Konstantin Scherbakov

Konstantin Scherbakov (* 1963 in Barnaul, Siberia) is a Russian pianist. He was the winner of the first Rachmaninov Competition in 1983. In 1990, he played solo in four recitals at the Chamber Music Festival of Asolo; this launched his international career.

Scherbakov has had a successful recording career for Naxos Records; among his CDs on that label are recordings of all Tchaikovsky's Piano Concertos, the nine Beethoven symphonies (as transcribed for the piano by Franz Liszt), and music by Godowsky, Medtner, Respighi, Shostakovich, and Sergei Lyapunov. Critical acclaim has been high; "Gramophone" magazine has said that Scherbakov plays with "delicacy and affection", and the German Critics' Circle has twice awarded Scherbakov its top prize, once for a recording of Godowsky's sonata in E minor and again for his performance of the piano version of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. His record of Shostakovich's Twenty-Four Preludes and Fugues was labeled "a triumph" by ClassicsToday.com, and won him a classical award at Cannes in 2001.

References

* [http://www.naxos.com/artistinfo/674.htm Konstantin Scherbakov biography and discography at Naxos.com]
* [http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/albumList.jsp?name_id1=25607&name_role1=2&page_size=100 Konstantin Scherbakov complete available catalog at ArkivMusic.com]
* [http://www.classicstoday.com/digest/pdigest.asp?perfidx=2531 List of Konstantin Scherbakov reviews on ClassicsToday.com]