Mischa Maisky
Born in 1948 in Riga, Latvia, Mischa Maisky received his first music lessons in Riga, where he attended the Children’s Music School and Conservatory. In 1962 he entered the Leningrad Conservatory. In 1965 his debut with the Leningrad Philharmonic earned him the nickname “Rostropovich of the Future”. One year later he was a prizewinner at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and began his studies with Rostropovich at the Moscow Conservatory while pursuing a concert career throughout the former Soviet Union. After being imprisoned in a labour camp near Gorky for 18 months in 1970, he emigrated from the USSR. 1973 Settles in Israel; wins the 1973 Gaspar Cassadó International Cello Competition in Florence and makes his debut at New York’s Carnegie Hall with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under William Steinberg; after the concert an anonymous admirer gives him an 18th-century Montagnana cello on which he still performs today. 1974 Studies with the legendary Gregor Piatigorsky, thus becoming the only cellist to have studied with both Piatigorsky and Rostropovich. 1975 Beginning of his international career, with regular concerts throughout the United States, Europe, Australia and the Far East, especially in Japan. 1976 London concerto debut with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. 1977 London recital debut with pianist Radu Lupu. 1982 First recording for Deutsche Grammophon: Brahms’s Double Concerto with Gidon Kremer and the Wiener Philharmoniker under Leonard Bernstein. 1985 Signs his first exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon; records Schumann’s Concerto with Bernstein and the Wiener Philharmoniker (released 1986); two important CD Bach releases this year: the Cello (Gamba) Sonatas with Martha Argerich and Maisky’s first recording of the Six Solo Suites. 1989 CD releases include recordings of Dvořák’s Cello Concerto and Bloch’s Schelomo with Leonard Bernstein and the Israel Philharmonic (Record Academy Prize, Tokyo, 1989). 1992 First appearance at the Proms in London; released on CD this year: Adagio, an anthology of Romantic pieces, with the Orchestre de Paris under Semyon Bychkov. 1993 Recital with Martha Argerich, one of his most important musical partners, at the Salzburg Festival. 1995 Returns to Moscow for the first time in 23 years to give a concert and to record works by Prokofiev and Miaskovsky for DG with Mikhail Pletnev and the Russian National Orchestra; CD release: Vivaldi and Boccherini concertos with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (Echo Award 1996). 1997 CD releases include a Tchaikovsky disc with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Songs Without Words by Brahms (with Pavel Gililov). 1998 Appears together with Martha Argerich and Gidon Kremer in Tokyo performing piano trios by Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky (recorded live by DG and released in 1999, Echo Award 2000); CD releases: Cellissimo with pianist Daria Hovora, a collection of shorter pieces spanning the centuries from Bach to Bloch; and a Saint-Saëns selection with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Daria Hovora (Echo Award 1999). 1999 CD releases: a French collection entitled Après un rêve (with Daria Hovora), the Brahms Sonatas (with Pavel Gililov) and his second recording of the Bach Suites, which receives wide critical acclaim. 2000 Dedicates the year mostly to Johann Sebastian Bach, beginning with a “Bach Marathon” in Zurich, where he plays all of Bach’s works for cello (the Solo Suites and Sonatas with harpsichord) in three concerts on a single day, and giving over 100 Bach concerts in Asia, Australia, North and South America, and in most European countries. 2001 A recording of Maisky and Argerich Live in Japan (sonatas by Chopin, Franck and Debussy) is released this year. 2002 Recitals with Martha Argerich at Carnegie Hall and Kennedy Center; trio recital with Martha Argerich and Gidon Kremer at Carnegie Hall; duo recital with Sergio Tiempo at the Salzburg Festival. CD release of Mendelssohn’s Cello Sonatas with pianist Sergio Tiempo. 