The Young Chopin Alexey Lebedev

• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849): Rondo in C Minor, Op. 1, B. 10:
• 1Chopin: Rondo in C Minor, Op. 1, B. 1008:55
• Variations on "Là ci darem la mano", Op. 2, B. 22:
• 2Chopin: Variations on "Là ci darem la mano", Op. 2, B. 22: Introduction. Largo – Poco più mosso04:31
• 3Chopin: Variations on "Là ci darem la mano", Op. 2, B. 22: Theme. Allegretto01:25
• 4Chopin: Variations on "Là ci darem la mano", Op. 2, B. 22: Var. I. Brillante01:08
• 5Chopin: Variations on "Là ci darem la mano", Op. 2, B. 22: Var. II. Veloce ma accuratamente01:12
• 6Chopin: Variations on "Là ci darem la mano", Op. 2, B. 22: Var. III. Sempre sostenuto01:38
• 7Chopin: Variations on "Là ci darem la mano", Op. 2, B. 22: Var. IV. Con bravura01:27
• 8Chopin: Variations on "Là ci darem la mano", Op. 2, B. 22: Var. V. Adagio02:40
• 9Chopin: Variations on "Là ci darem la mano", Op. 2, B. 22: Coda. Alla polacca04:14
• Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 4, B. 23:
• 10Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 4, B. 23: I. Allegro maestoso10:05
• 11Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 4, B. 23: II. Minuetto. Allegretto - Trio04:27
• 12Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 4, B. 23: III. Larghetto03:42
• 13Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 4, B. 23: IV. Finale. Presto07:35
• Rondo à la mazur in F Major, Op. 5, B. 15:
• 14Chopin: Rondo à la mazur in F Major, Op. 5, B. 1509:30
• Four Mazurkas, Op. 6, B. 60:
• 15Chopin: Four Mazurkas, Op. 6, B. 60: No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor03:07
• 16Chopin: Four Mazurkas, Op. 6, B. 60: No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor02:27
• 17Chopin: Four Mazurkas, Op. 6, B. 60: No. 3 in E Major01:48
• 18Chopin: Four Mazurkas, Op. 6, B. 60: No. 4 in E-Flat Minor01:22
• Total Runtime01:11:13

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“Hats off, gentlemen, a genius!” These were the words of Robert Schumann when he spoke of the young Chopin. His bold, virtuoso music not only enthralled the musical elite of the Romantic period but still grips us today. Alexey Lebedev, winner of the Busoni Competition, the Maria Canals Competition, and numerous other competitions, is now releasing early works by the Polish-French composer on GENUIN. Among them is Chopin’s first major work, the Rondo in C minor. With this brilliant production, Lebedev also illustrates how much the young rising star drew from the traditions of his time, presenting, among other things, Chopin’s Don Giovanni variations, as well as his first mazurkas – at that time, a completely novel combination of folk and modern salon music.

Alexey Lebedev, piano

Alexey Lebedev
The charismatic piano virtuoso Alexey Lebedev has fascinated audiences and critics alike with his expressive playing at numerous recitals, orchestral concerts, and as a chamber musician in Europe, Asia, North America, and Russia.

Lebedev is one of the most compelling musical interpreters of his generation, having won numerous awards and top prizes at World Federation (WFIMC) international piano competitions, including the legendary Feruccio Busoni International Piano Competition in Bolzano, the Maria Canals International Music Competition in Barcelona, the Viotti Music Competition in Vercelli, and the Jose Iturbi Competition in Valencia.

He has gained valuable musical insight from such world-famous pianists and teachers as Alfred Brendel, Dmitri Bashkirov, Leon Fleisher, Xu Zhong, William Grand Nabore, Joaquin Soriano, John O’Conor, and Tamas Ungar.

Alexey Lebedev was born into a musical family in St. Petersburg in 1980—his father was a conductor. At the age of 14 Lebedev made his orchestral debut playing Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto, Op. 18, with the Algirdas Paulavicius Symphony Orchestra in St. Petersburg. Since 1998, he has won 15 first prizes at competitions in Spain, Italy, France, Portugal, Germany, the Netherlands and Bulgaria.

Lebedev studied with Tatiana Kravchenko and Tatiana Zagorovskaya at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, graduating summa cum laude. He also studied at the Universityof Music, Drama and Media Hannover with Mi-Kyung Kim, Matti Raekallio and Einar Steen-Nökleberg.

He has appeared as a soloist with numerous orchestras including the Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, the Haydn Orchestra, the Euro-Asian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Changwon Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orquestra de Valencia, L’Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès (OSV), the String Academy Bolzano, the Carlo Coccia Symphony Orchestra and the St. Petersburg State Conservatory Symphony Orchestra. He has worked with renowned conductors such as Arthur Fagen, Salvador Brotons, Daejin Kim, NanSae Gum, Tomas Brauner, Alessandro Ferrari, Max Bragado, Patrick Lange and Algirdas Paulavicius.

From 2009 to 2012 Alexey Lebedev was a lecturer in the Piano Department of the University of Music and Drama in Hanover, Germany. Since 2012 he has been Professor of Piano at Kyungsung University in Busan, South Korea.

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