Nikolai Lugansky
Annotated Summary of performances and broadcasts in 2003
2003
Jan. 3&4 Birmingham, UK. Recording: Rachmaninov n.3 with CBSO and S. Oramo
Jan. 9 Kiev, Ukraine. Recital
Jan. 12 Paris, France. Piano duet with V. Rudenko
Jan.13 Nantes, France. Piano duet with V. Rudenko
A tour with the North Netherlands S.O. under Alexander Vedernikov. Chopin n.2
Jan. 16 Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
Jan. 17 Groningen, the Netherlands
Jan. 18 Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Jan. 21 Paris, France. Recital at Theatre des Champs Elysees.
Mozart Sonata K. 533, Fantaisie K.475 ; Beethoven Sonata opus 27 N°2; Rachmaninov Morceaux de Fantaisie opus 3 & Etudes Tableaux opus 33
This recital was recorded and later broadcast by France Musiques.
Jan. 23 - Toulouse, France. Recital (same programme as January 21)
Jan. 27 - Moscow, Russia.
Recital (same programme as January 21)
This recital was filmed by Russian television. Parts of the recital were broadcast during August 2003.
Feb. 2 - Regensberg, Germany. Rachmaninov n.2 under V. Fedoseyev
Feb. 5 - Braunschweig, Germany. Tchaikovsky n.1 under V. Fedoseyev
Feb. 7 -
Cologne, Germany.
Tchaikovsky n.1 with Moscow Symphony Orchestra
under V. Fedoseyev
Feb. 14 -
Tampere, Finland.
Tchaikovsky n.1 under J.Storgards
Feb. 17 - Petrozavodsk,
Russia. Prokofiev n.3 with Karelia SO under O.Soldatov
Feb. 23 - Moscow, Russia. Prokofiev n.3
Feb. 26 - Geneva, Switzerland. Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 4 with Orchestre de la Suisse Romande under A.Lazarev
Feb. 27 Lausanne, Switzerland. (Same).
Mar. 6 Copenhagen. Prokofiev n.2 with the Danish SO under Alexander Vedernikov
Mar. 12&13 -
Paris, France. Rachmaninoff n.3. Orch. de Paris under S.Oramo
The concert on 13 March was broadcast on France Musiques on April 2, 2003.
Mar 15 - Avignon, France. Recital
Mar. 29 Samara, Russia.
Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2
April 6, 9 & 10 - Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Rachmaninov - Rhapsody Op. 43 with Concertgebouw Orchestra under Leonard Slatkin
April 14 - Salle Poirel, Nancy, France. Recital: Mozart, Beethoven, Rachmaninov
April 26 - London, UK. Recital at Wigmore Hall
May 1 - Moscow, Russia.
Medtner n.2 + Rachmaninov n.4 with the Tchaikovsky SO under A. Vedernikov
May 5 - Brussels, Belgium. Recital
May 10
Monte-Carlo, Monaco. Prokofiev n.2 with Orchestre National de Monte-Carlo under M.Janowski
This performance was broadcast on Radio Classique (France) on 9 October 2003.
May 17 - London, UK. Tchaikovsky n.1 with Philharmonia Orchestra under Charles Mackerras
May 18- Bristol, UK. Tchaikovsky n. 1 with Philharmonia Orchestra under Charles Mackerras
This performance was broadcast on the radio in Bristol, UK.
May 22 - Brussels, Belgium. Prokofiev n.2 with the Royal Flanders Orch under J. Kaspszyk
May 23 - Gent, Belgium. The same
May 25 - Schwetzingen Castle, Germany. Recital
On 12 August 2003, this recital was broadcast on SWR2, Germany. At a later date, Lugansky's performance of Chopin's Ballade No. 4 and Debussy's First Arabesque were broadcast on Performance Today on NPR stations across the USA. On 29 December 2003, this recital was broadcast on France Musiques.
May 27 - Orleans, France. Recital
May 30 - Antwerp, Belgium. Prokofiev n.2 with the Royal Flanders Orch. under J. Kaspszyk
Jun. 5 - Kiel, Germany . Schumann op.54 with Hamburg SO under A.Boreyko
Jun. 6 - Lubeck, Germany. Schumann op.54 with Hamburg SO under A.Boreyko
This performance was broadcast on NDR (Germany) on 22 September 2003.
Jun. 8 - St Petersburg, Russia. Rachmaninov op. 43, St. Petersburg ASO under G. Albert
Jun 13 - Auvers-sur-Oise, France. Recital.
