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Nikolai Demidenko

p, *1955 GB, Vladimir Oblast
Musician / Composer of Classical

Nikolai Anatolievich Demidenko (born July 1, 1955, Aniskino) is a Soviet-Russian-born classical pianist.Demidenko studied at the Moscow Gnessin School with Anna Kantor and at the Moscow Conservatoire under Dmitri Bashkirov. He was a finalist at the 1976 Montreal International Piano Competition and the 1978 Tchaikovsky International Competition. He taught at the Yehudi Menuhin School in the UK, where he has been a resident since 1990. He was granted British citizenship in 1995 and currently holds a visiting professorship at the University of Surrey. In addition to a vast amount of the standard Germanic and Russian repertory, he is a specialist of Frédéric Chopin and a noted champion of the works of neglected composers such as Muzio Clementi, Carl Maria von Weber, Jan Václav Voříšek, and Nik

     
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13 Preludes, Op. 32: No. 8 in A Minor. Vivo on Rachmaninoff: Demidenko plays Rachmaninoff by Sergei Rachmaninoff & Nikolai Demidenko
Moments musicaux, D. 780: No. 3 in F Minor. Allegro moderato on Schubert: Impromptus, Moments musicaux & Wanderer Fantasy by Franz Schubert & Nikolai Demidenko
Moments musicaux, D. 780: No. 5 in F Minor. Allegro vivace on Schubert: Impromptus, Moments musicaux & Wanderer Fantasy by Franz Schubert & Nikolai Demidenko
Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178: Va. Andante sostenuto on Liszt: Sonata in B Minor; 2 Legends; Scherzo & March by Franz Liszt & Nikolai Demidenko
13 Preludes, Op. 32: No. 6 in F Minor. Allegro appassionato on Rachmaninoff: Demidenko plays Rachmaninoff by Sergei Rachmaninoff & Nikolai Demidenko
Capriccio in B-Flat Major, BWV 992 "On the Departure of His Beloved Brother" (Arr. Busoni for Piano): V. Aria di postiglione on Bach: Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 1 – Busoni I by Johann Sebastian Bach & Nikolai Demidenko
An die ferne Geliebte, S. 469 (Arr. for Solo Piano After Beethoven, Op. 98): IV. Diese Wolken in den Höhen - Live on Nikolai Demidenko Live at Wigmore Hall by Nikolai Demidenko, Jan Václav Vorísek, Joseph Haydn, Domenico Scarlatti, Robert Schumann, Felix Mendelssohn, Friedrich Kalkbrenner, Franz Liszt, Alban Berg, Dietrich Buxtehude, Sofia Gubaidulina & Franz Schubert
Keyboard Sonata in C Minor, Kk. 11 - Live on Nikolai Demidenko Live at Wigmore Hall by Nikolai Demidenko, Jan Václav Vorísek, Joseph Haydn, Domenico Scarlatti, Robert Schumann, Felix Mendelssohn, Friedrich Kalkbrenner, Franz Liszt, Alban Berg, Dietrich Buxtehude, Sofia Gubaidulina & Franz Schubert
Capriccio in B-Flat Major, BWV 992 "On the Departure of His Beloved Brother" (Arr. Busoni for Piano): VI. Fuga on Bach: Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 1 – Busoni I by Johann Sebastian Bach & Nikolai Demidenko
An die ferne Geliebte, S. 469 (Arr. for Solo Piano After Beethoven, Op. 98): II. Wo die Berge so blau - Live on Nikolai Demidenko Live at Wigmore Hall by Nikolai Demidenko, Jan Václav Vorísek, Joseph Haydn, Domenico Scarlatti, Robert Schumann, Felix Mendelssohn, Friedrich Kalkbrenner, Franz Liszt, Alban Berg, Dietrich Buxtehude, Sofia Gubaidulina & Franz Schubert

