above all, there was a highly sought-after soloist, yes a crowd after the gold medal at the Van Cliburn competition.

Repertoire

Olga Kern preferred the great romantic piano literature. Her repertoire, which have already been released on CD several works, including the Paganini Variations, Op 35 by Johannes Brahms, works of Franz Liszt, the First Piano Concerto by Tchaikovsky, the third piano concerto of Rachmaninov, whose Second Piano Sonata, Transcriptions, Corelli Variations and shorter pieces ( Morceaux de Fantaisi, daisies) interpreted it also. In addition, she played a number of Chopin's works, such as the Piano Concerto op 11 and the famous Polonaise in A flat major, Op 53 Even a recording of Balakirev's Islamey is now available.

In many of these interpretations of their powerful and brilliant virtuosity and grip occurs also in appearance as its clear, concise rhythmic style of play, which can sometimes assume hard -edged and trains.

The sober and clear approach also romantic, highly expressive music keeps on sentimental and romanticized interpretations and exaggerated rubato game.

Reception

While most concert reviews mostly positive, yes superlative turned out, there were parts of the Schallplattenkritik certain reservations. The virtuosity and musical temperament of the pianist were not identified and praised in question, for their furious interpretation of the Reminiscences de Don Juan Franz Liszt; However, the criticism was absent in studio recording a nuance of personality and artistic individuality. Their pursuit of clarity sometimes lead to a leveling of dynamics and rhythmic imbalance, whereby the representation of the structure and the psychological development of composition suffer.