Nikolai Lugansky

Annotated summary of performances and broadcasts in 2004.

Jan. 7    Avignon, France. Recital

Jan. 10    Paris, France. Theatre des Champs Elysees. Recital

Beethoven : Sonate pour piano n° 22 en fa majeur op. 54
Sonate pour piano n° 23 en fa mineur op. 57 "Appassionata"
Scriabine : Études op. 8
Prokofiev : Sonate n° 6 en la majeur op. 82
Encores:
Rachmaninov: Lilacs and Moment Musical Op. 16 No. 2
Mendelssohn-Rachmaninov : Scherzo from a Midsummer Night's Dream
Tchaikovsky-Rachmaninov: Lullaby Op. 16 No. 1
 
This programme was broadcast on France Musiques.


Jan. 30    Nantes, Chopin n.2 with Orch. Nat. de Lille / Jean-Claude Casadeus

Jan. 31    Nantes, Chopin n.2, Sinfonia Varsovia / Emmanuel Krivine

Jan. 31    Nantes, France. Chamber music with Alexander Kniazev.

Schumann: Phantasiestuck opus 73, version for cello and piano
Chopin: Sonata for cello and piano in g minor, opus 65
 
This programme was broadcast on France Musiques on February 6, 2004.
 

Feb. 1    Nantes, Chopin n.2, Sinfonia Varsovia / E. Krivine

This programme was broadcast live on France Musiques and Arte TV.

Feb. 3    Toulouse, France. Rachmaninov n.2, Orch. National du Capitole de Toulouse / Michael Schönwandt

This concert was broadcast on Radio Classique on May 20, 2004.

Feb. 9    Zhukovsky, Russia. Recital

Feb.15    Moscow, Russia. Recital

This recital, at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, was held in honour of Tatiana Nikolayeva.

Feb. 22    Moscow, Russia. Rachmaninov Rhapsody Op. 43, Russian National Orchestra / Alexander Vedernikov

Feb. 23    Moscow, Russia. Chamber music with Alexander Kniazev (cello)

Feb. 25    St. Petersburg, Russia. Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2, State Symphony Orch./ Mark Gorenstein

Mar. 5 - Mainz, Germany. Recital

Beethoven: Sonata No. 14, Op. 27 no.2
Beethoven: Sonata No. 23, Op.57 Scriabin: 8 Etudes Op. 8 Prokofiev: Sonata No. 6, Op. 82

This performance was broadcast on German radio.

Mar. 8 - Moscow, Russia. Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra
under Vladimir Fedoseyev

Mar. 12-- Bilbao, Spain. Chopin n.2, Sinfonia Varsovia / Peter Csaba

Mar. 13-- Bilbao, Spain. Chamber music with Alexander Kniazev (cello)

Mar. 20 - Moscow, Russia . Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 with State Symphony Orchestra / Mark Gorenstein

This concert, at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, was held in honour of Sviatoslav Richter's birthday.


Mar. 27 - Bedford, UK. Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Yakov Kreizberg

Mar. 28 - London, UK. Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Yakov Kreizberg

Mar. 30 - Birmingham, UK. Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 with the CBSO under M. Minkowski

Mar 31 - Birmingham, UK. Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 with the CBSO under M. Minkowski

Apr. 4 - Berlin. Germany. Prokofiev n.2 with Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin under M. Janowski

This concert was broadcast live on DLR Berlin.

Apr. 21 & 22 - Theatre Mogador, Paris, France. Beethoven n.5 with Orchestre de Paris under Armin Jordan.

Apr. 27 - Köln, Germany.  Pletnev: Capriccio for piano and orchestra with the RNO under M. Pletnev

This performance was broadcast on WDR (German television) on 31 May 2004.

May 3 - Dijon, France. Rachmaninov n.4 with the RNO under M. Pletnev

May 10 - Petrozavodsk, Russia. Ravel Concerto G-dur, Karelia SO / Oleg Soldatov

May 19-29 - Tour of Japan with Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra under Valery Gergiev :

Ravel: Alborada del gracioso, Piano Concerto in G, La Valse, Mussorgsky-Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition

May 19  Oita. Ravel, Concerto G-dur
May 20  Nagoya. Ravel, Concerto G-dur
May 22  Mibu. Recital
May 25  Tokyo, Suntory Hall. Ravel, Concerto G-dur
May 27  Kurashiki. Ravel, Concerto G-dur

May 29  Saitama. Recital

June 2 - Sarov, Russia. Recital

June 24 - Mozart Festival, La Coruna, Spain. Recital

MOZART - Fantasia en do menor, K475; RACHMANINOV - Variaciones sobre un tema de Chopin, Variaciones sobre un tema de Corelli
SKRJABIN - Estudios opus 8 (numeros 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12)

June 25-29 - Teldex Studios, Berlin, Germany. Recording session: Solo works of Rachmaninov.

