Biography of the colon

Remembering his lessons, Mikhail Voskresensky responds with great warmth about his teacher: “Oborin belonged to the intelligentsia of the 19th century. Huge culture, encyclopedic knowledge, great talent and at the same time the nobility of nature and subtle delicacy in everything. Being a composer, and a conductor, and a brilliant pianist, Oborin never crushed his authority, gave freedom of expression to the student, but was irreconcilable to the smallest distortion of taste and style.

” Shimanovsky about L. with the name of Leo Oborin is associated with the origin and formation of the entire Soviet performing school. Having won a brilliant victory of the year at the first international competition named after Chopin, the summer Moscow musician put forward domestic pianism to the world level. His talent developed in the best Russian traditions. The pianist began his career in parallel with composer.

After classes with E. Gnesina, Oborin entered the Conservatory at two faculties at once in the music school. By composition, he first studied with G. Konyus and G. Catuer, and then from N. his works earned a positive assessment of V. With great sympathy, V. Meyerhold also treated his work, with whom the young pianist was associated with friendship and the general work of Oborin was engaged in the musical design of some theatrical productions of the director, and also wrote music to them.

And although his work did not receive further development, composer experience provided the contractor with invaluable services. According to the piano at the conservatory and graduate school, he was engaged in the class of K. Igumnov and became the direct successor of his best traditions. Like his teacher, Osurin did not tolerate anything extreme, excessive, exaggerated.

The creative ideas of the pianist have distinguished impeccable taste and harmonic balance. The style of his game was simple and concise. His pianism became famous for special singing, vocality. Leo Oborin was considered one of the best interpreters of Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov. However, his repertoire was not limited only to the music of the romantic direction. Beethoven's works were very close to the dispenser, which brought the musician a lot of creative successes.

A significant place in the performing practice of the pianist belonged to modern piano literature: he performed works by N. Tyskovsky, V. Shebalina, A. Khachaturian; The musician was always eagerly played by S. Prokofiev and D. was remembered by the audience of Oborin and as an excellent ensemble.

Sonate evenings with D. Ostrakh, performances in a trio with D. Oistrach and S. Knushevitsky, concerts with a quartet named after Borodin, quartet to them. Beethoven entered forever in the Golden Fund of Chamber Musication. Oborin began pedagogical activities at the Moscow Conservatory in the year. It ended in December, on the eve of his death. The Overin School is successfully developing today in the activities of his students and has received international recognition; More than twenty laureates prepared by the disorimate are successfully concerted in various countries of the world.

Rozhdestvensky, K. Khachaturian, B. Zemlyansky, V. Ashkenazi, M. Voskresensky, E. Miansarov, A. Bakhchiev, T. Alikhanov, D. Sakharov, A. Selivokhin, L. Dedov, A. Sevidov and many other famous musicians.