Anatol Ugorski was the fourth-born child of five siblings. In 1945, the Ugo… Read Full Bio ↴Anatol Ugorski was the fourth-born child of five siblings. In 1945, the Ugorski family moved to Leningrad, where six years later, he went to the conservatory which included an affiliated special music school, although he did not specialize in any instrument. After finishing school in 1960, he studied piano at the Leningrad Conservatory with Nadezhda Golubowskaja. Before graduation, he went through many works by premier (and often controversial) composers, such as Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Olivier Messiaen, and Pierre Boulez.
During the time he lived in Leningrad, he played a guest performance of a piece by Pierre Boulez in autumn of 1968 (shortly after the invasion of the Warsaw Pact in Prague) and was met with demonstratively enthusiastic applause, after which he was classified as politically unreliable and prevented from continuing his career. Anatol Ugorski then spent more than ten years as a piano accompanist for concerts by the Young Pioneers choir, with which he toured the entire former Soviet Union. The fact that, with his virtuoso talent, he could become a prominent soloist in just a few concerts under Soviet rule was proof that soon he would have to develop his individual talent in secret, however, given the political climate of the time. His artistic reputation led to him being appointed to a professorship at the Leningrad Conservatory in 1982.
In the summer of 1990, Anatol Ugorski fled to Berlin with his wife and child, after his sixteen year-old daughter, Dina Ugorskaja (now also a pianist), had been severely threatened by supporters of the antisemitic Pamyatmovement. For almost two years, the family lived in a Berlin refugee accommodation. In 1992, at fifty-years old, Ugorski's renown went international, with spectacular concerts at the Conservatory of Milan and the Vienna Festival. Since then, he has been a soloist with leading orchestras, including the Symphony Orchestra of the WDR, Czech Philharmonic, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Hamburg Symphony Orchestra. The pianist regularly performs at major festivals.
Up until 2007, Anatol Ugorski taught at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold, where he was a Professor of Piano.
During the time he lived in Leningrad, he played a guest performance of a piece by Pierre Boulez in autumn of 1968 (shortly after the invasion of the Warsaw Pact in Prague) and was met with demonstratively enthusiastic applause, after which he was classified as politically unreliable and prevented from continuing his career. Anatol Ugorski then spent more than ten years as a piano accompanist for concerts by the Young Pioneers choir, with which he toured the entire former Soviet Union. The fact that, with his virtuoso talent, he could become a prominent soloist in just a few concerts under Soviet rule was proof that soon he would have to develop his individual talent in secret, however, given the political climate of the time. His artistic reputation led to him being appointed to a professorship at the Leningrad Conservatory in 1982.
In the summer of 1990, Anatol Ugorski fled to Berlin with his wife and child, after his sixteen year-old daughter, Dina Ugorskaja (now also a pianist), had been severely threatened by supporters of the antisemitic Pamyatmovement. For almost two years, the family lived in a Berlin refugee accommodation. In 1992, at fifty-years old, Ugorski's renown went international, with spectacular concerts at the Conservatory of Milan and the Vienna Festival. Since then, he has been a soloist with leading orchestras, including the Symphony Orchestra of the WDR, Czech Philharmonic, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Hamburg Symphony Orchestra. The pianist regularly performs at major festivals.
Up until 2007, Anatol Ugorski taught at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold, where he was a Professor of Piano.
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01Pictures at an Exhibition - for Piano: Promenade. Allegro giusto, nel modo rustico, senza allegrezza, ma poco sostenuto - attacca1:41Anatol Ugorski
03Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - for Piano - Promenade.Moderato commodo assai e con delicatezza - attacca1:03Anatol Ugorski
04Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition - The Old Castle.Andantino molto cantabile e con dolore5:21Anatol Ugorski
05Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - for Piano - Promenade.Moderato non tanto,pesamente - attacca0:31Anatol Ugorski
09Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition - 5. Ballet Of The Chickens In Their Shells1:10Anatol Ugorski
10Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - for Piano - Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle.Andante.Grave-energico - Andantino2:18Anatol Ugorski
11Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - for Piano - Promenade.Allegro giusto,nel modo russico, poco sostenuto - attacca1:36Anatol Ugorski
12Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - for Piano - The Market-place at Limoges.Allegretto vivo,sempre scherzando - attacca1:20Anatol Ugorski
13Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - for Piano - The Catacombs (Sepulchrum romanum).Largo - attacca1:47Anatol Ugorski
14Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - for Piano - Con mortuis in lingua mortua.Andante non troppo,con lamento1:59Anatol Ugorski
15Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition - The Hut On Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga).Allegro con brio, feroce - Andante mosso - Allegro molto - attacca3:47Anatol Ugorski
16Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition - The Great Gate Of Kiev.Allegro alla breve.Maestoso.Con grandezza6:20Anatol Ugorski
17Stravinsky: Petrouchka - Three Movements For Piano - 1921 Version / Scene 1 - 4. Russian Dance2:40Anatol Ugorski
18Stravinsky: Petrouchka - Three Movements For Piano - 1921 Version / Scene 2 - Petrouchka's Room5:17Anatol Ugorski
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Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition / Stravinsky: Three Movements From "Petrushka"
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