F. Schubert Sonata in D Major, D850 (1825)
(1797 - 1828) 1. Allegro vivace
2. Con moto
3. Scherzo: Allegro vivace - Trio
4. Rondo: Allegro moderato
Intermission
R. Schumann Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 (1838)
(1810-1856) (Dances of the League of David)
About the artist
Professor, Doctor of Arts Ruvim Ostrovsky was born in 1963 in Batumi, Georgia. Upon graduation from a music school in 1978 (class of N.A. Shaladze, his first teacher since the age of five), he entered the Music College at the Moscow Conservatory, class of L.V. Mokhel. At that time, he also met professor L.I. Roizman. These outstanding musicians became Mr. Ostrovsky's main teachers and played a decisive role in his professional development.
At the Moscow Conservatory, the young musician's mentor was the remarkable pianist G.B. Akselrod, with whom he developed his mastery during his internship. Of great significance was the chamber class of professor T.A. Alikhanov, predetermining the pianist's unwavering passion for ensemble playing. Since 1990, Mr. Ostrovsky's independent activity was intensively taking place in three guises - performing, teaching and research. He performed in many cities of Russia, in Austria, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Canada, China, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Switzerland, Japan, and in states of the former Soviet Union (Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine), both with solo recitals, with chamber programs, and as a soloist with symphony and chamber orchestras.
Among the conductors with whom Mr. Ostrovsky worked are R. Abdullaev, P. Gerstein, S. Kalagin, E. Kirillov, F. Mansurov, Yu. Nikolaevsky, D. N. Ozeda, E. Serov, A. Skulsky, O. Soldatov, M. Stravinsky, M. Shcherbakov. He has done a lot of work with the Arkhangelsk Chamber Orchestra and its artistic director V. Onufriev. In recent years, fruitful contacts have been established with the Kirov Chamber Orchestra, led by K. Maslyuk. In piano duet ensembles, Ostrovsky performed with T. Alikhanov, A. Bakhchiev and E. Sorokina, P. Laul, P. Nersessian, N. Rubanenko. The pianist's partners were violinists I. Bochkova (the repertoire of this duo includes more than twenty sonatas for violin and piano), G. Murzha, S. Yakovich, cellists E. Dyachkov and D. Findlay, outstanding brass players: bassoonist V. Popov and Danish flutist O.B. Pedersen, Glinka and Prokofiev quartets, and many other instrumentalists and vocalists.
The pianist's extensive solo repertoire includes monographic programs – music by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Grieg, Tchaikovsky, as well as many works by Scarlatti, Rameau, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Sibelius, Rachmaninoff, Metner, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Hindemith. In 2011-2012 season, Mr. Ostrovsky performed most of Tchaikovsky's piano works in a three-concert cycle. A twelve-program series, featuring all of Beethoven's piano music, including 32 sonatas, was dedicated to the 200th anniversary of Beethoven's birth. Mr. Ostrovsky was the first performer of the Concerto for piano and orchestra dedicated to him by the Karelian composer A. Beloborodov. He made numerous radio and television recordings—among the latter, a series of programs on Karelian television featuring performances and commentaries on selected Beethoven masterpieces.
Ruvim Ostrovsky's teaching career began at the Petrozavodsk Conservatory, where he taught from 1990 through 2004. In 2004, he returned to his alma mater and has since been a professor of the piano department. His students include laureates and diploma winners of international competitions, concert soloists and ensemble players, and teachers at all levels of musical education, with successful careers in Russia and other countries.
Professor Ostrovsky has been regularly invited to conduct master classes in many Russian cities, in Austria, Canada, China, Japan, Denmark, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan. He taught at summer music academies at the Salzburg Mozarteum in Austria; in Venice, Valdango and Sermoneta (Italy); and in Kostomuksha and at the Yuri Bashmet Academy (Russia). Teaching career of Mr. Ostrovsky is complemented by his work on the jury of numerous competitions. Among the most recent ones are the First International Piano Competition in Hanoi (Vietnam), and the Prokofiev Competition in St. Petersburg.
Mr. Ostrovsky's professional interests include both scholarly research and music journalism. In 1986, he won the All-Union Art History Olympiad, and in 1995, he defended his PhD dissertation "Franz Liszt and the Art of Piano Performance in Russia in the 19th Century." More than 30 of his scholarly articles have been published, as well as numerous reviews and various articles in periodicals. Ruvim Ostrovsky was awarded the honorary title of Merited Artist of the Republic of Karelia.
