Мюррей Перахия: Американдық пианист және дирижер

American pianist and conductor

Murray David Perahia (/p//ə/'/r//aɪ//.//ə/ pəRYə; born April 19, 1947) is an American pianist and conductor. He is widely considered one of the greatest living pianists. He was the first North American pianist to win the Leeds International Piano Competition, in 1972. Known as a leading interpreter of Bach, Handel, Scarlatti, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schumann, among other composers, Perahia has won numerous awards, including three Grammy Awards from a total of 18 nominations, and 9 Gramophone Awards in addition to its first and only "Piano Award".

Murray (Moshe) was born in the Bronx borough of New York City to a family of Sephardi Jewish origin. Perahia began studying the piano at age four, with a teacher, he said, who was "very limiting" because she made him play a single piece until it was perfect. He said his musical interests blossomed at age 15 for reasons he can't explain, and he began to practice seriously.

In 1973, Perahia worked with Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears at the Aldeburgh Festival, and with fellow pianist Radu Lupu. He was co artistic director of the Festival from 1981 to 1989. In the 1980s, Perahia was invited to work with Vladimir Horowitz, an admirer of his art. Perahia says this had a defining influence on his pianism. In 1992, his career was threatened by a bone abnormality in his hand causing inflammation, requiring several years away from the keyboard and a series of operations. During that time, he says, he found solace through studying the music of J. S. Bach. After recovering, he produced a series of award winning recordings of Bach's keyboard works in the late 1990s, including a notable rendition of the Goldberg Variations. In early 2005, Perahia's hand problem recurred, prompting him to withdraw from the concert stage on the advice of his doctors. He cancelled several appearances at the Barbican Centre, as well as a ten city national tour of the United States but returned with recitals in German cities in 2006 and at the Barbican in April 2007. In autumn of 2007, he completed a ten city tour of the United States. Owing to his hand problem, and on the advice of his doctor, Perahia cancelled a February 2008 solo recital at the Barbican Centre and a tour in the United States with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields (March and April 2008). He returned to the platform in August 2008, touring with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under the direction of Bernard Haitink, and had an Asian recital tour in October and November.

Perahia has recorded Chopin's études, and Schubert's late piano sonatas. He is currently editing a new Urtext edition of Beethoven's piano sonatas. Besides his solo career, Perahia is active in chamber music and appears regularly with the Guarneri and Budapest String Quartets. He is also Principal Guest Conductor of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, with which he records and performs. In January 2009, Murray Perahia was appointed president of the Jerusalem Music Center established by violinist Isaac Stern. In 2016, Perahia signed with Deutsche Grammophon. His first release for the label, Bach's French Suites, came out in October 2016.

Upon graduation from Mannes, Perahia was appointed to the faculty and taught there from 1969 to 1979. Perahia was invited to teach at the International Piano Foundation Theo Lieven (known today as the International Piano Academy Lake Como) to selected students. He has given masterclasses at such institutions as Juilliard School, Stanford University, and Peabody Institute, among many others. Each year, he holds a summer course at the Jerusalem Music Centre to young Israeli pianists, aged 12 to 18. He continues to give frequent masterclasses as president of the JMC. Perahia plans to hold a series of masterclasses in Munich on Beethoven's piano sonatas, hosted by the publisher G. Henle Verlag, with ten young professional pianists.

Perahia lives in London with his wife, Ninette Shohet, who is of Iraqi Jewish heritage. He has two adult sons, Benjamin and Raphael.

Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6; Fantasiestücke, Op. 12 (1973)
Chopin: The Chopin Preludes. (1975)
Schumann: Études Symphoniques op. 13 & Études Posthumes; Papillons (1977)