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Professor Peter Jablonski

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Photo Credit _ Renato Bianchini

'A remarkable piano album'
Norman Lebrecht    
★★★★★
'The mastery of composer and performer is riveting'
Martin Cotton, BBC Music Magazine ★★★★★
'Extraordinary finesse' Patrick Rucker, Gramophone
   
New Release on Ondine, 6 March 2020

Teaching Languages

_ English, Swedish

Concert Pianist

Peter Jablonski is an award-winning internationally acclaimed Swedish pianist. Discovered by Abbado and Ashkenazy and signed by Decca in his seventeenth year, he went on to perform, collaborate, and record with many of the world’s leading orchestras and conductors, which include the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Kirov (now Mariinsky), La Scala Philharmonic, Tonhalle Zurich, Orchestre Nationale de France, NHK Tokyo, DSO Berlin, Warsaw Philharmonic, Philadelphia, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Cleveland Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Valery Gergiev, Andris Nelsons, Daniel Harding, Kurt Sanderling, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Riccardo Chailly, Daniele Gatti, and Myung-Whun Chung, to name a few. 

 

He has performed and recorded the complete piano concertos by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, and Bartók, and all piano sonatas by Prokofiev. Hailed an ‘unconventional virtuoso’ (Present Arts), during his three-decade-long career he developed a diverse repertoire that includes works by Barber, Gershwin, Szymanowski, Lutosławski, Copland, Stenhammar, with most recent additions of such Scandinavian and European composers as Valborg Aulin, Elfrida Andrée, Laura Netzel, Johanna Müller-Hermann, and Alexey Stanchinsky. 

 

He worked with composers Witold Lutosławski and Arvo Pärt, and had a number of works composed for, and dedicated to him, including Wojciech Kilar’s Piano Concerto, for which he won the Orpheus award for the world premiere performance at the Warsaw Autumn Festival. He remains a supporter of today’s composers and regularly gives world premieres of new works, together with those that have been neglected by music history. 

 

Jablonski’s extensive discography includes recordings he has made for Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Philips, Altara, Octavia, and Ondine labels. He received numerous awards for his recordings, which include the Edison award for best concerto recording of Shostakovich’s First Piano Concerto, Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, and Lutoslawski’s Paganini Rhapsody with Ashkenazy and RPO for Decca. He was presented with the Grammophone Classical Music Award for his Deutsche Grammophone recording of works by Cécile Chaminade with Anne Sofie von Otter and Bengt Forsberg.

 

Peter Jablonski is the recipient of the Litteris et Artibus medal for his services to culture, granted to him by the King of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf. He is also the winner of a prestigious prize Svenskar i Världen (International Swedish Personality of the Year), receiving it before ABBA and Astrid Lindgren.  

September 2020

 

Born in the south of Sweden to Swedish and Polish parents, Peter showed an early talent for music when he started playing the drums at the age of five and piano at six. Rapid development on the drums led to performances at some major festivals and venues including the 'Village Vanguard' in New York aged nine and with musicians such as Buddy Rich and Thad Jones. Peter even received praise from the legendary Miles Davis.  

Meanwhile, Peter's interest developed in the classical piano repertoire which led to his first solo performance aged eleven and his debut with orchestra, playing Mozart's piano concerto in G, K.453 the following year. At this time he was accepted to the Malmo Academy of Music to pursue studies in piano and percussion and by the time of his graduation he was invited to perform Beethoven's Concerto No.1 with the Swedish, Danish and Polish radio orchestras. Further studies in piano and conducting followed at the Royal College of Music in London when, in his final year, Peter was heard by Vladimir Ashkenazy who invited him to record his debut disc for Decca with Ashkenazy conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London.

Two years later he again joined forces with Ashkenazy and the RPO, this time playing Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 1, Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini and Lutoslawski's Paganini Rhapsody (a work he studies with the composer). This CD went on to win the coveted Edison award for 'best concerto recording'.

Other recordings include the complete concertos of Tchaikovsky conducted by Peter Maag and Charles Dutoit, the Scriabin concerto and Prometheus with Vladimir Ashkenazy, the complete sonatas by Prokofiev and several other discs with solo works by Chopin, Liszt, Mussorgsky, Grieg and the cello sonatas of Prokofiev & Shostakovich with Ralph Kirshbaum.

His most recent recording is the critically acclaimed Mazurkas by Scriabin for the Ondime label, released in 2020. A live performance of the Gershwin Second Rhapsody was issued in March 2010 by the BBC Music Magazine.

 

Since his debut in Washington DC in 1992 and at the Royal Festival Hall in London 1993, Peter has worked with many of the worlds finest orchestras including the Philadelphia, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philharmonia, BBC Symphony, DSO Berlin, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Kirov, Tonhalle Zurich, Orchestre Nationale de France, La Scala Philharmonic and NHK Tokyo conducted by, among others, Riccardo Chailly, Myung-Whun Chung, Charles Dutoit, Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Daniele Gatti, Kurt Sanderling and Esa-Pekka Salonen. 

Peter received the Orpheus award for his world premier performance of Wojciech Kilar's Piano Concerto at the Warsaw Autumn Festival, a work written for and dedicated to him. In 2005 he was awarded the Litteris et Artibus medal by the King of Sweden.  

Peter is Artistic Director of Karlskrona International Piano Festival in Sweden. 

