Evgeny Kissin plays Shostakovich Piano Concerto no. 1, op. 35 - video 1986

Evgeny Kissin playing Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto no. 1, op. 35, with the Moscow Virtuosi under Vladimir Spivakov, live in Moscow on 27 April 1986. They encored the last part of the concerto. Timing below. The trumpet player is Vladimir Kafelnikov, the Stephen Fry lookalike who was so memorable in Mravinsky’s Shostakovich sym 8. In this video you can see Kissin’s teacher, Anna Pavlovna Kantor, at the start and later before the encore when Kissin leans down to kiss her. In a recent interview he said this about her: ’There is one thing that I do know, however, something that Mrs. Kantor taught me much later on. I didn’t realize it at the time, I must say, but I realized it much later in conversation: Mrs. Kantor never played herself during her lessons. She never voluntarily played piano, for me or her other students. In studio classes, she never demonstrated herself what she expected from us, simply because she didn’t want us to mimic her. Mrs. Kantor only used verbal cues. Her teaching was entirely passed on through speech. And everyone, every single student, kept their own demeanor, their particular manner. Regarding this last point, I knew – and I knew this even at the time – that this was not necessarily the case in other . I was very lucky.’ 05:50 - Shostakovich Piano Concerto no. 1, op. 35 30:20 - encore Евгений Кисин - Дмитрий Шостакович - Концерт для фортепиано с оркестром № 1 - Владимир Спиваков - Виртуозы Москвы - Владимир Кафельников