Evgeny Igorevich Kissin (born October 10, 1971) is a well-known Russian pia… Read Full Bio ↴Evgeny Igorevich Kissin (born October 10, 1971) is a well-known Russian pianist.
Kissin was born in Moscow to a Jewish family. At age 11 months, he reportedly was able to hum along to a Bach tune his sister was playing on the piano. At age 6 he commenced his own piano studies at the esteemed Gnessin School of Music for Gifted Children. He first studied there with Anna Pavlovna Kantor and continues to study with her to this day.
At the age of 12, Kissin made his debut with orchestra and the year after that he gave his first recital in Moscow. Kissin's extraordinary talents were made manifest to the international scene in 1984, when he played and recorded Chopin's two piano concertos with the Moscow State Philharmonic Orchestra.
On September 30, 1990, Kissin made his Carnegie Hall recital debut. Among many other masterpieces, he has recorded Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concertos No. 2 and 3, Mozart's Piano Concertos No. 12 and 20, Brahms' Paganini Variations, and Beethoven Piano Concertos No.2 and 5. He is widely considered one of the greatest pianists in the world, with a technically masterful and perfectly nuanced sound. Though his interpretations are regarded by some critics to be overly romantic, he has an electric presence, drawing sell-out crowds and audiences who demand multiple encores wherever he performs.
In 2005 Kissin and the conductor-pianist James Levine played a program of Schubert's piano music for four hands in Boston's Symphony Hall and, 4 days later, in Carnegie Hall in New York. The Carnegie Hall performance was recorded live. The recording was released to acclaim by RCA (82876-69282-2).
Kissin was born in Moscow to a Jewish family. At age 11 months, he reportedly was able to hum along to a Bach tune his sister was playing on the piano. At age 6 he commenced his own piano studies at the esteemed Gnessin School of Music for Gifted Children. He first studied there with Anna Pavlovna Kantor and continues to study with her to this day.
At the age of 12, Kissin made his debut with orchestra and the year after that he gave his first recital in Moscow. Kissin's extraordinary talents were made manifest to the international scene in 1984, when he played and recorded Chopin's two piano concertos with the Moscow State Philharmonic Orchestra.
On September 30, 1990, Kissin made his Carnegie Hall recital debut. Among many other masterpieces, he has recorded Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concertos No. 2 and 3, Mozart's Piano Concertos No. 12 and 20, Brahms' Paganini Variations, and Beethoven Piano Concertos No.2 and 5. He is widely considered one of the greatest pianists in the world, with a technically masterful and perfectly nuanced sound. Though his interpretations are regarded by some critics to be overly romantic, he has an electric presence, drawing sell-out crowds and audiences who demand multiple encores wherever he performs.
In 2005 Kissin and the conductor-pianist James Levine played a program of Schubert's piano music for four hands in Boston's Symphony Hall and, 4 days later, in Carnegie Hall in New York. The Carnegie Hall performance was recorded live. The recording was released to acclaim by RCA (82876-69282-2).
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Robert Schumann: Variation I
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emilywuzherexd
this is increddiiiiibly superb!! i haven't heard a version more beautiful than this one; kissin is just absolutely amazing! every note is clear and melodic and soo musical, and his playing makes me sit on the edge of my seat! gosh i hope i can come close to doing as well as he did on this piece, well done!
Soojeong Kim
Astounding!!!! He play this masterpiece in his own way, and it is super artistic.
Paulino Contreras
This is probably my top 3 schumann pieces and might make my top 10 favorite piano pieces. So much character, and so much potential musical statements to be made. Such a great piece.
Jason Lo
他一直给我印象是技巧派，这首很特别，将舒曼感性部份恰到好處的奏出。
Olga Shcherbakova
Обожаю Шумана . Исполнение велико лепное. Спасибо.
gilpisa
definitely the most brilliant interpretation of Abegg variations.
Michaël Wisse
dont forget Richter
sâtéllâ
this music is pretty amazing and truly relaxing ..
꧁ 𝑀𝑒𝓇𝓇𝓎 𝒫𝑜𝓅𝓅𝒾𝓃𝓈 ꧂
this was perfect, mr. Kissin you are amazing !!
Imma Galdo
bellissima interpretazione !!!!! Mio figlio la suona spesso e devo dire che sentire il brano interpretato da altri mi fa pensare che anche mio figlio può aspirare a divenire un umile interprete dell'alta arte della musica.