彼得·雅布隆斯基是一位屡获殊荣、享誉国际的瑞典钢琴家。 

在他17岁时就被阿巴多和阿什肯纳齐发掘才华,并与迪卡签约,他继续与许多世界领先的交响乐团和指挥家表演、合作和录制唱片,其中包括英国广播公司交响乐团、皇家爱乐乐团、莱比锡格万德豪斯交响乐团、马林斯基交响乐团、斯卡拉爱乐乐团、苏黎世托哈勒交响乐团、法国国家交响乐团、东京NHK交响乐团、柏林DSO交响乐团、华沙爱乐乐团、费城爱乐交响乐团、洛杉矶爱乐乐团、克利夫兰交响乐团、阿什肯纳齐、捷杰耶夫、尼尔森斯、丹尼尔·哈丁、库特·桑德林、埃萨-佩卡·萨洛宁、里卡多·夏伊、丹尼尔·戛迪、郑明勋等等 

 

彼得·雅布隆斯基演奏并录制了贝多芬、柴可夫斯基、拉赫玛尼诺夫和巴托克的完整钢琴协奏曲,以及普罗科菲耶夫的所有钢琴奏鸣曲。被当代艺术杂志誉为“非传统的大师”,在他30年的职业生涯中,他发展了多样化的保留曲目,包括巴伯, 格什温,希曼诺夫斯基,卢托斯瓦夫斯基, 柯普兰, 威尔海姆·斯丹哈默 ,最近添加的北欧和欧洲作曲家如瓦尔堡奥林、 埃尔弗里达·安德烈,劳拉·内泽尔,约翰娜·穆勒-赫尔曼和阿列克谢·斯坦钦斯基。 

 

彼得·雅布隆斯基曾与作曲家卢托斯瓦夫斯基和阿沃·帕特合作,许多作曲家为他创作并题献给他,其中包括沃伊切赫·基拉尔的钢琴协奏曲,他因此在华沙秋季音乐节上的世界首演中获得了俄耳甫斯奖。他仍然是当代音乐作曲家的拥护者,并定期举办当代新音乐的全球首演,并同时演奏那些被音乐史所忽视的作品。 

 

彼得·雅布隆斯基唱片出版纪录包括他为迪卡唱片, 留声机唱片,菲利普唱片等厂牌制作的专辑。他的唱片获奖无数,其中包括爱迪生奖之“最佳协奏曲”:肖斯塔科维奇《第一钢琴协奏曲》、拉赫玛尼诺夫《帕格尼尼主题狂想曲》、卢托斯瓦夫斯基《帕格尼尼狂想曲》以及与阿什肯纳齐和为迪卡唱片公司录制的与阿什肯纳齐合作的RPO唱片。他还曾被授予了留声机古典音乐奖。 

 

彼得·雅布隆斯基(Peter Jablonski)被瑞典国王卡尔十六世·古斯塔夫授予“Litteris et Artibus”奖章,以表彰他对文化的贡献。他也是著名的奖国际瑞典年度人物的获得者。 

 

彼得出生在瑞典南部,父母分别是瑞典人和波兰人。他从5岁开始打鼓,6岁开始弹钢琴,童年就显示出了高超的音乐天赋。他的飞速进步为他提供了在一些主要节日和场所的表演机会,包括9岁时在纽约的“先锋村”(Village Vanguard)和巴迪·里奇 (Buddy Rich) 和萨德·琼斯(Thad Jones)等音乐家共同登台,甚至传奇人物迈尔斯·戴维斯也赞扬彼得的演绎。与此同时,彼得对古典钢琴曲目产生了兴趣,这使他在11岁时首次独奏,并在第二年与管弦乐队首次合作,演奏莫扎特的《钢琴协奏曲》(K.453)。与此同时,他被马尔默音乐学院录取,继续学习钢琴和打击乐。在他毕业的时候,他被邀请与瑞典、丹麦和波兰的广播交响乐团演奏贝多芬的《第一协奏曲》。随后彼得在伦敦皇家音乐学院继续学习钢琴和指挥,在他的最后学年,弗拉基米尔·阿什肯纳齐偶然听到彼得的演奏,并邀请他为迪卡唱片公司录制他的首张唱片,阿什肯纳齐当时在伦敦皇家爱乐乐团担任指挥。 

 

两年后,他再次与阿什肯纳齐和RPO合作,这一次演奏的是肖斯塔科维奇的第一钢琴协奏曲、拉赫玛尼诺夫的《帕格尼尼主题狂想曲》和卢托斯拉夫斯基的帕格尼尼狂想曲,这是他与作曲家共同合作研究的作品。这张专辑赢得了令人艳羡的“最佳协奏曲唱片”爱迪生奖。 其他唱片包括彼得·马格和查尔斯·杜托伊特指挥的柴可夫斯基的完整协奏曲、斯克里亚宾协奏曲;和指挥家阿什肯纳齐合作的普罗米修斯;他还演奏普罗科菲耶夫的完整奏鸣曲和其他几张肖邦、李斯特、穆索尔斯基、格里格的独奏唱片,以及普罗科菲耶夫的大提琴奏鸣曲。 

 

自1992年在华盛顿特区和1993年在伦敦皇家节日音乐厅首次登台以来,彼得已经与许多世界上最一流的交响乐团合作,包括费城、洛杉矶爱乐乐团、爱乐乐团、BBC交响乐团、柏林DSO、莱比锡格万德豪斯、基洛夫、苏黎世托哈勒、法国国家交响乐团、彼得还是瑞典卡尔斯克罗纳国际钢琴节的艺术总监。 

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