2003 Appearances include concerts and recitals at the festivals of Verbier, Dubrovnik and Torroella, as well as throughout western and eastern Europe; a tour of the Far East (Dvořák Concerto) followed by a European tour. 2004 Appearances in Rome with Chung and the Orchestra di Santa Cecilia, in London with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and in Paris with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France; extensive performances of the Dvořák Concerto, including a tour with the Czech Philharmonic; on tour in Japan with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra; recitals and chamber music appearances in Europe, the USA, Korea, Japan and at the Verbier, Schleswig-Holstein and Salzburg festivals; international CD releases: Dvořák and Strauss, with Mehta and the Berliner Philharmoniker (Record Academy Prize, Tokyo, 2003), and chamber music by Brahms and Schumann, with Argerich, Kremer and Bashmet (Record Academy Prize, Tokyo, 2003). 2005 Concert appearances throughout western and eastern Europe and in Japan with orchestras including the Czech Philharmonic, the Budapest Festival Orchestra, the Prague Symphony, the Israel Philharmonic, Polish Chamber Orchestra, Netherlands Philharmonic, North German Radio Symphony (NDR) and Kremerata Baltica; benefit concert for Asian tsunami victims in January with Thomas Quasthoff at Vienna’s Musikverein; recitals and chamber-music appearances in Europe, Israel and Japan, and at the Lugano, Ludwigsburg, Rheingau, Dubrovnik and Verbier festivals; CD release: live recording of Prokofiev, Shostakovich and Stravinsky with Martha Argerich . 2006 Maisky’s busy schedule takes him again to western and eastern Europe for concerts with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Dresdner Philharmonic, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Czech Philharmonic, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, Kremerata Baltica, and to Japan for concerts with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony and Osaka Century orchestras. Solo and chamber-music recitals (including Bach Goldberg Variations) in Italy, China, South Africa, Israel, and Japan; appearances at festivals including Verbier, Dubrovnik, and Utrecht. He performs his programme of “Russian Romances” throughout Europe, accompanied by either Pavel Gililov or Lily Maisky at the piano. January sees the CD release of Vocalise – Russian Romances (with Pavel Gililov). 2007 Concerto performances include appearances with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Thailand Philharmonic, the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and the Prague Symphony (Dvořák), the Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini (Schumann), the Viennese Radio Symphony Orchestra (Hindemith), BBC Philharmonic (R. Strauss) and the English Chamber Orchestra (Tchaikovsky). Chamber-music recitals with Pavel Gililov, Sergio Tiempo, Itamar Golan, Lily Maisky and Julian Rachlin throughout Europe, in Japan and Korea. His recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations (with Julian Rachlin and Nobuko Imai) is scheduled for international release at the beginning of the year. 2008 World premiere of Yusupov’s Cello Concerto with the Lucerne Symphony Orches¬tra under Yuri Temirkanov in Lucerne. Concerts with the Dresden Staatskapelle (Brahms’s Double Concerto with Rachlin), the Moscow Virtuosi, et al; tours in Israel and Mexico with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, with the Dresdner Philharmonie under Frühbeck de Burgos in South Korea. Chamber-music performances mainly with Martha Argerich, Lily Maisky and Pavel Gililov in Europe and Asia. Festival appearances include again Verbier, Martha Argerich Festival in Japan and Switzerland, Schleswig-Holstein Musikfestival and the Dubrovnik Festival. Release of Elégie, a selection of works by Rachmaninov arranged by Maisky and recorded together with pianist Sergio Tiempo. 2009 Scheduled are concerts in Paris, Japan and South Korea with the Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France under Myung-Whun Chung, in Munich with the Munich Philharmonic under Dennis Russell Davies et al; chamber music appearances with Lily Maisky, Sergio Tiempo among others in Europe and Asia; he will meet Lang Lang and Vadim Repin giving a Schubert Piano Trio at the Verbier Festival. Release of Morgen!, featuring chamber music by R. Strauss and Dvořák, played together with Pavel Gililov.
ALBUM
Una raccolta completa degli album di Mischa Maisky, dalle prime produzioni ai successi più recenti.
