Alexander Braginsky
Russian musician
Alexander Iosifovich Braginsky (Russian: Александр Иосифович Брагинский, Aleksandr Iosifovič Braginskij; May 29, 1944) is a Russian-born pianist and pedagogue, currently living in the United States.
Life and career
He studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Aleksandr Goldenweiser, and, after Goldenweiser's death in 1961, with Theodore Gutman[1]. In the early 1970s, he left Russia with his wife, Tatiana Remenikova[2], never to visit again until 2004. After first spending a couple of years in the United Kingdom he then moved to the USA.
He is on the piano faculty at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis and at the Hamline University, St. Paul, where he works with a select group of piano students from around the world. In addition to his teaching schedule, Braginsky continues to perform, mostly as a soloist and a chamber musician (with his cellist wife). He has recorded a number of works, including Shostakovich's 24 Preludes (op.34), Piano Sonata No.2 (op.61), and Sonata for Violoncello and Piano (op.40). A number of composers had their works premiered by Braginsky, including the Minnesota-based Stephen Paulus and Libby Larsen.
Braginsky realized the possibility of combining his piano artistry with the computer technology of the late 1980s, adding a novel dimension to his performances. In 2002 Braginsky founded the Minnesota International Piano-e-Competition that occurs every two years and features the Disklavier-Pro pianos, produced by Yamaha.
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