Mark Taratushkin is one of the eight Students of The University of Arts Berlin to receive a scholarship from “Ad Infinitum” Foundation this year. The Foundation supports German Musical Academies distributing scholarships to young, highly talented and indigent students. More information available on http://www.ad-infinitum-foundation.org
Mark Taratushkin will be giving master classes at the Academy of Arts Berlin. The master class will take place from 11th to 13th of August 2016 as a part of the First International Piano Competition of the Academy of Arts in Berlin. Application and further information is available at the official website of the Academy.
Photos: Hidekazu Kuremiya from December 2015, Japan
This spring Mark Taratushkin took part at the masterclasses of a renowned pianist Akiko Ebi. The masterclasses took place at Krefeld Music School and were organized by Kawai. On the photo (left to right): Mark Taratushkin, Akiko Ebi, Atsushi Komiyama.
The debut album of Mark Taratushkin will be released in March 2015 by “Acousense” label. The CD will feature piano works by Bela Bartok and Sergei Prokofiev. Bela Bartok: Three Studies op. 18 Sz 72 Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs op. 20 Sz 74 Sergei Prokofiev: Sarcasms op. 17 Four Studies op. 2 Visions fugitives […]
“If you havent’ heard the young Russian artist living in Berlin, you really missed something. The pianist impressed the public straight away with a brilliance and intensity of his performance of Bartoks’ Suite “Out of Doors”. Different facets, either at the martial beginning of “With drums and pipes”, or later in the mysterious “Sounds of […]
For his CD Debut “Piano works by Bartok and Prokofiev” Mark Taratushkin selected works of the great innovators of the XXth century: Three Etudes by Bela Bartok, described by the composer himself as “unplayable”, Four Etudes by Sergei Prokofiev, that made composers’ debut as a pianist on Moscow stage, “Visions fugitives” op. 22, “Sarcasms op. 17” […]
What a relief from ‘the thunderers’ this pianist gave us with the charming choice of a blithe Schubert sonata, the one in A major D 664. The almost cloudless Allegro moderato was played with beguiling joy and innocence. The Andante could have been a little more heartfelt but then I am an unashamed sentimentalist. The […]
