Anna Gourari facts for kids

Anna Semyonovna Gourari is a talented classical concert pianist from Russia. She was born in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia, and later moved to Germany to continue her music studies. Anna Gourari is known for her amazing piano performances and has played with many famous orchestras and conductors around the world. She even acted in a movie!

Anna Gourari's Musical Journey

Early Life and Piano Training

Anna Gourari started playing the piano when she was just five years old. Her parents were both music professors at the Kazan Academy of Music, so they taught her from a very young age. She gave her first public concert in 1979, showing her talent early on.

Moving to Germany and Further Studies

In 1990, Anna and her parents moved to Germany. There, she studied at a famous music school in Munich called the Hochschule für Musik with a teacher named Ludwig Hoffmann. This helped her become an even better pianist.

Performing and Acting

Anna Gourari has performed many times as a solo pianist and with large orchestras. She has worked with famous conductors like Lorin Maazel and Zubin Mehta. Besides her music, Anna Gourari also played a lead role in the movie Invincible in 2001, which was directed by Werner Herzog.

Piano Competitions and Awards

Anna Gourari has won first place in several important piano competitions. These wins helped her become known as a top classical pianist.

• 1986: She won the Kabalevsky competition in Russia.
• 1989: She took first prize at the First International Chopin competition in Göttingen.
• 1994: She won the First International Clara-Schumann-Klavierconcours in Düsseldorf. The judges for this competition included very famous pianists like Martha Argerich and Vladimir Ashkenazy.

Anna Gourari's Music Albums

Anna Gourari has recorded many albums featuring her piano performances. These albums include music by famous composers.

• 1998: She released an album with music by Frédéric Chopin, including his Piano Sonata No.3 and Mazurkas.
• 1999: An album featuring Preludes by Alexander Scriabin was released.
• 2001: She recorded Richard Strauss's Piano Concertos for the Left Hand with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra.
• 2001: Another Chopin album came out, including his Scherzi.
• 2001: She performed Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.3 and Piano Sonata No. 8 with the Staatskapelle Dresden.
• 2003: An album titled Nocturnes was released.
• 2005: She recorded Desir, featuring music by Scriabin and Sofia Gubaidulina.
• 2009: An album of Brahms's late piano pieces was released.
• 2010: She released The Mazurka Diary, another album dedicated to Chopin's Mazurkas.
• 2012: Canto Oscuro was released on ECM New Series.
• 2014: Visions fugitives was released, also on ECM New Series.
• 2019: Her album Elusive Affinity came out.
• 2024: She released an album with concertos by Paul Hindemith and Alfred Schnittke.