Alexei Lubimov

Alexei Lubimov (born 1944 as Алексе́й Бори́сович Люби́мов, Alexey Borisovich Lyubimov) is a Russian pianist, fortepianist and harpsichordist.

Alexei Lubimov studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Heinrich Neuhaus and Lew Naumov. After successes in several competitions, he went on to give the first Soviet performances of a number of pieces by composers such as Arnold Schoenberg, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Pierre Boulez and György Ligeti. His commitment to western music was heavily criticised by the Soviet authorities, and he was prevented from leaving the Soviet Union for several years, during which time he concentrated on working with period instruments. He is a founder of the Moscow Baroque Quartet and the Moscow Chamber Academy (with Tatiana Grindenko) as well as the music festival "Alternativa". Apart from giving solo recitals throughout the world and appearing with leading symphony orchestras, he works regularly with early music ensembles such as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Among his partners in chamber music are Andreas Staier, Natalia Gutman, Peter Schreier, Heinrich Schiff, Christian Tetzlaff, Gidon Kremer, Ivan Monighetti, and Wieland Kuijken.

Brexit: David Cameron resigns as prime minister

Edit The Irish Times 24 Jun 2016

David Cameron has resigned as British prime minister following the failure of his Remain side to win the referendum on staying in the EU. Mr Cameron called the vote on Brexit in 2013 under pressure from the anti-EU wing of his Conservative Party and Ukip, hoping to end decades of debate over the UK’s ties with Europe ... With a turnout of 72.2 per cent, 51.9 per cent voted to leave; 48.1 per cent voted to remain ... Irish government reaction....

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A Falun Gong member demonstrates in front of the EU Council building in Brussels, Thursday June 15, 2006. Falun Gong members demonstrated outside a meeting of EU leaders on Thursday to ask for help against what they claim is illegal human organ harvesting of Falun Gong members by China.

Investigators: China Still Harvesting Human Organs on Huge Scale

Edit Voa News 24 Jun 2016

In 2006, Canadian human rights lawyer David Matas and former Canadian Asia-Pacific Secretary of State David Kilgour began an investigation into accusations of the Chinese government's role in harvesting the organs of Falun Gong practitioners. Their published findings, "Bloody Harvest. Revised Report into Allegations of Organ Harvesting of Falun Gong Practitioners in China," attracted international attention ... soil in 2004 ... ....

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Musician David Byrne Pens Stinging Gun-Control Essay Aimed At US

Edit WorldNews.com 24 Jun 2016

Former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne join a growing list of public figures and artists confronting the growing gun control crisis in the US this week by penning an impassioned plea in an essay in support of firearms restrictions, Billboard reported.Less than two weeks after the massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., Byrne wrote, “We ware [sic] are ware here,” in an essay entitled “Guns Are About Freedom....

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Donald Trump held his first town hall meeting Wednesday night before a rowdy Derry, New Hampshire crowd that cheered, chimed in and booed when he mentioned his presidential rivals

Trump applauds decisions by British people to bolt EU

Edit Austin American Statesman 24 Jun 2016

Donald Trump is saluting the United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union, saying "they took back their country, it's a great thing." ... ....

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Pound Sinks to Lowest Level Since 1985 as Britons Vote to Leave E.U.

Edit Time Magazine 24 Jun 2016

The dollar is surging around the world as investors and speculators seek a ‘safe haven’ as the U.K. lurches towards the European Union’s exit door. The pound is naturally the biggest loser, falling more than 15 cents–more than 9%–overnight against the greenback–and U.K. stock futures are tipped to open down over 6% according to Reuters ... U.S ... ....

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SEATTLE SYMPHONY AND LUDOVIC MORLOT UNVEIL 2016–2017 SEASON (Seattle Symphony Orchestra)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Feb 2016

Seattle Symphony Debuts- Among those making their debuts this season are guest conductors Alan Buribayev, Alessandro De Marchi, James Feddeck, Edward Gardner, Emmanuel Krivine and Shizuo Z Kuwahara; violinist Aleksey Semenenko; cellists Sol Gabetta and Edgar Moreau; and pianists Leif Ove Andsnes, Inon Barnatan, Bertrand Chamayou, Lucas Debargue, George Li and Alexei Lubimov....

Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks Concerto; Concerto for Two Pianos; etc CD review – remorselessly energised music

Edit The Guardian 28 Jan 2016

Alexei Lubimov has recorded Beethoven’s last three piano sonatas on a Graff piano of 1828, and Debussy on a Steinway from 1913, so it is no surprise to find him and Slava Poprugin using instruments from the ......

A new fellowship is created to honor John Cage and Merce Cunningham

Edit The Examiner 15 Dec 2015

He is the Russian pianist Alexei Lubimov. A young Lubimov first met Cage in July of 1988, when he was invited by the Composers’ Union of the USSR to take part in the International Contemporary Music Festival in Leningrad. By that time Lubimov was familiar with Cage’s work ... Lubimov seems to have done well enough for himself that he will not have to use his Fellowship money they way Cunningham used his Guggenheim money....

Alexei Lubimov ... Something of an enigma … Russian pianist Alexei Lubimov ... Alexei Lubimov remains a bit of an enigma – at least for British audiences ... Lubimov has recorded Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Debussy on instruments of the composers’ time, as well as a range of 20th-century music from Debussy and Satie to Cage and Pärt....

Various: Cantate e tranquillo CD review – good for a quiet night in

Edit The Guardian 05 Apr 2015

4 / 5 stars. Keller Quartet. (ECM). The Keller Quartet. Photograph. Andrea Felvegi/ECM Records. Nicholas Kenyon. Sunday 5 April 2015 08.00 BST ... Highlights are the hypnotic pastoral from Schnittke’s Piano Quintet with Alexei Lubimov, and a sequence of Kurtág miniatures. Good for a quiet night in ... ....

Debussy: Preludes Books I and II review – beautiful sound Debussy would have recognised

Edit The Guardian 29 May 2014

... composer's own era before – Alexei Lubimov used a 1913 Steinway and a 1925 Bechstein for his ECM set....

Алексей Любимов

ALBUMS

Concertos & Symphonies

Préludes

Impromptus

Concertos for Two and Three Pianos

Misterioso

Messe Noire (piano: Алексей Любимов)

Eastern European Piano Music

Piano Sonata No. 2 "Concord" / Three Quarter-Tone Pieces

Scriabin: Prometheus / Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 4 / Stravinsky: Concerto for piano and wind instruments

Pourquoi je suis si sentimental: Post-avant-garde Piano Music from the ex-Soviet Union

4 Ballades / Barcarolle / Fantaisie / Berceuse

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