Mischa Maisky, Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev
Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante; Miaskovsky: Cello Concerto
Mischa Maisky
Dvořák, Schumann: Cellokonzerte (CC)
Janine Jansen, Mischa Maisky, Lucas Debargue
Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 8
Live from Verbier Festival / 2017
Mischa Maisky, Lily Maisky
20th Century Classics
Mischa Maisky, Lily Maisky
Adagietto
Lang Lang, Vadim Repin, Mischa Maisky
Tchaikovsky / Rachmaninov: Trios
Mischa Maisky, Daria Hovora
Cellissimo
Mischa Maisky, Martha Argerich
Beethoven: 12 Variations On "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" For Cello And Piano, Op. 66; Sonatas For Cello And Piano, Op. 5; 7 Variations On "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen", For Cello And Piano, WoO 46
Mischa Maisky, Pavel Gililov
Morgen Strauss / Dvorák
Mischa Maisky, Pavel Gililov
Vocalise
Mischa Maisky, Berliner Philharmoniker, Zubin Mehta
Dvorák: Cello Concerto / Strauss, R.: Don Quixote
Mischa Maisky, Daria Hovora
Mischa Maisky - Après un rêve
Mischa Maisky, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Vivaldi / Boccherini: Cello Concertos
Mischa Maisky, Martha Argerich
Beethoven: The Cello Sonatas
2 CD's
Martha Argerich, Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet
Brahms: Klavierquartett, Op.25 / Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op.88
24 bit
Mischa Maisky
Cello Encores
Mischa Maisky
Cellissimo (CC)
Mischa Maisky, Martha Argerich
Stravinsky: Suite Italienne (from "Pulcinella") / Prokofiev: Sonata for Cello & Piano, Op.119 / Shostakovich: Sonata for Cello & Piano , Op.40
CD 13
Mischa Maisky, Lily Maisky
¡España! - Songs and Dances from Spain
Mischa Maisky
Mischa Maisky Portrait - Virtuose Cellokonzerte
Lang Lang, Vadim Repin, Mischa Maisky
Tchaikovsky/Rachmaninov: Piano Trios
Mischa Maisky
Cello-Träume - Romantische Klänge zum Verlieben
Classical Choice
Mischa Maisky, Pavel Gililov
Dvorák / Strauss: Morgen
Mischa Maisky, Daria Hovora, Lily Maisky
Mischa Maisky - Song of the Cello
Mischa Maisky, Pavel Gililov
Brahms: Songs without Words
Mischa Maisky
Favourite Cello Concertos
CD 2Shlomo Mintz, Mischa Maisky, Göran Söllscher
Bach: Complete Sonatas, Partitas & Suties for Violin, Cello & Guitar
6 CDsMischa Maisky
Moderne Klassiker: Violoncello
Edited Version
Mischa Maisky, Daria Hovora, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No.1; Cello Sonata No.1; Suite, Op. 16; Le Cygne From Le Carnival Des Animaux; Allegro Apassionato, Op. 43; Romance In F Major, Op. 36
Mischa Maisky, Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli
Elgar: Enigma Variations; Cello Concerto; Serenade For Strings
Mischa Maisky, Martha Argerich
Beethoven: Cello Sonatas Op.69 & 102; Variations
Mischa Maisky, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein
Dvorak: Cello Concerto / Bloch: Schelomo
Mischa Maisky, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe
Haydn: Cello Concertos Nos.1 & 2; Violin (Cello) Concerto No.4
SINGOLI
I singoli più rappresentativi di Mischa Maisky, tra successi storici e nuove uscite.
Mischa Maisky, Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Nocturne in D Minor, Op.19 No. 4
Instant Grat
Martha Argerich, Mischa Maisky, Verbier Festival Orchestra
Shchedrin: Double Concerto for Piano, Cello, and Orchestra "Romantic Offering": II. Allegro
Instant Grat
Martha Argerich, Vadim Repin, Mischa Maisky
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26: III. Allegro, ma non troppo
Instant Grat
Janine Jansen, Mischa Maisky, Lucas Debargue
Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 8: II. Andante - Meno mosso - Moderato - Allegro - Prestissimo fantastico - Andante - Poco più mosso
Live from Verbier Festival / 2017 / Instant Grat
Mischa Maisky, Lily Maisky
Bloch: From Jewish Life, B 54: 1. Prayer
Instant Grat / Live at Schloss Elmau, Krün / 2016Mischa Maisky, Lily Maisky
Massenet: Thaïs / Act 2, Méditation (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Martin Marsick, Adapted for Cello and Piano by Mischa Maisky)
Pseudo VideoMischa Maisky, Lily Maisky
J.S. Bach: Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974, 2. Adagio (Arr. for Cello and Piano by Mischa Maisky)
Pseudo VideoBIOGRAFIA
Born in 1948 in Riga, Latvia, Mischa Maisky received his first music lessons in Riga, where he attended the Children’s Music School and Conservatory. In 1962 he entered the Leningrad Conservatory. In 1965 his debut with the Leningrad Philharmonic earned him the nickname “Rostropovich of the Future”. One year later he was a prizewinner at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and began his studies with Rostropovich at the Moscow Conservatory while pursuing a concert career throughout the former Soviet Union. After being imprisoned in a labour camp near Gorky for 18 months in 1970, he emigrated from the USSR.