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Prokofiev Piano Concertos Nos 1, 4 & 5Sergei Prokofiev, Nikolai Demidenko2016Album
Music For Two PianosNikolai Medtner, Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Dmitri Alexeev, Nikolai Demidenko2009Album
Bolero / 2 Ronda / Wariacje B-durFrédéric Chopin, Nikolai Demidenko2009Album
Piano Sonatas Opp 11 & 14Robert Schumann, Nikolai Demidenko2008Album
Preludes • Piano Sonata No. 3Frédéric Chopin, Nikolai Demidenko2008Album
Preludes, Études-Tableaux, MorceauxNikolai Demidenko Plays Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff2007Album
Nikolai Demidenko Spielt Frédéric ChopinNikolai Demidenko Spielt Frédéric Chopin2006Album
The Diabelli VariationsLudwig van Beethoven, Nikolai Demidenko2006Album
20 Sonaten Für Klavier (Cembalo)Nikolai Demidenko Spielt Domenico Scarlatti2005Album
Wigmore Hall LiveNikolai Demidenko, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jan Václav Hugo Voříšek2005Album
Cello SonatasSergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff / Dmitri Shostakovich / Alfred Schnittke - Leonid Gorokhov / Nikolai Demidenko2004Album
Sonaten Für Klavier Op. 10 Nr. 2 Und Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"Nikolai Demidenko, Ludwig van Beethoven2003Album
Bach • Piano Transcriptions - 2Johann Sebastian Bach - Ferruccio Busoni - Nikolai Demidenko2002Album
Werke Für Violoncello Und KlavierFranz Schubert, Leonid Gorokhov, Nikolai Demidenko2002Album
Keyboard SonatasDomenico Scarlatti, Nikolai Demidenko1999Album
Pictures At An Exhibition / Romeo And Juliet / Toccata In D MinorModest Mussorgsky / Sergei Prokofiev - Nikolai Demidenko1998Album
Humoreske, Op. 20; Novelletten, Op. 21Robert Schumann, Nikolai Demidenko1997Album
Piano Concerto No 2, Piano Concerto No 3Sergei Prokofiev - Nikolai Demidenko, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Lazarev1996Album
Piano SonatasMuzio Clementi - Nikolai Demidenko1995Album
Piano Concerto No 1 In C Major / Piano Concerto No 2 In E Flat Major / Konzertstück In F MinorCarl Maria von Weber - Nikolai Demidenko, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras1995Album
Songs And Dances Of Death - Sunless - The Nursery - The PeepshowModest Mussorgsky - Anatoli Safiulin, Nikolai Demidenko1995Album
Chopin Piano ConcertosFrédéric Chopin - Nikolai Demidenko, The Philharmonia, Heinrich Schiff1994Album
Piano Concerto No. 1, Piano ConcertoPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Alexander Scriabine, Nikolai Demidenko1994Album
Live At Wigmore HallNikolai Demidenko1993Album
Piano Music: Demidenko Plays MedtnerNikolai Medtner, Nikolai Demidenko1993Album
Ballades • Third SonataFrédéric Chopin, Nikolai Demidenko1993Album
Demidenko Plays Bach-BusoniJohann Sebastian Bach - Ferruccio Busoni - Nikolai Demidenko1992Album
Demidenko Plays ChopinNikolai Demidenko Plays Frédéric Chopin1992Album
Sonata • Two Legends • Scherzo And MarchNikolai Demidenko Plays Franz Liszt1992Album
Piano Concerto No 2 In C Minor / Piano Concerto No 3 In E MinorNikolai Medtner - Nikolai Demidenko1992Album
Vers La Flamme, Sonata No. 9 'Black Mass' / Visions FugitivesAlexander Scriabine / Sergei Prokofiev, Nikolai Demidenko1991Album
The Four Scherzi • VariationsNikolai Demidenko, Frédéric Chopin1991Album
Piano SonatasNikolai Demidenko - Muzio Clementi1983Album
Соната № 3 Для Фортепиано / Соната / Воспоминания О «Дон-Жуане»Nikolai Demidenko - Ludwig van Beethoven / Joseph Haydn / Franz Liszt1979Album
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