July 5 - Kiev, Ukraine, Piano duet with Vadim Rudenko
July 18 -
Choregies dOrange, France. Rachmaninov n.3 with Orch. National de France
under M.Pletnev
This performance was broadcast on 9 August 2003 on France Musiques.
July 20 -
Bad-Kissingen, Germany. Rachmaninov: Rhapsody op.43 with RNO under Paarvo
Berglund
July 24 - London, UK, Barbican Centre. Mozart n.20 with Maestro J. Belohlavek
Aug. 4 - International Chopin Festival at Duszniki Zdroj, Poland.
Aug. 8 - Festival du piano a La Roque d'Antheron, Provence, France
This performance was broadcast live on France Musiques. On 30 September, 2003, it was broadcast on a BBC Radio 3 lunchtime programme.
Aug. 26 - Rachmaninov Festival, Ivanovka, Tambov, Russia.
Sept. 8 - Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. BBC Proms;
Prokofiev n.1 with A. Lazarev.
This performance was broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and France Musiques.
Sept. 11 - Theatre des Champs Elysees, Paris, France*.
Rachmaninov Rhapsody Op. 43 with Orchestre National de France under Kurt Masur
*This performance was broadcast live on France Musiques, as well as Belgian, Canadian and Swiss radio stations. In December 2003, it was broadcast on SWR in Germany.
Sept. 15-19 -Tour with Russian National Orchestra under Mikhail Pletnev
Sept. 15 - Merano, Italy. Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3
Sept. 18 - Locarno, Switzerland. Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3
Sept. 19 - Montreux, Switzerland. Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.
Sept. 20 - 23 Tour with l'Orchestre National de France under Kurt Masur:
Sept. 20 - Musikverein, Vienna. Austria
Sept. 21 - Alte Oper, Frankfurt, Germany
Sept. 23 - Megaron Concert Hall, Athens, Greece
Sept. 25, 26, 27 & 28 - Auditorium Verdi, Milan, Italy:
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 with Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi under R. Chailly
Sept. 30 - Alte Oper, Frankfurt, Germany. Recital : Beethoven, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov
Oct. 1 - Stuttgart, Germany. Recital: Beethoven, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov
Oct. 9. Seoul, Korea.
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody op.43
Oct. 15 & 16 - Helsinki, Finland.
Rachmaninov Rhapsody op. 43 with Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra under Paavo Berglund.
Oct. 19 Theatre du Chatelet, Paris, France.
Chamber music with A. Kniazev
Programme :
This concert was broadcast on France Musiques on 26 October 2003.
Oct. 23-25 Berlin, Germany. Warner/Teldec Studios. Recording (Prokofiev)
Nov. 19 Veliki Novgorod,
Russia. Recital
December 5&6 - Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 4 with Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra under Stephane Deneve
This performance will be broadcast on 22 February 2004 on WGUC.org
December 11 - Recital, Seattle, Washington, USA
December 13 -
Carnegie Hall, New York, USA.
Featured artists included the Kirov Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, Maxim Shostakovich, Vadim Repin, Nikolai Lugansky,Alexander Toradze. Nikolai Lugansky performed 3 solo pieces by Rachmaninov.
December 13 - Guest appearance on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor.
The Prairie Home Companion is a National Public Radio programme which is regularly heard by an audience of over 3.9 million listeners.
December 14 - Recital, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Programme : Beethoven -
Sonatas in F Major, Opus 54, and in F Minor, Opus 57, "Appassionata"
Rachmaninoff - 5 Piθces de Fantaisie, Opus 3
Scriabin - 8 Etudes, Opus 8
December 19 - Rome, Italy. Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 with St. Petersburg Philharmonic under Yuri Temirkanov.
This concert concluded a year-long series of cultural events celebrating the 300th anniversary of the city of St. Petersburg. Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 was the other work on the programme.
December 24 - Moscow, Russia. December
nights. Recital.
December 27 - Moscow, Russia. December nights. Chamber music with
A. Kniazev
(cello) and Anna Netrebko (soprano).
Rachmaninov - Sonata for Cello and Piano Op. 19
~ Intermission ~
Rachmaninov - Songs:
"Before my window" Op.26/10
"The Answer" Op.21/4,
"Beloved, let us fly" Op.26/5,
"The Dream" Op.8/5,
"I have grown fond of sorrow" Op.8/4,
"Lilacs" Op.21/5,
"Sing not to me, beautiful maiden" Op.4/4,
"Night is Mournful" Op.26/12,
"It's pleasant here" Op.21/7,
"The Dream" Op.38/5,
"Dissonance" Op.34/13
This performance was filmed by Russian television.