Ekaterina Novitskaya
Ekaterina Novitskaya | |
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| Born | 24 October 1951 |
| Nationality | Russian, Belgian |
| Occupation | Pianist |
Ekaterina Novitskaya-Hervy, née Ekaterina Novitskaya (or Yekaterina Novitskaya,[1] Russian: Екатерина Георгиевна Новицкая; born 24 October 1951 in Moscow), is a Russian pianist, now living in Belgium.[2][3]
Her international recognition came at the age of 16, when she won the 1968 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels.[2]
Biography
Born in Moscow, Russia, Novitskaya started playing piano at the age of 4. Having demonstrated promise, at 6 she enrolled in the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory's Central Music School for gifted children, where she studied for eight years in Evgeny Timakin's piano class. Then she continued under the tutelage of Lev Oborin.[2][3]
In 1968, at the age of 16, she won the Belgian Queen Elisabeth Competition, becoming its first female winner in the piano department.[2] Actually, only those who had turned 17 were eligible to compete, but the organizers made an exception for her.[4]
After graduating from the Moscow Conservatory with honors, Novitskaya continued her studies in its graduate school. After completing the graduate school, she started serving at the conservatory teaching piano.[2]
From 1968 to 1978, Novitskaya recorded a number of
In 1978, Novitskaya emigrated from the Soviet Union to marry Belgian François-Emmanuel Hervy, whom she first met back in 1968 during the Queen Elisabeth Competition that she won.[2][4][12] For many years, they had exchanged letters, rarely being able to meet in person. Soviet authorities had "hinted" to Novitskaya that if she married a foreign citizen, there would be no going back to the USSR for her, but she had still chosen to marry.[4]
In 1985, Novitskaya made her New York concert debut.
Back in the Soviet Union, where she had been very popular, her "defection" was kept secret. When she emigrated, her name quietly disappeared from the media and from concert posters.[4] She would not perform in Russia until 1996, when Mstislav Rostropovich organized her Russian comeback tour. Her concerts in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, St. Petersburg and Nizhny Novgorod were a success. The Russian magazine Ogoniok wrote: "She is covered with flowers. People shout to her: ′Katya!' They wait for her at the service entrance in the hope of getting an autograph."[4]
Novitskaya is now a Belgian citizen and lives in Mons. She and François-Emmanuel Hervy have 5 children.[4][13][3]
References
- ^ "Yekaterina Novitskaya – Prokofiev – Visions Fugitives / Sarcasms / Sonata No. 5 (1971, Vinyl) - Discogs". Discogs.
- ^ a b c d e f "Ekaterina Novitskaya-Hervy".
- ^ a b c "Ekaterina Novitzkaya, 1ère lauréate 1968".
- ^ a b c d e f Е. Ванина. Куда пропала Катя Новицкая Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine // «Огонёк», № 42, 14.10.1996.
- ^ "Ekaterina Novitskaya". Discogs.
- ^ a b "Billboard". 17 July 1971.
- ^ https://www.discogs.com/master/666069-Екатерина-Новицкая-Сергей-Прокофьев-Сарказмы-Соната-5- [bare URL]
- ^ Library Journal. R. R. Bowker Company. 1971.
- ^ "Records in Review". 1972.
- ^ "Stereo Review". CBS Magazines. 1971.
- ^ Library Journal. R. R. Bowker Company. 1971.
- ^ a b c Will Crutchfield. Ekaterina Novitskaya In Debut at Town Hall // The New York Times, April 1, 1985.
- ^ "Que sont devenus les lauréats du concours reine Elisabeth ?".
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