Elisabeth Leonskaja plays works by Beethoven, Shostakovich, Schubert
Elisabeth Leonskaja, piano
"Elisabeth Leonskaja in Concert"
Ludwig van Beethoven: Fantasy in B major op. 77
Dimitri Shostakovich: Sonata No. 2 op. 6
Franz Schubert: Sonata in B flat major D 960
Elisabeth Leonskaja
Pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja is one of the most important performers of our time. She was presented with the International Classical Music Award (ICMA) for her life's work in 2020. A few years earlier, she received the country's highest honor, the "Priestess of Art", from her native Georgia. She was also awarded the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art First Class for special services to the country's culture in her adopted home of Austria and received the Wigmore Hall Medal in London in 2024.
She owes her artistic development to the legendary pianist Swjatoslaw Richters, who recognized and encouraged her extraordinary talent early on. The partnership between the two developed into a friendship and lasted until Richter's death in 1997. In 1978, Elisabeth Leonskaja left the Soviet Union for Austria and celebrated the start of her great career with an acclaimed concert at the Salzburg Festival. Since then, she has performed as a soloist with leading orchestras and conductors worldwide and has given solo recitals in all of Europe's major concert halls.