Modern Instrumentalists (Pianists). Учебное пособие по английскому языку для студентов фортепианных факультетов музыкальных вузов

Born in Nizhny Novgorod in 1991, Trifonov began his musical training at the age of five, and went on to attend Moscow’s Gnessin School of Music as a student of Tatiana Zelikman. Then he continued his piano studies with Sergei Babayan at the Cleveland Institute of Music. He has also studied composition, and continues to write for piano, chamber ensemble, and orchestra. Last spring he premiered his own piano concerto and now is called a pianistcomposer.

I. Fill in the gaps with derivatives of the words in brackets:

1.Russian pianist DaniilTrifonov hasmade a spectacular ascent to

________ (classic) music stardom since winning First Prize at both the Tchaikovsky and Rubinstein competitions in 2011 at the age of 20.

2.In his ________ (perform) he combines consummate technique with rare sensitivity and _______ (deep).

3.Small wonder that every ______ (west) capital is in thrall to him.

4.Recital ________ (engage) took the ________ (piano) from Chicago to London, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Amsterdam, Rio de Janeiro, and other international _______ (music) hotspots.

5.He tours with a solo _______ (recite) program of Bach, Beethoven, and Liszt.

6.He also went on a duo recital tour in ________ (partner) with Grammy Award-winning ________ (violin) Gidon Kremer.

7.As an ________ (exclude) Deutsche Grammophon ______

(art), Trifonov’s future plans with the label include recording Rachmaninov’s complete piano concertos.

8.It was during the 2010-11 season that Trifonov won medals at three of the music world’s most prestigious ________ (compete), taking Third Prize in Warsaw’s Chopin Competition, First Prize in Tel Aviv’s Rubinstein Competition, and both First Prize and Grand Prix — an _____ (add) honor bestowed on the best overall _______

(compete) in any category — in Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Competition.

9.In 2013 he was also awarded the prestigious Franco Abbiati Prize for Best Instrumental Soloist by Italy’s foremost music ________

(criticise).

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10. He has also studied ________ (compose), and continues to write for piano, chamber ensemble, and orchestra.

II. Use the appropriate verb form to fill each of the gaps:

1.Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov ________ (make) a spectacular ascent to classical music stardom since winning First Prize at both the Tchaikovsky and Rubinstein competitions in 2011 at the age of 20.

2.Recital engagements _______ (take) the pianist from Chicago to London, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Amsterdam, Rio de Janeiro, and other international musical hotspots, and he _________

(collaborate) with 19 of the world’s foremost orchestras, _______

(include) the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the symphony orchestras of Washington, San Francisco, and London.

3.He also ______ (go) on a duo recital tour in partnership with Grammy Award-winning violinist Gidon Kremer.

4.As an exclusive Deutsche Grammophon artist, Trifonov’s future plans with the label _______ (include) recording Rachmaninov’s complete piano concertos.

5.It was during the 2010–2011 season that Trifonov took both First Prize and Grand Prix — an additional honor _______ (bestow) on the best overall competitor in any category — in Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Competition.

6.In 2013 he also _______ (award) the prestigious Franco Abbiati Prize for Best Instrumental Soloist by Italy’s foremost music critics.

7.Born in Nizhny Novgorod in 1991, Trifonov _______ (begin) his musical training at the age of five, and went on to _______

(attend) Moscow’s Gnessin School of Music as a student of Tatiana Zelikman.

8.Then he ________ (continue) his piano studies with Sergei Babayan at the Cleveland Institute of Music.

9.He also _______ (study) composition, and continues to _______

(write) for piano, chamber ensemble, and orchestra.

10.Last spring he _______ (premier) his own piano concerto and now _____(call) a pianist-composer.

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III. Insert prepositions where necessary:

1.Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov has made a spectacular ascent

____ classical music stardom since winning First Prize ____ both the Tchaikovsky and Rubinstein competitions ____ 2011 ____ the age ____ 20.

