Andrei Ivanovitch

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Name = Andrei Ivanovitch


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Born = 1968 Bucharest, Romania
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Andrei Ivanovitch (born 1968 in Bucharest, Romania)cite web|url=http://www.ivanovitch.spb.ru/eng/biography.html|title=pianist Andrei Ivanovitch|publisher=Official site|accessdate=2007-10-20] is an international classical pianist and winner of international competitions.

Biography and career

Andrei Ivanovitch (St. Petersburg, Russia), great-grandson of the Romanian composer Ion Ivanovici (The Waves of the Danube), studied at the Central Music School, at the Leningrad Conservatory, at the Music Academy in Moscow and at the Musical College in Karlsruhe [ [http://193.196.117.22/hfm-ka/hfm/02-wir-ueber-uns/pdf/wettbewerbserfolge/1994.pdf List of winners of College in Karlsruhe] (PDF) de icon] .He won several prizes in international competitions, amongst others he won the gold medal at the World Piano Competition in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. [See also on [http://www.amsa-wpc.org/2007ARRules&Application.pdf Rules, Regulations and Applications of The World Piano Competition Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.] (PDF)] .The specialised press compares him to Dinu Lipatti and Arturo Benedetti MichelangeliSource needed|date=October 2007. Since 2003, he is honorary member of the Chopin Society. His numerous concerts in Europe earned him the reputation of being one of the great Interpreters of Russian piano music. The Canadian film "Glen Gould: The Russian Journey" [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388088/awards Awards - Glenn Gould: The Russian Journey] . Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2007-10-20.] with Ivanovitch interpreting "The Art of Fugue" [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDm4rumPDJw Interview with Andrei at time-index 03:15] ] by Johann Sebastian Bach was awarded with the Grand at the International Film Festival in Montreal [ [http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Montr%E9al_International_Festival_of_Films_on_Art/2003 Montréal International Festival of Films on Art: 2003] . Retrieved on 2007-10-26] Notinsource|date=October 2007. During his Germany tours he always gave guest performances at Hummer's Culture Parlour [http://www.sossmar.de/local-living/culture/Hummer/] in Soßmar (whose owner, Gerhard Hummer, he's been friends with for several years), which made him a great following in this region.During his tour in 2007, he met the classical pianist Eyran Katsenelenbogen in the Hummer's Culture Parlour [http://www.sossmar.de/local-living/culture/Hummer/] in Soßmar, in order to create a new kind of piano concerts. [cite news|author=Michael Schröder|title=Pianisten verschmelzen die Welt der Musik|url=http://www.paz-online.de/newsroom/regional/dezentral/regional/art3546,130383|work=Peiner Allgemeine Zeitung|date=October 6 2007|language=German|accessdate=2007-10-20]

Press

* [http://kulturring.hyperspacenet.de/veranstaltungen.cfm?mode=detail&eventid=99A91067-2330-4844-B89447B6E7432DDC&cm=D54E5A1B-A6EB-11D6-9BB1009027B69DF7&hilite=true Kulturring Peine]
* [http://www.sossmar.de/News/39.html Hummer's Culture Parlour, October 5th, 2007 (english)]
* [http://www.paz-online.de/newsroom/regional/dezentral/regional/art3546,130383 Peiner Allgemeine Zeitung, October 6th, 2007 (german)]
* [http://www.paz-online.de/newsroom/regional/dezentral/regional/art3546,131431 Peiner Allgemeine Zeitung, October 8th, 2007 (german)]
* [http://www.paz-online.de/newsroom/regional/dezentral/regional/art3546,136400 Peiner Allgemeine Zeitung, October 14th, 2007 (german)]
* [http://www.ccundco.de/showevent.php?timestamp=1192730400 Calenberger Cultour & Co.]
* [http://www.pr.com/press-release/48852 Any comments by the international press]

Discography

* 1999: various artists Best of Mozart CD (1 of 8 tracks)
* 1999: various artists Best of Chopin - Grande Valse Brilliante, Barcarole, etc CD (8 of 11 tracks)
* 2000: Ivanovitch & De Luca Chopin: Piano Concertos
* 2001: various artists Monet Collection - Romantic Moments CD (1 of 29 tracks)
* 2002: various artists 50 Classical Performances - Romantic Piano CD (24 of 50 tracks)

References

External links

* [http://ivanovitch.spb.ru/ Andrei Ivanovitch Homepage]
* [http://www.ivanovitch.spb.ru/eng/biography.html Andrei Ivanovitch biography] at official site