Ivo Pogorelić Ivo Pogorelić is a Yugoslav-born pianist .Early life Pogorelić was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia , to a Croatian father and a Serbian mother. He received his first piano lessons when he was seven and attended the Vojislav Vučković Music School in Belgrade until he was 12, when he was invited to Moscow to continue his studies at the Central Music School with Evgeny Timakin. He later graduated from the Moscow Conservatory , where he studied with Vera Gornostayeva and Yevgeny Malinin . In 1976 he began working intensively with the Georgian pianist and teacher Alisa Kezheradze , who passed on to him the tradition of the Liszt-Siloti school. They were married from 1980 until her death in 1996 from liver cancer .Musical career Pogorelić won the Casagrande Competition in Terni , Italy, in 1978 and the Montreal International Musical Competition in 1980. In 1980 he entered the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw and was eliminated in the third round. One of the adjudicators, Martha Argerich , proclaimed him a "genius" and resigned from the jury in protest. Pogorelić gave his debut recital in New York's Carnegie Hall in 1981. He debuted in London the same year. Since then, he has played many solo recitals worldwide and has played with some of the world's leading orchestras including the Boston Symphony Orchestra , the London Symphony Orchestra , the Chicago Symphony Orchestra , the Vienna Philharmonic , the Berlin Philharmonic , and many others. Pogorelić soon began recording for Deutsche Grammophon and in 1982 he became one of their exclusive artists. He has made recordings of works by Bach , Beethoven , Brahms , Chopin , Haydn , Liszt , Mozart , Mussorgsky , Prokofiev , Rachmaninoff , Ravel , Scarlatti , Scriabin and Tchaikovsky . He was the first classical pianist to be invited to perform in Kuwait . Pogorelić's performances have sometimes been controversial. His interpretations were well received by a large number of concert audiences, but not always by critics. His early recording of Prokofiev's Sixth Sonata received high praise, including a Rosette award in the Penguin Guide to Classical Recordings . However, New York Times critic Harold C. Schonberg criticized Pogorelić for his unusually slow tempos in Beethoven's Op. 111 Sonata, and said Pogorelić "seems desperately trying to be the Glenn Gould of Romantic pianism ". Twenty years later, another Times critic, Anthony Tommasini , reviewed a performance of the same piece, writing, "Here is an immense talent gone tragically astray. What went wrong?"Other cultural activities In 1986, Pogorelić established a foundation in Yugoslavia to further the careers of young performers from his homeland. In 1988, he was named an Ambassador of Goodwill by UNESCO , the first classical pianist ever so appointed. He no longer occupies this position. From 1989 to 1997, the Ivo Pogorelić Festival in Bad Wörishofen gave young artists the opportunity to perform with renowned artists. In December 1993, Pogorelić founded the "International Solo Piano Competition" in conjunction with the Ambassador Foundation in Pasadena, California . Its mission is to help young musicians develop their career with the first prize of US$100,000. In 1994 he helped to provide medical support for the people of Sarajevo by setting up a foundation that organized charity concerts. He has helped to raise money for the rebuilding of Sarajevo, for the Red Cross , and for the fight against illnesses such as cancer and multiple sclerosis.Personal life Pogorelić suffered chronic rheumatic fever during his childhood and hepatitis when he was 21, which left him with a legacy of extreme care for his health. He practises the same exercises created for Russian ballet dancers in the 1920s, takes long walks daily, goes to bed when night falls, and rises at 5:30 a.m. Pogorelić currently resides in Lugano, Switzerland .Quotes
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