2.____ his performances he combines consummate technique

____ rare sensitivity and depth.

3.Small wonder that every western capital is ____ thrall ____

him.

4.Recital engagements took the pianist ____ Chicago ____

London, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Amsterdam, Rio de Janeiro, and other international musical hotspots, and he collaborated ____ 19

____ the world’s foremost orchestras, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the symphony orchestras ____ Washington, San Francisco, and London.

5.He tours ____ a solo recital program ____ Bach, Beethoven, and Liszt.

6.He also went ____ a duo recital tour ____ partnership ____

Grammy Award-winning violinist Gidon Kremer.

7.____ 2012–2013, Trifonov made debuts ____ all the «Big Five» orchestras — the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Boston Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, and Philadelphia Orchestra — and ____ European ensembles.

IV. Fill the gaps with the words below:

all, attend, by, called, capital, category, critics, during, honor, own, solo, spectacular, studies, taking, technique, three, took, tour, training

1. Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov has made a _______ ascent to classical music stardom since winning First Prize at both the Tchaikovsky and Rubinstein competitions in 2011 at the age of 20.

2.In his performances he combines consummate _______ with rare sensitivity and depth.

3.Small wonder that every western _______ is in thrall to him.

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4.Recital engagements _______ the pianist from Chicago to London, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Amsterdam, Rio de Janeiro, and other international musical hotspots.

5.He tours with a _______ recital program of Bach, Beethoven, and Liszt.

6.He also went on a duo recital _______ in partnership with Grammy Award-winning violinist Gidon Kremer.

7.In 2012–2013, Trifonov made debuts with _______ the «Big Five» orchestras — the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Boston Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, and Philadelphia Orchestra — and with European ensembles.

8.It was _______ the 2010–2011 seasonthat Trifonov won medals at _______ of the music world’s most prestigious competitions,

_______ Third Prize in Warsaw’s Chopin Competition, First Prize in Tel Aviv’s Rubinstein Competition, and both First Prize and Grand Prix — an additional _______ bestowed on the best overall competitor in any ______ — in Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Competition.

9.In 2013 he was also awarded the prestigious Franco Abbiati Prize for Best Instrumental Soloist _____ Italy’s foremost music

_____.

10.Born in Nizhny Novgorod in 1991, Trifonov began his musical

_______ at the age of five, and went on to _______ Moscow’s Gnessin School of Music as a student of Tatiana Zelikman.

11.Then he continued his piano _______ with Sergei Babayan at the Cleveland Institute of Music.

12.Last spring he premiered his _______ piano concerto and now is _______ a pianist-composer.

V.Fill the gaps with suitable fragments:

a)  with Sergei Babayan at the Cleveland Institute of Music b)  with Grammy Award-winning violinist Gidon Kremer c)  Trifonov began his musical training at the age of five

d)  Trifonov’s future plans with the label include recording Rachmaninov’s complete piano concertos

e)  that every western capital is in thrall to him f)  and now is called a pianist-composer

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g)  with a solo recital program of Bach h)  and continues to write for piano i)  with rare sensitivity and depth

In his performances Daniil Trifonov combines consummate technique (1) ____. Small wonder (2) ____.

He tours (3) ____, Beethoven, and Liszt. He also went on a duo recital tour in partnership (4) ____.

As an exclusive Deutsche Grammophon artist, (5) ____.

Born in Nizhny Novgorod in 1991, (6) ____, and went on to attend Moscow’s Gnessin School of Music as a student of Tatiana Zelikman. Then he continued his piano studies (7) ____. He has also studied composition, (8) ____, chamber ensemble, and orchestra. Last spring he premiered his own piano concerto (9) ____.

VI. Answer the following questions:

1.  When and where was Trifonov born? 2.  Why is he called a pianist-composer?

3.  How old was Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov when he won First Prize at both the Tchaikovsky and Rubinstein competitions?