Jul. 3- Tours, France. Sviatoslav Richter festival. Recital

Jul. 14 - Povoa de Varzim, Portugal. Recital

Jul. 18 - Piazza San Nicola, Capri, Italy. Recital

Beethoven: Sonata No. 14, Op. 27 no.2; Rachmaninov - Variations on a Theme of Corelli

Jul.19 - On board the Royal Clipper - Chamber Music with Evgeny Petrov (clarinet)

Poulenc - Sonate (1962); Ravel -Piece sous forme de Habanera; Vidor - Introduction et Rondo (op.72);

Tchaikovsky - Romance (op.5); Rozenblatt - Fantaisie sur le theme de Carmen
 

Jul. 24 – Bordeaux (Margaux), France. Festival les Grands Crus Musicaux. Recital

Jul. 27 – Montpellier, France. Recital

Beethoven: Sonata No 7, Op. 10 no. 3
Rachmaninov: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42
Scriabin: 5 Etudes from Op. 8 (2, 4, 10, 11 & 12)
Encores:
Debussy: Arabesque; Mendelssohn-Rachmaninov: Scherzo

This recital was broadcast on France Musiques.

Jul. 30 – Roque d”Antheron, France. Recital

 

Aug. 2 – Sisteron, France. Chamber music with Alexander Kniazev (cello)

Aug. 3 – Roque d’Antheron, France. Chamber music with Alexander Kniazev (cello)

Schumann: Fantasy pieces for clarinet and piano Op. 73, arranged for cello and piano
Chopin: Sonata for cello and piano Op. 65
Franck: Sonata for violin and piano, transcription for cello and piano

This performance was broadcast on France musiques on 14 September, 2004.

Aug. 5 – Ohrid, Macedonia. Recital

Sep. 15&16 – Basel, Switzerland. Rachmaninov n.4, Basel SO / Marko Letonja

Recital tour with violinist Vadim Repin :

Sept. 26 - Okayama, Japan
Sept. 27- Osaka, Japan
 

Sept. 29 - Tokyo, Japan. Recital

Beethoven : Piano sonata No. 14 "Moonlight"
Chopin: Nocturne 48-1
Chopin: Nocturne 27-2
Chopin: Ballade No. 4
Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli
Rachmaninoff: Eight preludes : 23 -1, 32-12, 23-4 , 23-7, 23-3 , 23-9 , 23-6 , 23-5
Encores:
Debussy: Arabesque No. 1
Mendelssohn-Rachmaninoff: Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Scriabin: Etude Op. 8 No. 12
Chopin: Waltz  Op. 64 No.2
J.S.Bach-Hess: Bach, Jesu,Joy of Man's Desiring from Cantata BWV 147

Excerpts from this performance were broadcast on NHK BS-H on Nov. 18 2004,
on NHK BS2 on Dec.15 2004, and on NHK on 3 Oct. 2005.

Recital tour with violinist Vadim Repin (cont'd)


Oct. 2 - Shizuoka, Japan
Oct. 3 - Akishino, Japan
Oct. 5 - Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan

This performance, including the four encores, was broadcast on NHK TV on 28 Nov. 2004.

Oct. 7 - Tokyo-Opera City Concert Hall. Rachmaninov n.2, Tokyo Philharmonic Orch. / Tadaaki Otaka

This performance was broadcast on NHK FM  on 19 and 20 December 2004.

Oct 19 - Madrid, Spain. Recital

Oct. 21 – Las Palmas, Spain (Canary Isles). Recital

Oct. 24 – Tallinn, Estonia. Recital

Beethoven: Sonata No 7, Op. 10 no. 3
Chopin: Nocturne Op. 27 no. 2
Chopin: Nocturne Op. 48 no. 1
Chopin: Ballade No. 4, Op. 52
Prokofiev: 5 Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75
Rachmaninov: Preludes 23-1, 32-12, 23-3, 23-9, 23-6, 23-7, 23-4 and 23-5
Encores:
Debussy: Arabesque
Chopin: Etude Op. 10 no. 8
Mendelssohn-Rachmaninov: Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Tchaikovsky-Rachmaninov: Lullaby

Nov.1 – Moscow, Russia. Bach concerti for two pianos with Mikhail Petukhov, Lithuanian Chamber

Orchestra / Saulus Sondeckis

Nov. 5 – Samara, Russia. Brahms n.2

Nov. 10 – Moscow, Russia. Brahms n.2

Nov. 14 – Berlin, Germany. Brahms n.2, Deutsche Symph.Orch.Berlin / Kent Nagano

Nov. 26 – Moscow, Russia. Recital

Nov. 30 – Birmingham, UK. Rachmaninov n.4, CBSO / Alan Buribayev

Dec. 1 – Birmingham, UK. Rachmaninov n.4, CBSO / Sakari Oramo

Dec. 9 – Copenhagen, Denmark. Tchaikovsky n.1, Danish National Orchestra / Yuri Temirkanov

Dec. 12 – London, UK. Chopin n.2, London Phil. Orch. / Vladimir Jurowski

Dec. 15 – Milan, Italy. Recital

Dec. 17 – Antwerp, Belgium. Recital

Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata; Chopin - Nocturnes Op. 42 no.1 & Op. 27 no. 2, Ballade No. 4; Rachmaninov - Selected Preludes; Prokofiev - Sonata No. 6

Dec. 19 - Imola, Italy. Recital

Dec. 23  Moscow, Russia. Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 4, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra / Yuri Simonov

Dec. 25  Moscow, Russia. Festival "December Nights of Sviatoslav Richter".  Britten:"Young Apollo".

 

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