Oxana Yablonskaya

Oxana Yablonskaya (Russian: Оксана Михайловна Яблонская, born December 6, 1938) is a Russian pianist who has had an active international performance career since the early 1960s. She began her career in the USSR and, although winning several important competitions in the West, was denied by the Soviet government to accept any performance engagements outside of the Soviet block. Frusturated by her career limitations, she emigrated to the United States in 1977.^[1] Described by The New York Times as an "internationally known virtuoso" and "one of the county's most distinguished musical residents",^[2] Yablonskaya has toured in concert and recital throughout the world and has made numerous recordings. She was a member of the piano faculty at the Juilliard School until 2009 (where she taught for more than 30 years).

Life

Born in Moscow, Yablonskaya was a pupil of pianist Anaida Sumbatyan at the The Moscow Central School for the Gifted where she studied from the ages of six through sixteen. She then pursued further studies in her native city with Alexander Goldenweiser before entering the Moscow Conservatory where she was a student of Tatiana Nikolayeva. After graduating from the conservatory in 1962, she joined the school's piano faculty. She went on to win prizes in the Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud Competition in 1963 and the Vienna Beethoven Competition in 1969.

Yablonskaya was invited to perform with orchestras and in concert halls in the West during the 1960s and 1970s. She also performed throughout the USSR and made numerous recordings on the Melodya label. She was named a "Soloist of the Moscow Philharmonic" and was also highly active as a soloist with the Bolshoi Orchestra.

In 1975 Yablonskaya, along with her father and son, applied for a visa to emigrate to the United States, a move which caused her to be fired from her post at the Moscow Conservatory and which blacklisted her from all concert venues in the USSR. She waited for over two years to obtain a visa which was approved largely due to a petition which had been organized by American composers Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim. The family came to New York City in 1977 and later that year Yablonskaya gave a critically acclaimed recital at Carnegie Hall. This launched her career in the west, and she went on to appear with many of the world's finest symphony orchestras.

Yablonskaya's son, Dimitri Yablonsky, has become a noted cellist in his own right. Educated at Juilliard, he has become principal cellist of the Bergen Symphony Orchestra in Norway,^[1] and they have given mother and son recitals to critical acclaim.^[3][4] The two have also been joined in concert by Oxana's clarinetist-husband Alexander Volchonok.^[5][6]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Kozinn, A. (November 18, 1990). "Piano and Cello en Famille". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/18/arts/review-music-piano-and-cello-en-famille.html. Retrieved October 30, 2010. 
2. ^ Sherman, R. (October 4, 1998). "Yablonskaya to Join Orchestra in Rye". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/04/nyregion/music-yablonskaya-to-join-orchestra-in-rye.html. Retrieved October 30, 2010. 
3. ^ Sherman, R. (October 13, 1991). "Mozart Bicentennial Still Inspires Programs". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/13/nyregion/music-mozart-bicentennial-still-inspires-programs.html?scp=20&sq=yablonskaya&st=nyt. Retrieved October 30, 2010. 
4. ^ Sherman, R. (June 30, 1996). "Grant Backs Free Pops in the Park". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/30/nyregion/grant-backs-free-pops-in-the-park.html?scp=16&sq=yablonskaya&st=nyt. Retrieved October 30, 2010. 
5. ^ Sherman, R. (July 28, 2002). "From Caramoor to Mahler: So Many Festivals, So Little Time". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/28/nyregion/from-caramoor-to-mahler-so-many-festivals-so-little-time.html?scp=8&sq=yablonskaya&st=nyt. Retrieved October 30, 2010. 
6. ^ Sherman, R. (July 27, 2003). "Sounds of Summer Begin Fading Away". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/27/nyregion/music-sounds-of-summer-begin-fading-away.html?scp=5&sq=yablonskaya&st=nyt. Retrieved October 30, 2010. 

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