4.  What awards has he got for his creative activity? 5.  What kind of award is Grand Prix?

6.  What orchestras are called the «Big Five» orchestras? 7.  What compositions does his discography feature?

8.  Where do the pianist’s recital engagements take him?

9.  With how many world’s foremost orchestras does he collaborate?

VII. True or false?

1.  Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov has made a spectacular ascent to classical music stardom.

2.  In his performances he combines consummate technique with rare sensitivity and depth.

3.  Every western capital is in thrall to him.

4.  His recital engagements took the pianist to all European capitals. 5.  He collaborated with 10 of the world’s foremost orchestras.

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6.In 2013 he was also awarded the prestigious Franco Abbiati Prize for Best Instrumental Soloist by Germany’s foremost music critics.

7.He won Grand Prix in Tel Aviv’s Rubinstein Competition.

8.Daniil Trifonov attended Moscow’s Gnessin School of Music as a student of Tatiana Zelikman and continued his piano studies with Sergei Babayan at the Cleveland Institute of Music.

VIII. Find English equivalents in the text:

a)  ярко входить в мир звезд классической музыки

b)  сочетать доведенную до совершенства технику с редкой глубиной

c)  быть покоренным кем-либо

d)  «горячие точки» международной музыкальной жизни e)  концертные гастроли совместно с кем-либо

f)  дополнительное почетное звание, присужденное конкурсанту

g)  главные (выдающиеся) музыкальные критики h)  приз лучшему солисту-инструменталисту

i)  студия грамзаписи

IX. What is the Russian for:

a)  to make a spectacular ascent to classical music stardom b)  to combine consummate technique with rare sensitivity c)  to be in thrall to somebody

d)  to go on a duo recital tour in partnership with e)  a discography

f)  an additional honor bestowed on the best overall competitor in any category

g)  prize for Best Instrumental Soloist h)  foremost music critics

i)  complete piano concertos j)  a label

X. Complete the sentences using word combinations below:

1. Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov has made a spectacular ascent to classical music stardom

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2.In his performances he combines consummate technique

3.Small wonder that every western capital

4.Trifonov won medals at the music world’s

5.Recital engagements took the pianist to

6.He tours with a solo recital program and goes on

7.He collaborated with 19

8.Last spring he premiered his own piano concerto

1.  a duo recital tour in partnership with Gidon Kremer; 2.  and now is called a pianist-composer; 3.  of the world’s foremost orchestras; 4.  international musical hotspots; 5.  most prestigious competitions; 6.  is in thrall to him; 7.  since winning First Prize at both the Tchaikovsky and Rubinstein competitions in 2011 at the age of 20; 8.  with rare sensitivity and depth.

XI. Retell the text using active vocabulary.

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UNIT 4

Yuja Wang

Twenty-seven year old pianist Yuja Wang is widely recognized as one of the most important artists of her generation. Regularly lauded for her controlled, prodigious technique,Yuja has been praised for her authority over the most complex technical demands of the repertoire,the depth of her musical insight, as well as her fresh interpretations and charismatic stage presence.

Yuja is an exclusive recording artist for Deutsche Grammophon. Yuja next collaborated with Maestro Claudio Abbado and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra to record her first concerto album featuring Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and his Concerto No. 2 in C minor which was nominated for a Grammy as «Best Classical Instrumental Solo». This was followed by, Fantasia, a collection of encore pieces by Albéniz, Bach, Chopin, Rachmaninov, Saint-Saëns, Scriabin and others. Most recently, Yuja collaborated with Gustavo Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra in a live recording of Prokofiev’s Concerto No. 2 and Rachmaninoff’s Concerto No. 3.

In the years since her 2005 debut with the National Arts Center Orchestra led by Pinchas Zukerman, Yuja has already performed with many of the world’s most prestigious orchestras. In 2006 Yuja made her New York Philharmonic debut. In 2008 she toured the United States with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and in 2009 Yuja performed as soloist with the You Tube Symphony Orchestra. That summer Yuja joined Abbado at the Lucerne Music Festival performing and recording Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3, and went on to perform with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and Abbado on tour in China.

