What a brilliant, balanced and sane man.

Ivo Pogorelich was born in Belgrade in 1958 as son of a musician. He received his first piano lessons at the age of seven and went to Moscow at the age of twelve to study at the Central Special Music School and then at the Tchaikowsky Conservatory. In 1976 he began intensive studies with the renowned pianist and teacher Aliza Kezeradze, with whom he was married from 1980 until her untimely death in 1996. Mme. Kezeradze was able to transmit the spirit and matter of the school of Beethoven and Liszt, the tradition of the Liszt-Siloti school, originated in Vienna and than carried through to the Conservatory of St. Petersburg, flourishing towards the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th. Century. Pogorelich´s sound, concerts and recordings pay homage to this exceptionally refined, visionary, and truly revolutionary woman, who so lovingly made Pogorelich a unique artist of genius. Ivo Pogorelich won the first prize at the Alessandro Casagrande Competition at Terni (Italy) in 1978 and the first price at the Montreal International Music Competition in 1980. In October of the same year he entered the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw where, when prevented from participating in the final contest as a soloist with the orchestra, a fierce controversy resulted in the renowned argentinian pianist Martha Argerich, a member of the jury, protesting and leaving the competition, joined by other members of the jury panel, with the words “He is a genius”. The New York Times once wrote “He played each note exactly, with such a feeling, such expression, he was an entire orchestra- it was as if he played 200 years ahead of our time”. In this spirit Ivo Pogorelich is known today as a poet of the instrument. Ivo Pogorelich is not only an artist of the highest caliber, discipline and musicianship, but the archetype of the modern artist, the isolated and courageous master, who finds his own way to new heights of expression, no matter the prejudices or the barriers of misunderstanding raised against him. He stands alone at the beginning of a new epoch like a prophet, mapping the routes that art would take. Pogorelich´s cathartic and mystical sound, is concerned with the ultimate mysteries that transcend this world. His grandiose, colossal and majestic art, symbolizes the struggle of the human soul to find release from the bonds of its material body. His exquisite and overwhelming music continues to echo throughout the entire performance and beyond, so the action is at once momentary, eternal and complete. Pogorelich´s interpretations are indescribably beautiful and irresistible. His sound is pure poetry and extremely emotional, yet entirely unsentimental. We are hypnotized by his new and radical naturalness, by his nobility, dignity, severity and sobriety; transporting us to states of wonder, ecstasy, meditation, love and compassion. -- Sound and Silence, Life and Death, Time and Space; collapse into the Eternal moment of Infinity. -- ----------------------- "you have to get into the phycological frame of mind in which composers wrote their works in order to discover its secrets. virtuosity comes from the greek origin virtue. original is finding the origin Gaudi said. rachmaninov had arthritis at the end of his life, he was so weak that his sound was very short, that is the reason he played fast, to fill the vacuum. if you have long sound you are in command to achieve clarity and the hypnotic sound between the notes. the problem was always the conflict and the difference between the absolute and the relative quality. beauty in music is like in diamonds, the purest diamond in the world is the Koh-i-Noor, it is the absolute beauty to which others with relative beauty are compared. work as hard as a galley slave. one should always try as much as possible to rediscover music as though one is hearing it for the first time, searching everywhere for new meanings and new depths. the highest function of the artist is to release the spirituality and the emotional immediacy that lie within the score. sound becomes metaphysical only when you have completely explored all physical possibilities. you should explore until reaching the absurd. music takes you to another universe of eternity that remains with you after the concert is finished." Ivo Pogorelich. ------------------------------------

6:56 "but perhaps for lack of absences of places of tractors down in the fields..." thats great

Bravo Ivo, he is brilliant .

@Verityseo He's very much alive as an artist, too you know. He survived some crushing personal losses, and his performances suffered for a time. But he is a very special and powerful artist who still has something to say.

I second that statement. He belongs with all of the immortals of the piano.

Very interesting! Thanks for posting! (haha... great photo!That's part of Ivo, like it or not!)

so he was saying that the chopin competition was fixed that year? i didnt really get that part. great interview though. and i have even more respect for pogo now after hearing how articulate he was and how honest he was (assertive yet humble)

Funny that the heated moment in this interview is related to 'way of dressing', and at the same time using that picture for the video.

Inimitable Pogorelich

The disrespect and ignorance of the interviewer deeply aggravates me. I can promise as a Englishmen this man does our public a great injustice.

Well his personal life changed and so did he. His sense of humour is wonderful though

The interviewer is ridiculous and insulting. And the comment about Ondine really just shot any credibility or weight in what he said. They could've picked any interviewer off the street to do this.

Kemal Gekic, also Croatian, is the other "only" one :)

I think both were to blame for this failed interview. Pogo sauntered in with an inflated ego, and interviewer knew exactly how to push his buttons for it. Entertaining none the less. Two favorite lines were " I flew British Airways" and "It had nothing to do with my dresses."

Not exactly; there are other genius pianists out there, but Pogo is perhaps the only one capable of delivering either a life-changing experience or a horrific career-killing breakdown on any given night in the concert hall. Arrange ten different recitals on the same night in the same city, and Pogo would be the only one worth seeing -- for me anyway.

@GreggaryPeccary I thought that too. Initially thought this was a video that was taking the mickey out of Ivo Pogorelich. But looking more closely, it really appears to be him. Oh dear....

oh dear? It shows off his sense of humour, and should show off yours too :)

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It is Ivo

It is him

legacy? The man is still alive...

that pic is funny and crazy!

@8BlueSkies no it's not

just curiously asking, how did you come up with this creative image?Hahahahah... I wish he has a sense of humor!

he was a colourful and interesting person in a culture of bores and fakes

@AntonioDGO Come on! :-) He is a fantastic artist and I have no idea how his personal life has changed but you must admit he does look like a bit like Boy George on the picture. Being a little eccentric is never a bad thing, I agree and humour is always helpful but the new look is certainly unexpected and a little unusual. I mostly care about the music though, have to say.

What is that picture! Lol😂

Pogo is very witty and intelligent in this interview. And the interviewer comes off as a superficial observer who tries to make many false points, without success. As to negative comments about his appearance, who are we to impose our standards upon him???

10.23 I’m sure he would have wanted to... such a senseless question...

is it really himself on this photo? i would like to start the pole shift survival group, or join the existing one. let me know if u r interested.

Well Humph is just plain rude.

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Zasto HRVAT ? Iz Beograda je poslat za Moskvu na Cejkovski konz. dusica