Igor Ardašev
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Igor Ardašev is a Czech pianist.
He studied at the Brno Conservatory
as a pupil of Inessa Janíčková, later he pursued his studies at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts
. He was awarded the 1987 International Tchaikovsky Competition
's 5th prize and the 1988 Prague Spring Competition's 3rd prize. He was subsequently prized at the 1990 Maria Callas, 1991 Queen Elisabeth (6th) and 1995 Long-Thibaud
(4th) competitions.
Ardašev is internationally active as a concert pianist since 1990. He performed on concert tours and recitals in various countries in Europe
, America
and Japan
. He cooperates with the Czech recording label Supraphon
, for which he records mainly the arrangements of Czech orchestral repertoire for piano duet, together with his wife Renata Ardaševová. Ardašev also collaborated with notable Czech-American pianist Rudolf Firkušný
.
He studied at the Brno Conservatory
Brno Conservatory
The Brno Conservatory, also Brno Conservatoire , was established in Brno on 25 September 1919 by Moravian composer Leoš Janáček.- History :...
as a pupil of Inessa Janíčková, later he pursued his studies at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts
Janácek Academy of Music and Performing Arts
Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts is a university-level school in Brno in the Czech Republic.The Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts is one of two academies of music and the dramatic arts in the Czech Republic...
. He was awarded the 1987 International Tchaikovsky Competition
International Tchaikovsky Competition
The International Tchaikovsky Competition is a classical music competition held every four years in Moscow, Russia for pianists, violinists, and cellists between 16 and 30 years of age, and singers between 19 and 32 years of age...
's 5th prize and the 1988 Prague Spring Competition's 3rd prize. He was subsequently prized at the 1990 Maria Callas, 1991 Queen Elisabeth (6th) and 1995 Long-Thibaud
Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition
The Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud Competition is an international classical music competition for pianists and violinists that has operated in France since 1943. It was created by the pianist Marguerite Long and the violinist Jacques Thibaud...
(4th) competitions.
Ardašev is internationally active as a concert pianist since 1990. He performed on concert tours and recitals in various countries in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. He cooperates with the Czech recording label Supraphon
Supraphon
Supraphon Music Publishing is a Czech record label, it is oriented mainly towards publishing classical music, with an emphasis on Czech and Slovak composers.- History :...
, for which he records mainly the arrangements of Czech orchestral repertoire for piano duet, together with his wife Renata Ardaševová. Ardašev also collaborated with notable Czech-American pianist Rudolf Firkušný
Rudolf Firkusny
- Life :Born in Moravian Napajedla, Firkušný started his musical studies with the composers Leoš Janáček and Josef Suk, and the pianist Vilém Kurz. Later he studied with Alfred Cortot and Artur Schnabel. He began performing on the continent of Europe in the 1920s, and made his debuts in London in...
.