Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Seasons (Đặng Thái Sơn)

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Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

• The Seasons, Op. 37a
• Romance, Op. 5
• Un poco di Chopin, Op. 72 No. 15
• Dumka, Op. 59

Đặng Thái Sơn, piano

Date: 2007

Label: Victor / Phương Nam Phim

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Romantic Russian composer. He was the first Russian composer whose music would make a lasting impression internationally. Tchaikovsky wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical music in the current classical repertoire, including the ballets Swan Lake and The Nutcracker, the 1812 Overture, his First Piano Concerto, Violin Concerto, the Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy, several symphonies, and the opera Eugene Onegin. Despite his many popular successes, Tchaikovsky's life was punctuated by personal crises and depression.

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Đặng Thái Sơn (born July 2, 1958) is a Vietnamese-Canadian pianist. Born in Hanoi, he studied piano with his mother, then at the Moscow Conservatory with Vladimir Natanson and Dmitri Bashkirov. In 1980, he won the X International Chopin Piano Competition, becoming the first pianist from Asia to do so. Since then, Dang has performed in more than 40 countries with many renowned orchestras and artists. He is frequently invited to give master classes around the world, and has sat on the juries of prestigious competitions. He has recorded for such labels as Deutsche Grammophon, Victor and the Fryderyk Chopin Institute.

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