1973
Settles in Israel; wins the 1973 Gaspar Cassadó International Cello Competition in Florence and makes his debut at New York’s Carnegie Hall with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under William Steinberg; after the concert an anonymous admirer gives him an 18th-century Montagnana cello on which he still performs today.
1974
Studies with the legendary Gregor Piatigorsky, thus becoming the only cellist to have studied with both Piatigorsky and Rostropovich.
1975
Beginning of his international career, with regular concerts throughout the United States, Europe, Australia and the Far East, especially in Japan.
1976
London concerto debut with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
1977
London recital debut with pianist Radu Lupu.
1982
First recording for Deutsche Grammophon: Brahms’s Double Concerto with Gidon Kremer and the Wiener Philharmoniker under Leonard Bernstein.
1985
Signs his first exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon; records Schumann’s Concerto with Bernstein and the Wiener Philharmoniker (released 1986); two important CD Bach releases this year: the Cello (Gamba) Sonatas with Martha Argerich and Maisky’s first recording of the Six Solo Suites.
1989
CD releases include recordings of Dvořák’s Cello Concerto and Bloch’s Schelomo with Leonard Bernstein and the Israel Philharmonic (Record Academy Prize, Tokyo, 1989).
1992
First appearance at the Proms in London; released on CD this year: Adagio, an anthology of Romantic pieces, with the Orchestre de Paris under Semyon Bychkov.
1993
Recital with Martha Argerich, one of his most important musical partners, at the Salzburg Festival.
1995
Returns to Moscow for the first time in 23 years to give a concert and to record works by Prokofiev and Miaskovsky for DG with Mikhail Pletnev and the Russian National Orchestra; CD release: Vivaldi and Boccherini concertos with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (Echo Award 1996).
1997
CD releases include a Tchaikovsky disc with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Songs Without Words by Brahms (with Pavel Gililov).
1998
Appears together with Martha Argerich and Gidon Kremer in Tokyo performing piano trios by Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky (recorded live by DG and released in 1999, Echo Award 2000); CD releases: Cellissimo with pianist Daria Hovora, a collection of shorter pieces spanning the centuries from Bach to Bloch; and a Saint-Saëns selection with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Daria Hovora (Echo Award 1999).
1999
CD releases: a French collection entitled Après un rêve (with Daria Hovora), the Brahms Sonatas (with Pavel Gililov) and his second recording of the Bach Suites, which receives wide critical acclaim.
2000
Dedicates the year mostly to Johann Sebastian Bach, beginning with a “Bach Marathon” in Zurich, where he plays all of Bach’s works for cello (the Solo Suites and Sonatas with harpsichord) in three concerts on a single day, and giving over 100 Bach concerts in Asia, Australia, North and South America, and in most European countries.
2001
A recording of Maisky and Argerich Live in Japan (sonatas by Chopin, Franck and Debussy) is released this year.
2002
Recitals with Martha Argerich at Carnegie Hall and Kennedy Center; trio recital with Martha Argerich and Gidon Kremer at Carnegie Hall; duo recital with Sergio Tiempo at the Salzburg Festival. CD release of Mendelssohn’s Cello Sonatas with pianist Sergio Tiempo.
2003
Appearances include concerts and recitals at the festivals of Verbier, Dubrovnik and Torroella, as well as throughout western and eastern Europe; a tour of the Far East (Dvořák Concerto) followed by a European tour.
2004
Appearances in Rome with Chung and the Orchestra di Santa Cecilia, in London with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and in Paris with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France; extensive performances of the Dvořák Concerto, including a tour with the Czech Philharmonic; on tour in Japan with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra; recitals and chamber music appearances in Europe, the USA, Korea, Japan and at the Verbier, Schleswig-Holstein and Salzburg festivals; international CD releases: Dvořák and Strauss, with Mehta and the Berliner Philharmoniker (Record Academy Prize, Tokyo, 2003), and chamber music by Brahms and Schumann, with Argerich, Kremer and Bashmet (Record Academy Prize, Tokyo, 2003).
