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Christian Zacharias
12+ albums
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Christian Zacharias (*1950) is a German pianist and conductor. Christian Zacharias studied piano with Irene Slavin and Vlado Perlemuter in Paris. He won the Geneva Competition in 1969, the Van Cliburn Competition in 1973. After winning the Ravel Competition in Paris in 1975, he launched an international career. He has performed chamber music with such partners as the Alban Berg Quartet, the Guarneri Quartet, the Leipzig String Quartet, Heinrich Schiff, and Frank Peter Zimmermann. He made many recordings, among them a 1979 recording of 33 sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti (available on EMI classics). He began his conducting career in 1992 with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Geneva. He made his US debut in 2000 with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Since 2002, he is principal guest conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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Piano Sonata No.16 in C K545: I. Allegro
2,4402Piano Quintet in E flat major Op. 44: IV. Finale (Allegro ma non troppo)
4663Piano Sonata No. 16 in C545: I. Allegro
4394Piano Quintet in E flat major Op. 44: III. Scherzo (Molto vivace) & Trios I and II
3635Piano Quintet in E flat major Op. 44: I. Allegro brillante
3396Piano Quintet in E flat major Op. 44: II. In modo d'una marcia
2757Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 44: IV. Allegro ma non troppo
2518Mozart: Piano Sonata #16 In C, K 545 - 1. Allegro
2499Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 15 in C Major, K. 545: I. Allegro
2481033 Sonaten für Klavier (1991 Digital Remaster): - Sonate K 162 (L 21) E-Dur: Andante - Allegro
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