Pavel Nersessian
Pavel Nersessian is a Russian classical pianist. He is an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation and Professor of the Moscow Conservatory State Conservatory after P.I. Tchaikovsky and Boston University.
Biography
Pavel Nersessian was born in Ramenskoye, a town outside Moscow, Russia Federation on 26 August 1964. In 1971-1982 he studied at the Central Music School. In 1973 he made his debut by playing the Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056 by Johann Sebastian Bach with the orchestra in the city of Gorky. After graduating from high school with honors, in 1982 he entered the Moscow Conservatory.Teaching activity
Upon graduating from the Moscow Conservatory in 1987 he was proposed to teach there. He began teaching as an assistant to Sergei Dorensky and worked as a piano instructor at Children’s Music School No. 60 in Moscow.In 2013 he became a professor of piano in Boston University.
Into the world arena
Nersessian has been noted for his versatility across a wide range of piano repertoire. He has won prizes in every piano competition he has entered, including Beethoven Competition in Vienna in 1985, Paloma O’Shea Competition in Santander and Tokyo Competition. He made his American debut in 1993 at Alice Tully Hall, which the New York Times called "impressive" with "a gift for softly colored expressiveness," but lacking "a major intellectual challenge."| Year | Competition | Prize | Ex-aequo with... | 1st prize winner |
| 1985 |  Concert activityNersessian has served on international juries, including the Dublin International Piano Competition, International Festival of Classical Music and Competition of Young Pianists, and Summit Music Festival.RecordingsPavel Nersessian has recorded disks with compositions of Chopin, Schumann, Schubert, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Shostakovich etc. In 1995, Nersessian released an album featuring Schumann’s Kreisleriana, Op. 16, and Chopin’s 24 Preludes, Op. 28, under the Moscow Conservatory label.Discography
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