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Grigory Lipmanovich Sokolov ((ロシア語:Григо́рий Ли́пманович Соколо́в); born April 18, 1950〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Grigory Sokolov mit Bach, Brahms und Schumann in der Berliner Philharmonie. )〕) is a Russian concert pianist. ==Biography== Sokolov began studying the piano at the age of five and he entered the Leningrad Conservatory's special school for children at the age of seven to study with Leah Zelikhman. After graduating from the children's school he continued studying at the Conservatory with Moisey Khalfin.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.naxos.com/person/Grigory_Sokolov/95920.htm )〕 At 12, he gave his first major recital in Moscow, in a concert of works by Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Liszt, Debussy, and Shostakovich at the Philharmonic Society. At age 16, he came to international attention when the jury at the 1966 International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition, headed by Emil Gilels, unanimously awarded him the Gold Medal. It seems this may have been a surprising result: "16-year old Grisha Sokolov who finally became the winner of that competition was not taken seriously by anyone at that time."〔Vladimir Krainev quoted in Russia's Great Modern Pianists, Mark Zilberquit 1983〕 In fact, despite the international prestige of his Tchaikovsky Competition success, Sokolov's international career began to flourish only towards the end of the 1980s. It has been said 〔International Piano September/October 2006〕 that his not defecting and the limited travelling allowed under the Soviet Regime were to blame. This is contradicted by the fact〔 that Sokolov gave US tours in 1969, 1971, 1975, and 1979, as well as numerous recitals elsewhere in the world such as Finland and Japan. "Sokolov's life as a touring soloist is quite overcrowded. He tours a great deal in both his motherland and abroad."〔 The 1980s seem to have proved something of a stumbling-block to Sokolov's career in the US. "In the beginning, I played a lot of single concerts in America, in 1969, '71 and, I think, 1975. After that there was a break in relationships between the U.S. and the Soviet Union--they were disconnected by the Afghanistan War. One tour in the U.S. was cancelled in 1980. Then all cultural agreements between the two countries were cancelled."〔Sokolov quoted in "Pianist left out by the Cold War. US-Russian difficulties kept Grigory Sokolov a mystery to all but those in conservatories." Karen Schaefer, ''The Plain Dealer'', Cleveland, 4 March 1996〕 In addition, during the breakup of the former Soviet Union, Sokolov played no concerts outside Russia.〔Karen Schaefer, ''The Plain Dealer'', Cleveland, 4 March 1996〕 He is now a well-known figure in concert halls around Europe, but much less so in the U.S. Sokolov has released relatively few recordings to date and released none for a 20-year span from 1995〔 to 2015. But in 2014 he signed a contract with Deutsche Grammophon to release recordings of some of his live performances, and in 2015, he released a 2-CD live Salzburg recital featuring two sonatas by Mozart, Chopin's cycle of 24 Preludes, and encore pieces by Scriabin, Chopin, Rameau, and Bach. In March 2009, it was reported that Sokolov cancelled a planned concert in London because of British visa requirements demanding that all non-EU workers provide fingerprints and eye prints with every visa application (he also cancelled his 2008 concert on seemingly similar grounds). Sokolov protested that such requirements had echoes of Soviet oppression. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Grigory Sokolov」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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