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05Apr

VIDEO: Dmitry Mayboroda plays last part of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Moment Musicaux No.4 in E minor

Written by Wouter de Voogd.

As an encore of an all-Rachmaninoff recital organised by the Rachmaninoff Network in 2015 Dmitry Mayboroda (age 21!) plays the virtuoso last part of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Moment Musicaux No.4 in E minor

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24Mar

Video: Gilels plays Rachmaninoff Op. 3 No. 2 In C Sharp Minor

Written by Wouter de Voogd.

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19Oct

VIDEO: François-Joel Thiollier in recital

 

One of the highlights of the 2009 Conference in Manchester was the recital given by distinguished Franco-American pianist François-Joël Thiollier.

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20Jan

BBC documentary The Joy Of Rachmaninoff

Written by Wouter de Voogd.

2016 BBC documentary "The Joy of Rachmaninoff": Tom Service takes a cinematic journey through Russia on the musical trail of Sergei Rachmaninoff.

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06Mar

New Rachmaninoff editions by Boosey & Hawkes and Henle

Written by Elger Niels.



New Rachmaninoff editions by Boosey & Hawkes and Henle

New Rachmaninoff editions by Boosey & Hawkes and Henle are among the first publishing activities since Rachmaninoff's music has come out of copyright.

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16Oct

VIDEO: Sophia Satin interviewed

   This interview with the late Sophia Satin, Rachmaninoff's niece, was made in 1993.

Film by Marc Moolenaar.
Clips encoded by Wouter de Voogd.
 

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21Apr

VIDEO: Andrei Gavrilov plays Rachmaninoff's 3rd concerto without conductor

Written by Wouter de Voogd.

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01Dec

On the phenomenal hands of Sergei Rachmaninoff

Written by Erik Fokke.

  In his book Rachmaninoff: Life, Works, Recordings, Max Harrison states that the virtuoso English pianist Cyril Smith once said that Rachmaninoff "could with his left hand stretch C–E-flat–G–C–G and the right could manage C (second finger)–E–G–C–E (thumb under)." Try it yourself. This is an amazing stretch!

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14Oct

Nikolai Dahl’s cure – Good luck or good practicing?

Written by Elger Niels.

Reconstructing Rachmaninoff's case

 
Around January 1900 Sergei Rachmaninoff went into hypnotherapy with Nikolai Vladimirovich Dahl. He had not composed large scores ever since the fiasco of his First Symphony and the therapy was mainly directed at overcoming this problem. Treatments occurred daily over a period that cannot have lasted longer than three months or so. The patient was cured. In gratitude Rachmaninoff dedicated his Second Piano Concerto to Dahl.

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