Nelson Goerner, Brazilian pianist

Nelson Goerner ( 1969 , San Pedro , Province of Buenos Aires ) is an Argentine pianist classical repertoire. Garrubba student Jorge and Carmen Scalcione (disciples of the legendary Vicente Scaramuzza ), gave his first recital at age 11. It debuted at the Teatro Colón when he won the competition Franz Liszt . He won the Geneva in 1990, where he worked with Maria Tipo , which enabled him to many European debuts as Schleswig-Holstein, Verbier, Paris, Munich, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Lucerne, London and Milan. He received the Konex Diploma of Merit in 1999 and Platinum in 2009. He is married to pianist Georgian Rusudan Alavidze and lives in Switzerland.

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VIDEO:Nelson Goerner plays Chopin Scherzo No 4 Op 54

Cordelia Williams

Cordelia Williams has been acclaimed as a pianist of “great power and delicate sensitivity”, drawing in audiences with her rich sound, natural eloquence and “spell-binding simplicity”. She has performed all over the world, including concertos with the English Chamber Orchestra, in Mexico City, and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and recitals at Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall and Beijing Concert Hall. In December 2014 she will make her debut with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, playing Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto at Barbican Hall, London and Symphony Hall, Birmingham. Official site

 VIDEO: Cordelia Williams: Ravel "Ondine" from Gaspard de la Nuit .. Recorded at Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, on 19 March 2013
 

Noriko Ogawa (pianist)

Noriko Ogawa (小川典子 Ogawa Noriko?) (born 1962) is a Japanese classical pianist. Born in Kawasaki, Ogawa studied at the Tokyo College of Music (1977–80) and the Juilliard School in New York (1981–5), and later with Benjamin Kaplan. After coming second in a Japanese music competition in 1984, she gained third prize in the 1987 Leeds International Piano Competition, which launched her international performing career. Her New York début was in 1982 and her London début in 1988. Since 1997 Ogawa has been an exclusive recording artist for BIS Records. She has collaborated in a piano duo with British pianist Kathryn Stott since 2001, and the two women have recorded works by Delius for BIS Records. In 2003, they gave the first performance of Graham Fitkin's Circuit. She also has a longstanding collaboration with clarinetist Michael Collins. WIKIPEDIA



 VIDEO: Part 1: Piano Talk with Noriko Ogawa