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- Alexander (Lexo) Toradze (born 1952) is a classical pianist. Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, Alexander Toradze graduated in 1978 from the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. In 1983, while on tour with the Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra of Moscow, he requested asylum at the American Embassy in Madrid and has since made his home in the United States. In 1991, Toradze became the Martin endowed professor of piano at Indiana University South Bend. The members of the multi-national Toradze Piano Studio at IUSB have been active participants in summer festivals including Salzburg, the White Nights, London Proms, Edinburgh, Ravinia, Ruhr, Rotterdam, Mikkeli, Finland, Hollywood Bowl, Saratoga among others. The Toradze studio has received high praise for their contributions to the piano world, and has developed into a worldwide touring ensemble that has gathered critical acclaim on an international level. In the recent season the Studio appeared in Salzburg, New York, Rome, Florence, Venice, Ravenna, Lisbon, Ruhr Festival, among others. Mr. Toradze continuously appears with world's leading orchestras such as Berlin Philharmonic, Kirov Orchestra, La Scala Philharmonic, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Bayerische Rundfunk Orchester, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Orchestre National de France, City of Birmingham Symphony, London's Symphony, Philharmonic and Philharmonia Orchestras, NHK in Japan, Czech, Hungarian, Israel, Rotterdam, Warsaw Philharmonics, the radio orchestras in Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden, Finland and Italy. Toradze, who specializes in Russian composers such as Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, and Tchaikovsky has recorded for the Phillips and Angel/EMI record labels. Most notable is his recording of Prokofiev's five piano concertos with Valery Gergiev and the Kirov Orchestra for the Phillips record label. From this set, Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 was named by International Piano Quarterly as "historically the best on record" from among over seventy recordings. Other recordings, for Angel/EMI, include Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, Prokofiev's Seventh Piano Sonata, Stravinsky's Three Scenes from Petrushka, Ravel's Miroirs and Gaspard de la nuit. He has performed with virtually every major orchestra in the United States and is also famous for his praying before he performs. When asked in a radio interview with renowned classical radio host, Bruce Duffie, about what advice he could give to aspiring concert pianists, Toradze replied, "... Don't forget to pray to God before each performance and don't forget to give your soul enough air. Believe in the right purpose of art and believe in being human" (interview with Bruce Duffie, 2002).
- Alexander Toradse ist ein georgischer Pianist. Am Moskauer Konservatorium erwarb er sein Diplom und wurde dort später auch Professor. 1983 zog er in die Vereinigten Staaten.
- Nato a Tblisi, si è diplomato presso il Conservatorio Čajkovskij di Mosca. Affermatosi presto in vari concorsi internazionali, tra cui una silver medal nel Concorso pianistico internazionale Van Cliburn nel 1977, ha intrapreso una rilevante carriera di concertista. Nel 1983, durante una tournée con l'Orchestra Sinfonica del Teatro Bolshoi di Mosca, chiese asilo all'ambasciata americana in Spagna e successivamente si trasferì negli Stati Uniti, dove ora risiede. Dal 1991 ha una cattedra di pianoforte presso l'Indiana University South Bend, dove ha costuituito una rinomata scuola pianistica, il Toradze Piano Studio. Concertista molto attivo, suona con le più prestigiose orchestre del mondo, tra cui Berliner Philharmoniker, la Filarmonica di San Pietroburgo, la Filarmonica della Scala, la Philharmonia Orchestra, la London Symphony Orchestra, la London Philharmonic Orchestra, l'orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, l'orchestra della Radio di Monaco, l'Orchestre National de France, la City of Birmingham Symphony, l'Orchestra del Teatro Kirov; ha collaborato con importanti direttori, come Vladimir Ashkenazy, Charles Dutoit, Yuri Temirkanov, Valery Gergiev, Seiji Ozawa, Vladimir Jurovski, Kurt Masur, Simon Rattle, Mstislav Rostropovich, Esa Pekka Salonen e tanti altri, nelle maggiori sale da concerto del mondo. Pianista dotato di vigoroso virtuosismo, è uno specialista del repertorio russo, apprezzato interprete di Sergej Prokof'ev (di cui ha inciso i cinque concerti per pianoforte e orchestra diretto da Valery Gergiev, con cui ha un lungo sodalizio), Sergej Rachmaninov, Igor Stravinskij, Čajkovskij, Modest Mussorgskij, Dmitrij Šostakovič, Alexander Scriabin. Ha inciso anche musica di Maurice Ravel e ha in repertorio i concerti per pianoforte e orchestra di Béla Bartók.
- アレクサンドル・トラーゼ（Alexandr Toradze, 1952年 - ）は旧ソヴィエト連邦グルジア・トビリシ出身のピアニスト。ヴァン・クライバーン国際ピアノコンクールで入賞した後、母校モスクワ音楽院で教職についた。 1983年にアメリカに居を構え、1991年にはインディアナ大学サウスベンド校で教授を務める。自身の運営する講座は同校の看板ともいえ、世界的に向学心ある学生を集めている。(英語読みは｢アレクサンダー・トラッツェ｣。) 日本では『スーパーピアノレッスン』の講師として知られている。出身のグルジア文化に愛着があり、演奏作品もプロコフィエフ、ラフマニノフ、ストラヴィンスキーなど華やかさと、洗練さよりも民族的な音響を優先したロシア音楽を得意とする。
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