2005
Concert appearances throughout western and eastern Europe and in Japan with orchestras including the Czech Philharmonic, the Budapest Festival Orchestra, the Prague Symphony, the Israel Philharmonic, Polish Chamber Orchestra, Netherlands Philharmonic, North German Radio Symphony (NDR) and Kremerata Baltica; benefit concert for Asian tsunami victims in January with Thomas Quasthoff at Vienna’s Musikverein; recitals and chamber-music appearances in Europe, Israel and Japan, and at the Lugano, Ludwigsburg, Rheingau, Dubrovnik and Verbier festivals; CD release: live recording of Prokofiev, Shostakovich and Stravinsky with Martha Argerich .
2006
Maisky’s busy schedule takes him again to western and eastern Europe for concerts with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Dresdner Philharmonic, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Czech Philharmonic, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, Kremerata Baltica, and to Japan for concerts with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony and Osaka Century orchestras. Solo and chamber-music recitals (including Bach Goldberg Variations) in Italy, China, South Africa, Israel, and Japan; appearances at festivals including Verbier, Dubrovnik, and Utrecht. He performs his programme of “Russian Romances” throughout Europe, accompanied by either Pavel Gililov or Lily Maisky at the piano. January sees the CD release of Vocalise – Russian Romances (with Pavel Gililov).
2007
Concerto performances include appearances with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Thailand Philharmonic, the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and the Prague Symphony (Dvořák), the Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini (Schumann), the Viennese Radio Symphony Orchestra (Hindemith), BBC Philharmonic (R. Strauss) and the English Chamber Orchestra (Tchaikovsky). Chamber-music recitals with Pavel Gililov, Sergio Tiempo, Itamar Golan, Lily Maisky and Julian Rachlin throughout Europe, in Japan and Korea. His recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations (with Julian Rachlin and Nobuko Imai) is scheduled for international release at the beginning of the year.
2008
World premiere of Yusupov’s Cello Concerto with the Lucerne Symphony Orches¬tra under Yuri Temirkanov in Lucerne. Concerts with the Dresden Staatskapelle (Brahms’s Double Concerto with Rachlin), the Moscow Virtuosi, et al; tours in Israel and Mexico with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, with the Dresdner Philharmonie under Frühbeck de Burgos in South Korea. Chamber-music performances mainly with Martha Argerich, Lily Maisky and Pavel Gililov in Europe and Asia. Festival appearances include again Verbier, Martha Argerich Festival in Japan and Switzerland, Schleswig-Holstein Musikfestival and the Dubrovnik Festival. Release of Elégie, a selection of works by Rachmaninov arranged by Maisky and recorded together with pianist Sergio Tiempo.
2009
Scheduled are concerts in Paris, Japan and South Korea with the Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France under Myung-Whun Chung, in Munich with the Munich Philharmonic under Dennis Russell Davies et al; chamber music appearances with Lily Maisky, Sergio Tiempo among others in Europe and Asia; he will meet Lang Lang and Vadim Repin giving a Schubert Piano Trio at the Verbier Festival. Release of Morgen!, featuring chamber music by R. Strauss and Dvořák, played together with Pavel Gililov.
ULTIME NEWS
09.09.2021
MISCHA MAISKY: COMPLETE RECORDINGS ON DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON
La rivista MUSICA assegna 5 stelle all’elegante box di 44 CD in edizione limitata che raccoglie tutte le registrazioni di Mischa Maisky realizzate per Deutsche Grammophon e Philips Classics. Un bellissimo ritratto del grande violoncellista attraverso le registrazioni solistiche, i concerti e la cameristica con molti dei più grandi musicisti del nostro tempo, tra cui: Martha Argerich, Gidon Kremer, Lang Lang, Leonard Bernstein e Zubin Mehta. Le registrazioni di Maisky hanno ottenuto il plauso della critica in tutto il mondo e hanno ricevuto 5 Record Academy Prize, 3 Echo Deutscher Schallplattenpreis oltre al Grand Prix du Disque e al Diapason d'Or.
26.11.2009
