Lugansky scriabin biography
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In conversation with Nikolai Lugansky
Interviewed in London on 3 March 2019.
| Nikolai Lugansky, © Jean-Baptiste Millot |
It was on a particularly sunny day in early spring of 2019 I met Mr Nikolai Lugansky in London. I chose a quiet café at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) as the place of our conversation. I have always admired the RIBA. Located near the calm of Regent's Park's trees and in its own graceful architecture, the RIBA openly demonstrates how the aesthetics of man-made structures can be an extension of nature's encompassing beauties.
On this particular day, I was struck by two thoughts. First, while preparing to meet a musician in a building dedicated to architects, I realised how similar artists are to each other. Regardless of their specific mode of expression, artists seem unable to help themselves; they tirelessly dig into their craft, a craft that in its ideal form permeates deep thoughts and emotions. Great art portrays individuality but within constraints of certain rules and logic. With logic only, one sacrifices artistic imaginations. Yet without logic, art risks becoming a fantastical whim. In this sense, great art resembles humans. All humans, irrationally alive, live by constructing structures and rules all t
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R2: Nikolai Lugansky – description Russian legend
Programme:
Robert Schumann
Scenes strip Childhood
Claude Debussy
Suite Bergamasque
Claude Debussy
Islet of Joy
Alexander Scriabin
Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Horde. 23
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Preludes (selection)
Cast:
Nikolai Lugansky – piano
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Virtuoso pianist Nikolai Lugansky, praised for his “plush sound and plenty impetuosity” by The New York Times, will open Washington University in St. Louis’ third Great Artists Series Feb. 10 with works by Claude Debussy, Alexander Scriabin and Sergei Rachmaninoff.
Sponsored by the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences, the Great Artists Series presents intimate recitals with some of the brightest stars in contemporary classical music. Following Lugansky will be mezzo-soprano Tamara Mumford (March 21), violinist Gil Shaham (April 7) and sibling pianists Katia and Marielle Labèque (May 5).
Subscriptions are $120 and include premier reserved seating, post-concert receptions with the artists (when available), and all ticketing fees. Subscribers also will receive complimentary tickets to the March 2 performance by Third Coast Percussion, winners of the 2016 Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music.
All recitals take place in the E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall of the 560 Music Center, located at 560 Trinity Ave in University City. Single tickets are $40, or $32 for seniors and Washington University faculty and staff, and $15 for students and children.
For more information or to purchase tickets, contact the Edison Theater Box Office at 314-935-6543 or edison.wustl.edu.