Sergei Bortkiewicz

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Sergei Bortkiewicz (February 16, 1877 – October 25, 1952) was a Ukrainian Romantic composer and pianist. Sergei Eduardovich Bortkiewicz (Сергій Едуардович Борткевич), was born in Kharkov, Ukraine on February 28th 1877 and spent most of his childhood on the family estate of Artiomowka, near Kharkov. Bortkiewicz received his musical training from Anatol Liadov and Karl von Arek at the Imperial Conservatory of Music in St. Petersburg. In 1900 he left St. Petersburg and travelled to Leipzig, where he became a student of Alfred Reisenauer and Salomon Jadassohn, both pupils of Liszt. In July 1902, Bortkiewicz completed his studies at the Leipzig Conservatory and was awarded the Schumann Prize on graduation. On his return to Russia in 1904, he married Elisabeth Geraklitowa, a friend of his sister and then returned to Germany where he settled in Berlin. It was there that he started to compose seriously. From 1904 until 1914, Bortkiewicz continued to live in Berlin but spent his summers visiting his family in Russia or travelling around Europe often on concert tours. For a year he also taught at the Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory, where he was to meet his lifelong friend, the Dutch pianist Hugo Van Dalen (1888 – 1967). Van Dalen premiered Bortkiewicz’s first Piano Concerto opus 16 in November 1913 in Berlin with the Bluthner Orchestra conducted by the composer. The First World War The outbreak of the war in 1914 unfortunately changed Bortkiewicz’s life – being a Russian, he wa

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Sergei Bortkiewicz: Piano Works (World Premiere Recordings)

Bortkiewicz: Piano Works, Vol. 6

Bortkiewicz: Piano Concertos 2 & 3

Bortkiewicz: Piano Works, Vol. 2

Bortkiewicz: Piano Works

Bortkiewicz: Piano Works, Vol. 4

A Letter - Sergei Bortkiewicz: Solo Piano Works

Bortkiewicz: Piano Works, Vols. 8-9

Bortkiewicz: Piano Works, Vol. 7

Sergei Bortkiewicz: Piano Works

Bortkiewicz: Piano Works, Vol. 5

Bortkiewicz: Piano Works, Vol. 3

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