(1797 - 1828) 1. Allegro vivace
2. Con moto
3. Scherzo: Allegro vivace - Trio
4. Rondo: Allegro moderato
Intermission
R. Schumann Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 (1838)
(1810-1856) (Dances of the League of David)
About the artist
Professor, Doctor of Arts Ruvim Ostrovsky was born in 1963 in Batumi, Georgia. Upon graduation from a music school in 1978 (class of N.A. Shaladze, his first teacher since the age of five), he entered the Music College at the Moscow Conservatory, class of L.V. Mokhel. At that time, he also met professor L.I. Roizman. These outstanding musicians became Mr. Ostrovsky's main teachers and played a decisive role in his professional development.
At the Moscow Conservatory, the young musician's mentor was the remarkable pianist G.B. Akselrod, with whom he developed his mastery during his internship. Of great significance was the chamber class of professor T.A. Alikhanov, predetermining the pianist's unwavering passion for ensemble playing. Since 1990, Mr. Ostrovsky's independent activity was intensively taking place in three guises - performing, teaching and research. He performed in many cities of Russia, in Austria, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Canada, China, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Switzerland, Japan, and in states of the former Soviet Union (Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine), both with solo recitals, with chamber programs, and as a soloist with symphony and chamber orchestras.
Among the conductors with whom Mr. Ostrovsky worked are R. Abdullaev, P. Gerstein, S. Kalagin, E. Kirillov, F. Mansurov, Yu. Nikolaevsky, D. N. Ozeda, E. Serov, A. Skulsky, O. Soldatov, M. Stravinsky, M. Shcherbakov. He has done a lot of work with the Arkhangelsk Chamber Orchestra and its artistic director V. Onufriev. In recent years, fruitful contacts have been established with the Kirov Chamber Orchestra, led by K. Maslyuk. In piano duet ensembles, Ostrovsky performed with T. Alikhanov, A. Bakhchiev and E. Sorokina, P. Laul, P. Nersessian, N. Rubanenko. The pianist's partners were violinists I. Bochkova (the repertoire of this duo includes more than twenty sonatas for violin and piano), G. Murzha, S. Yakovich, cellists E. Dyachkov and D. Findlay, outstanding brass players: bassoonist V. Popov and Danish flutist O.B. Pedersen, Glinka and Prokofiev quartets, and many other instrumentalists and vocalists.
The pianist's extensive solo repertoire includes monographic programs – music by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Grieg, Tchaikovsky, as well as many works by Scarlatti, Rameau, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Sibelius, Rachmaninoff, Metner, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Hindemith. In 2011-2012 season, Mr. Ostrovsky performed most of Tchaikovsky's piano works in a three-concert cycle. A twelve-program series, featuring all of Beethoven's piano music, including 32 sonatas, was dedicated to the 200th anniversary of Beethoven's birth. Mr. Ostrovsky was the first performer of the Concerto for piano and orchestra dedicated to him by the Karelian composer A. Beloborodov. He made numerous radio and television recordings—among the latter, a series of programs on Karelian television featuring performances and commentaries on selected Beethoven masterpieces.
Ruvim Ostrovsky's teaching career began at the Petrozavodsk Conservatory, where he taught from 1990 through 2004. In 2004, he returned to his alma mater and has since been a professor of the piano department. His students include laureates and diploma winners of international competitions, concert soloists and ensemble players, and teachers at all levels of musical education, with successful careers in Russia and other countries.
Professor Ostrovsky has been regularly invited to conduct master classes in many Russian cities, in Austria, Canada, China, Japan, Denmark, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan. He taught at summer music academies at the Salzburg Mozarteum in Austria; in Venice, Valdango and Sermoneta (Italy); and in Kostomuksha and at the Yuri Bashmet Academy (Russia). Teaching career of Mr. Ostrovsky is complemented by his work on the jury of numerous competitions. Among the most recent ones are the First International Piano Competition in Hanoi (Vietnam), and the Prokofiev Competition in St. Petersburg.
Mr. Ostrovsky's professional interests include both scholarly research and music journalism. In 1986, he won the All-Union Art History Olympiad, and in 1995, he defended his PhD dissertation "Franz Liszt and the Art of Piano Performance in Russia in the 19th Century." More than 30 of his scholarly articles have been published, as well as numerous reviews and various articles in periodicals. Ruvim Ostrovsky was awarded the honorary title of Merited Artist of the Republic of Karelia.