IvoPogorelich won the Casagrande Competition at Terni (Italy) in 1978 and the Montreal International Music Competition in 1980; but it was the prize he failed to win that made him world-famous.
Since 1989 the annual IvoPogorelich Festival has taken place in Bad Wörishofen: the aim of the festival is to support promising young musicians at the beginning of their careers by giving them the opportunity of performing together with renowned artists.
Pogorelich's admirers praise his innovations, his boldness and a musical intuition that brings fresh perspectives to old scores.
Pogorelich's Sunday afternoon recital at George Mason University's Center for the Arts supplied ammunition to both camps.
The otherworldly effects of the ethereal second movement were well served by Pogorelich's extraordinary technique and almost unlimited sound palette: His trills -- executed with remarkable velocity -- seemed to spin out into infinity, while the eloquent silences characteristic of this movement hovered as if suspended in time.
IvoPogorelich gave his debut recital in New York's Carnegie Hall in 1981.
Since 1989 the annual IvoPogorelich Festival has the aim of supporting promising young musicians at the beginning of their careers by giving them the opportunity to perform together with renowned artists.
Pogorelich rendered the heavy bass-theme with such an extensive use of the pedal that it covered up most of the details.
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IvoPogorelich is perhaps the only great pianist who became an instant celebrity for the prize he didn't win.
In 1986 and 1987, when Pogorelich was in his late 20s, Unitel recorded a series of six recitals with the artist in venues of particularly striking beauty.
Today, in addition to his active concert agenda, IvoPogorelich is showing a particular commitment to the support of young artists and of humanitarian causes.
Eastern Europe Holidays: News(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Ivo Pogorelic will be performing in the organization of the Sarajevo Art Public Institute on Thursday, March 24, at the BiH Federation House of Army, starting at 19.30.
Born on 20 October1958 in Belgrade, IvoPogorelich is one of the most provocative and unpredictable major pianists, known for dynamic and original interpretations.
Pogorelich began recording for Deutsche Grammophon, becoming one of their exclusive artists in 1982.
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Masterful pianistIvoPogorelich first stepped onto the hallowed stage at New York's Carnegie Hall in 1981, which proved to be the moment where the music world sat up and took notice of this incredible musician's talents.
Here, Pogorelich turns his hand to a number of works, including Bach's "English Suite No. 2 in A Minor" and "English Suite No. 3 in G Minor;" Domenico Scarlatti's "Sonata's No. 5, 17, 19, 15, and 3;" and Beethoven's "Sonata...
Here, Pogorelich turns his hand to a number of works, including Bach's "English Suite No. 2 in A Minor" and "English Suite No. 3 in G Minor;" Domenico Scarlatti's "Sonata's No. 5, 17, 19, 15, and 3;" and Beethoven's "Sonata No. 11 in B-flat Major" and "Fur Elise in A Minor." Less
IvoPogorelich is certainly one of the world’s most exciting pianists and has been an exclusive Deutsche Grammophon artist since 1981.
Pogorelich has made triumphant appearances in all of the world’s major concert halls and has repeatedly been compared by critics to Horowitz, Paderewski and Rachmaninov.
This production by Humphrey Burton features Pogorelich playing music by some composers with whom he is intimately associated: Bach, Scarlatti and Beethoven.
IvoPogorelich, 40, began earning a reputation as a bad boy of the piano in 1980, when he became famous for losing the Chopin Competition in Warsaw and a jury member walked out.
Pogorelich's gift for sonority or his brilliant technique.
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News - Announcements : IVOPOGORELICH’S SCHEDULED CONCERT FOR SEPTEMBER 6 AT THE ROMAN ODEON OF PATRAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
IvoPogorelich’s scheduled concert for September 6 at the Roman Odeon of Patras has being cancelled.
The artist has just informed the Organization that due to health reasons, he is obliged to cancel all his scheduled concerts until the end of 2006.
Manuel Brug speaks with Croatian pianistIvoPogorelich about his eleven-year silence, his late wife and teacher Aliza Kezeradze and his newfound lust for life
IvoPogorelich (47) — Croatian pianist of world standing, born in Belgrade, packed off to Moscow at the age of eleven to practice the piano for ten years — was the classical music icon of the eighties after not winning the 1980 International Chopin Competition in Warsaw.
Pogorelich, who knows nothing of iPods or Lang Lang, now lives in Lugano and designs jewellery for fun.
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Once one of most flamboyant, talked about musicians on the international scene, Croatian pianistIvoPogorelich withdrew from the public eye after the death of his wife and teacher, Aliza Kezeradze.
Now he breaks a long media silence to speak of early fame, his lost love and late maturity.
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