Anna Semyonovna Gourari (Russian Анна Семёновна Гурарий, born in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia) is a German classical concert pianist.
Life and career Gourari received her first piano education at the age of five from her parents, professors at the Kazan Academy of Music. In 1979 she performed her first public concert. In 1990 she relocated together with her parents to Germany in order to study at the Hochschule für Musik with Ludwig Hoffmann in Munich.
In 2001 she played a lead role in Werner Herzog's movie Invincible. Gourari performed extensively in solo or with orchestras under conductors such as Lorin Maazel or Zubin Mehta.
Competitions Anna Gourari won the first prizes in the following competitions: 1986 Kabalevsky competition in Russia 1989 First International Chopin competition in Göttingen 1994 First International Clara-Schumann-Klavierconcours in Düsseldorf; jury: Martha Argerich, Alexis Weissenberg, Nelson Freire, Vladimir Ashkenazy
Discography
Chopin (Piano Sonata No.3, Mazurkas) - 1998 Scriabin (Preludes) - 1999 Richard Strauss (Piano Concertos for the Left Hand) with Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Karl Anton Rickenbacher - 2001 Chopin (Scherzi, etc.) - 2001 Beethoven (Piano Concerto No.3, Piano Sonata No. 8 in C-minor, 32 Variations) with Staatskapelle Dresden, Sir Colin Davis - 2001 Nocturnes - 2003 Desir (Scriabin, Gubaidulina) - 2005 Brahms: The Late Piano Pieces (opp. 116–119) - 2009 Chopin: The Mazurka Diary - 2010 Canto Oscuro - 2012, ECM New Series 2255 Visions fugitives - 2014, ECM New Series 2384 Elusive Affinity - 2019, ECM 2612 Hindemith/Schnittke (Concertos) - 2024 ECM
References
External links Anna Gourari official website AOL - News, Politics, Sports, Mail & Latest Headlines live recording at Clara Schumann competition