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Maurizio Pollini

Italian pianist and conductor (1942-2024) · Italy · Musicians · Died at 82

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Maurizio Pollini was an Italian pianist and conductor. He was known for performances of Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, and the Second Viennese School, among others.

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2024Died23 March 20242017Echo Klassik - Instrumentalist of the YearAward2013Honorary Doctor of the University of Madrid ComplutenseAward2012Echo Klassik - Concerto Recording of the YearAward2010Praemium ImperialeAward2009Decoration of Merit in Gold of the State of ViennaAward2007Echo Klassik - Instrumentalist of the YearAward1996Ernst von Siemens Music PrizeAward1960International Chopin Piano CompetitionAward1959International Ettore Pozzoli Piano CompetitionAward1958Geneva International Music CompetitionAward1942Born5 January 1942

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Awards

Echo Klassik - Instrumentalist of the Year2017
Honorary Doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense2013
Echo Klassik - Concerto Recording of the Year2012
Praemium Imperiale2010
Decoration of Merit in Gold of the State of Vienna2009
Echo Klassik - Instrumentalist of the Year2007
Ernst von Siemens Music Prize1996
International Chopin Piano Competition1960
International Ettore Pozzoli Piano Competition1959
Geneva International Music Competition1958
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

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Maurizio Pollini was an Italian pianist and conductor. He was known for performances of Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, and the Second Viennese School, among others. He championed works by contemporary composers, including Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen, George Benjamin, Roberto Carnevale, Gianluca Cascioli and Bruno Maderna. Several compositions were written for him, including Luigi Nono's ... sofferte onde serene ..., Giacomo Manzoni's Masse: omaggio a Edgard Varèse, and Salvatore Sciarrino's Fifth Sonata. As a conductor he was instrumental in the Rossini revival at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, conducting La donna del lago from a new critical edition in 1981. He also conducted from the keyboard.

Country
Italy
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1942 to 2024 · aged 82

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