Yuja regularly gives recitals in major cities throughout Asia, Europe and North America. She is a dedicated performer of chamber music appearing at summer festivals throughout the world.

Many of the world’s esteemed conductors have collaborated with Yuja. Yuja returned to the Israel Philharmonic to work

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with Zubin Mehta, followed by a tour of the U.S. that included performances at Carnegie and Disney halls. She then launched into a three-week tour of Asia with the San Francisco Symphony and Tilson Thomas, traveling to Macau, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan. Yuja again joined the Berlin Philharmonic’s principal players, this time with a series of all-Brahms concerts at Salle Pleyel in Paris. In spring 2013 she was presented by the Berlin Philharmonic in recital at the Philharmonie, and returned to Carnegie Hall in both recital and a concerto appearance with the San Francisco Symphony. Her season included a recital tour of Japan.

This season the London Symphony Orchestra have invited Yuja as their featured artist in the LSO Artist Portrait series for 2014 which includes performing three concertos, a recital and chamber music in London, followed by a tour of China with Daniel Harding conducting. She makes her debut with the Hungarian National Philharmonic conducted by Zoltan Kocsis performing Bartok’s Piano Concerto No. 2. Yuja’s frequent summer collaborations with violinist Leonidas Kavakos are focusing on the great violin and piano sonatas of Brahms. She returns to the Los Angeles Philharmonic for subscription concerts and on tour in the U.S.

At a young age Yuja entered the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing to study under Ling Yuan and Zhou Guangren. From 1999 to 2001 she participated in the Morningside Music summer program at Calgary’s Mount Royal College, an artistic and cultural exchange program between Canada and China, and began studying with Hung-Kuan Chen and Tema Blackstone at the Mount Royal College Conservatory. Yuja then moved to the U.S. to study with Gary Graffman at The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where she graduated in 2008. In 2006 she received the Gilmore Young Artist Award, and in 2010 was awarded the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant. Yuja is a Steinway Artist.

I. Fill in the gaps with derivatives of the words in brackets:

1. Twenty-seven year old ________ (piano) Yuja Wang is ________

(wide) recognized as one of the most important _______ (art) of her __________ (generate).

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2.Regularly lauded for her controlled, prodigious technique, Yuja has been praised for her authority over the most complex technical demands of the repertoire, the _______ (deep) of her _______

(music) insight, as well as her fresh ________ (interpret) and charismatic stage ________ (present).

3.Yuja is an ________ (exclude) recording artist for Deutsche Grammophon.

4.This was followed by, Fantasia, a ________ (collect) of encore pieces by Albeniz, Bach, Chopin, Rachmaninov, Saint-Saens, Scriabin and others.

5.Most________(recent),YujacollaboratedwithGustavoDudamel and the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra in a live recording of Prokofiev’s Concerto No. 2 and Rachmaninoff’s Concerto No. 3.

6.Yuja ________ (regular) gives recitals in major cities throughout Asia, Europe and North America.

7.She is a dedicated ________ (perform) of chamber music appearing at summer festivals throughout the world.

8.Many of the world’s esteemed ________ (conduct) have collaborated with Yuja.

9.Yuja returned to the Israel Philharmonic to work with Zubin Mehta, followed by a tour of the U.S. that included ________

(perform) at Carnegie and Disney halls.

10.Yuja again joined the Berlin Philharmonic’s principal _______

(play), this time with a series of all-Brahms concerts at Salle Pleyel in Paris.

11.In spring 2013 she was presented by the Berlin Philharmonic in recital at the Philharmonie, and returned to Carnegie Hall in both recital and a concerto ________ (appear) with the San Francisco Symphony.

12.Yuja’s frequent summer collaborations with ________ (violin) Leonidas Kavakos are focusing on the great violin and piano sonatas of Brahms.

13.She returns to the Los Angeles Philharmonic for ________

(subscribe) concerts and on tour in the U.S.

14.From 1999 to 2001 she participated in the Morningside Music summer program at Calgary’s Mount Royal College, an artistic and

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