Mikhail Pletnev

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Mikhail Valiantich Pletnev (born 14 April 1957) is a Russian concert pianist, conductor, and composer.

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Life and career

Pletnev was born in Arkhangelsk, a part of the Soviet Union. His father played and taught the bayan, and his mother was a pianist. He worked with Kira Shashkina at the Kazan Conservatory for six years before joining the Moscow Central Music School, where he studied under Evgeny Timakin. He began studying under Yakov Flier and Lev Vlassenko in 1974 and became a member of the Moscow Conservatory, studying under Yakov Flier and Lev Vlassenko. He won the Gold Medal at the VI International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1978, which gained him international recognition and attracted worldwide notice. He made his United States debut the following year. He has also worked at the Moscow Conservatory. Sergei Rachmaninoff has been praised by Pletnev as a notable influence on him as a singer.

Pletnev was invited to perform at the superpower conference in Washington, D.C., where he met and befriended Mikhail Gorbachev. He received the support from this friendship to found the Russian National Orchestra in 1990, the first non-government-funded orchestra in Russia since 1917, and was the first principal conductor. He and the orchestra made their recording debut on Virgin Classics, releasing Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony and Marche Slave in 1991. In the late 1990s, he stepped down as Principal Conductor, but the orchestra's artistic director stayed on.

Pletnev has made several recordings with Deutsche Grammophon. His recordings are mainly of Russian works, though he did record the complete Beethoven symphonies in 2007. Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty, his Sixth Symphony and Manfred Symphony, and Rachmaninoff's Second and Third Symphonies were among his first works recorded for orchestra. Pletnev's recording of Tchaikovsky's First Symphony (Winter Daydreams) received critical acclaim.

Authorities in Thailand arrested Pletnev, a Thai national, in connection with charges of child molestation in July 2010. Pletnev, who was freed on bail, denied the charges. He cancelled appearances at the BBC Proms and Edinburgh International Festival in order to prepare his defense, but charges were dismissed on September 28th.

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Awards and recognitions

• 1978: Gold Medal and First Prize Tchaikovsky Competition Moscow
• 1999: Echo Klassik (Skrjabin)
• 2002: State Prize First Class of the Russian Federation by President Vladimir Putin
• 2005: Grammy Awards of 2005 Best Chamber Music Performance with Martha Argerich
• 2006: State Prize First Class of the Russian Federation for the year 2005 by President Vladimir Putin

Honours and awards

• Lenin Komsomol Prize (1978) – for high performance skills
• Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR (1982) – for concert programs (1978–1981)
• Russian Federation State Prize in Literature and Art:
  • 7 December 1993 – for concert programs of the Russian National Symphony Orchestra in recent years
  • 27 May 1996 – for the creation and execution of the Jubilee Music Festival "Alfred Schnittke Festival" (1994, Moscow), Third and Fourth Symphonies, the Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, Concert number 2 for Cello and Orchestra, Concerto Grosso № 5, three spiritual choruses ("Hail Mary Hail," "Jesus Christ" "Our Father"), the cantata "The History of Dr. Johann Faust,"
  • 9 June 2006 – for outstanding technical skill and innovation in the field of musical art, which opened a new chapter in national and world culture
• Order of Merit for the Fatherland;
• Prize of the President of the Russian Federation in the field of art and literature in 2001 (30 January 2002)
• 47th Grammy Awards (2005) – best chamber music performance