Nelson Goerner
Nelson Goerner | |
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| Born | 9 May 1969 San Pedro, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina |
| Genre | Classical music |
| Occupation | Pianist |
| Instrument | Piano |
Nelson Goerner (born 9 May 1969 in San Pedro, Buenos Aires Province) is an Argentine classical pianist.[1][2]
Early life and education
[edit]He gave his first recital at the age of 11.[1] He studied with Jorge Garrubba, Juan Carlos Arabian, and Carmen Scalcione.[3] In 1986, he won First Prize at the Franz Liszt Competition in Buenos Aires, which led to a scholarship to study with Maria Tipo at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève.[1] That year he made his debut at the Teatro Colón with the Buenos Aires Philharmonic, playing Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1.[1][4] In 1990, he won the Geneva International Music Competition.[5] He had been noticed by Martha Argerich, thanks to whom he received a scholarship from the CIMAE Art and Science Foundation and the Mozarteum Argentino; he graduated from Tipo's class with the highest distinction in 1990.[6][7]
Career
[edit]Goerner has performed with major orchestras including the Orchestre de Paris, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Spanish National Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia, Mariinsky Orchestra, and Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. He has worked with conductors such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Philippe Herreweghe, Neeme Järvi, Mark Elder, Paavo Järvi, Vassily Sinaisky, Jonathan Nott, Fabio Luisi and Esa-Pekka Salonen.[8][9]
He has appeared at festivals including Verbier, Salzburg, La Roque-d'Anthéron, Piano aux Jacobins in Toulouse and Schleswig-Holstein.[10][1][11] He appears regularly at the BBC Proms in London and, since 2005, at the Chopin and his Europe festival in Warsaw.[6][7] In chamber music he has worked with the Takács Quartet, the cellists Gary Hoffman, Mischa Maisky, Natalia Gutman, Steven Isserlis and Gautier Capuçon, and the violinists Janine Jansen and Renaud Capuçon.[10][7] He often performs music for two pianos and for piano four hands with his wife, the pianist Rusudan Alavidze, and with Martha Argerich.[7][12]
His recordings include a Chopin album for EMI; Chopin's Piano Concerto in E minor and Fantasy on Polish Airs with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra under Kazimierz Kord for CD Accord; works by Rachmaninoff and Busoni; and Liszt's Transcendental Études.[6][7] His recordings for the Fryderyk Chopin Institute's series on period instruments – the four Ballades and three Nocturnes, and Chopin's works for piano and orchestra – received the Diapason d'Or, as did his recital recorded at Wigmore Hall in London.[12][13]
Awards and other activities
[edit]He was a member of the jury of the International Chopin Piano Competition in 2015 and 2021, its 17th and 18th editions.[6][7] In 2014 he was appointed to the Programme Committee of the Fryderyk Chopin Institute.[7] He received a Konex Award Diploma of Merit in 1999 and the Platinum Konex Award in 2009 and 2019.[14][15][16] In 2014 the Argentine Association of Music Critics named him the best Argentine instrumentalist of the previous season,[17] and he received Poland's Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture.[13]
Personal life
[edit]Goerner is married to the Georgian pianist Rusudan Alavidze and lives in Switzerland.[12][18]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 "Nelson Goerner". medici.tv. Retrieved 2026-09-26.
- ↑ Clements, Andrew (2013-09-13). "Nelson Goerner – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ↑ "La lección de piano" [The piano lesson]. Clarín (in Spanish). Buenos Aires. 2007-08-14. Retrieved 2026-09-26.
- ↑ Guzzo, Julián (2022-09-04). "Entrevista a Nelson Goerner: «El recital es un desafío tremendo, pero me gusta afrontarlo»" [Interview with Nelson Goerner: "The recital is a tremendous challenge, but I like facing it"]. Música Clásica Buenos Aires (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-09-26.
- ↑ Schacher, Thomas (2019-02-07). "Jenseits des Röstigrabens ist er längst ein Star". NZZ (in German). Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- 1 2 3 4 "The 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition. Competition Jury". Fryderyk Chopin Institute. Archived from the original (DOCX) on 2015-03-20. Retrieved 2026-09-26.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Nelson Goerner". 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition. Fryderyk Chopin Institute. Retrieved 2026-09-26.
- ↑ "Nelson Goerner". Nelson Goerner. Retrieved 2025-11-01.
- ↑ "Nelson Goerner". Verbier Festival. Retrieved 2025-11-01.
- 1 2 "Nelson Goerner regresa al Teatro Colón" [Nelson Goerner returns to the Teatro Colón]. Danzaballet (in Spanish). 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2026-09-26.
- ↑ "Nelson Goerner". 23rd Rafael Orozco International Piano Festival, City of Córdoba (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-09-26.
- 1 2 3 "Nelson Goerner se presentará en el Festival Argerich" [Nelson Goerner will perform at the Argerich Festival]. Música Clásica Buenos Aires (in Spanish). 2023-07-09. Retrieved 2026-09-26.
- 1 2 "Nelson Goerner". Teatro Colón (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-09-26.
- ↑ "Nelson Goerner". Fundación Konex (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-09-26.
- ↑ "Los mejores artistas de la década" [The best artists of the decade]. La Nación (in Spanish). Buenos Aires. 2009-11-09. Retrieved 2026-09-26.
- ↑ "Premios Konex 2019: Música Clásica" [Konex Awards 2019: Classical Music]. Fundación Konex (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-09-26.
- ↑ Ure, Carlos Ernesto (2014-05-12). "Nelson Goerner, arte superlativo" [Nelson Goerner, superlative art]. Asociación de Críticos Musicales de la Argentina (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-09-26.
- ↑ "Nelson Goerner". Steinway & Sons. Retrieved 2026-09-26.
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