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Born in [[Zhytomyr]], Shtarkman won 1st prize at the [[Vianna da Motta International Music Competition]] in Lisbon, 5th prize at the [[V International Chopin Piano Competition]] and, most notably, the Bronze Medal at the inaugural edition of the [[Tchaikovsky Competition]]. For several decades, his concert career was restricted to the Soviet scene. He taught at the [[Gnessin State Musical College]] and the [[Moscow Conservatory]]. |
Born in [[Zhytomyr]], Shtarkman won 1st prize at the [[Vianna da Motta International Music Competition]] in Lisbon, 5th prize at the [[V International Chopin Piano Competition]] and, most notably, the Bronze Medal at the inaugural edition of the [[Tchaikovsky Competition]]. For several decades, his concert career was restricted to the Soviet scene. He taught at the [[Gnessin State Musical College]] and the [[Moscow Conservatory]]. |
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Shtarkman played a Mendelssohn piano concerto with an orchestra at the age of 11. A year later, he gave a solo |
Shtarkman played a Mendelssohn piano concerto with an orchestra at the age of 11. A year later, he gave a solo at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, a program which consisted of works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann and Liszt. In 1944 he began studying at the [[Moscow Conservatory]] in the class of the great pianist and teacher [[Konstantin Igumnov]]. He graduated in 1949. Igumnov died in 1948, but Shtarkman refused to complete his training with another teacher, so he prepared for graduation without a formal mentor, consulting informally with [[Sviatoslav Richter]]. |
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Russian pianist (1927–2006)
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Naum Shtarkman Наум Штаркман |
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| Born | (1927-09-28)28 September 1927 |
| Died | 19 July 2006(2006-07-19) (aged 78) |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation | Pianist |
| Instrument | Piano |
Musical artist
Naum Lvovich Shtarkman[a] (28 September 1927 – 19 July 2006) was a Soviet and Russian classical pianist.
Career
Born in Zhytomyr, Shtarkman won 1st prize at the Vianna da Motta International Music Competition in Lisbon, 5th prize at the V International Chopin Piano Competition and, most notably, the Bronze Medal at the inaugural edition of the Tchaikovsky Competition. For several decades, his concert career was restricted to the Soviet scene. He taught at the Gnessin State Musical College and the Moscow Conservatory.
Shtarkman played a Mendelssohn piano concerto with an orchestra at the age of 11. A year later, he gave a solo recital at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, a program which consisted of works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann and Liszt. In 1944 he began studying at the Moscow Conservatory in the class of the great pianist and teacher Konstantin Igumnov. He graduated in 1949. Igumnov died in 1948, but Shtarkman refused to complete his training with another teacher, so he prepared for graduation without a formal mentor, consulting informally with Sviatoslav Richter.
Arrest
Shortly after receiving the third prize of the First International Tchaikovsky Competition (1958), Shtarkman was arrested and convicted under Article 121 (homosexuality) of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR. He was arrested in Kharkiv, hours before he was scheduled to perform at a factory, as a special performance. The incarceration, which lasted eight years, shattered his concert career: for years afterwards Shtarkman was allowed only to perform in the far-off provinces or in secondary concert halls. The arrest had also become an impediment to educational activities for Shtarkman: from 1969 he freelanced unofficially at the Gnessin State Musical College and only in 1987 became a professor at the Moscow Conservatory. After that, he began to perform in many countries around the world. In 1993, he became permanent chairman of the jury for the International Piano Competition named after Igumnov, ongoing in Lipetsk. Shtarkman died in Moscow.
