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Kolja Blacher

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Shostakovich for Piano Trio and Percussion!A breathtaking ensemble performance by master musicians led by Blacher!After studying under the renowned teacher Dorothy Delay at the Juilliard School, he honed his skills under Sandor Vgh and, in 1993, became the youngest concertmaster in history to join the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. After leaving the orchestra in 1999, renowned German violinist Kolja Blacher transitioned to a career as a soloist and has continued to perform around the world.Blacher, along with the Catalan composer, pianist and conductor Oriol Cruichen, recorded Shostakovichs Symphony No. 15 and Jazz Suite No. 2, both arranged for a piano trio plus percussion chamber ensemble!Viktor Derevyanko, a pianist from the former Soviet Union, studied piano under Genrikh Neuhaus, the founder of the Neuhaus Schoolthe most prominent school of the Russian Piano Schooland chamber music under