Lifelines Kirill Zvegintsov

• Jürg Wyttenbach (1935 - 2021): Drei Klavierstücke à Evelyne Crochet:
• 1 Wyttenbach: Drei Klavierstücke à Evelyne Crochet: I. 01:36
• 2 Wyttenbach: Drei Klavierstücke à Evelyne Crochet: II. 01:37
• 3 Wyttenbach: Drei Klavierstücke à Evelyne Crochet: III. 03:13
• Heinz Holliger (b. 1939): Albumblätter:
• 4 Holliger: Albumblätter: I. Wiegenlied 01:55
• 5 Holliger: Albumblätter: II. HBEC I 01:47
• 6 Holliger: Albumblätter: III. HBEC II 02:39
• 7 Holliger: Albumblätter: IV. HBEC III 00:54
• Albumblätter: V. Zwei Stück nach Mani Matter:
• 8 Holliger: Albumblätter: V. Zwei Stück nach Mani Matter: I. M.M. umspielt 01:01
• Albumblätter: VI. Zwei Stück nach Mani Matter:
• 9 Holliger: Albumblätter: VI. Zwei Stück nach Mani Matter: II. Simadini 05:10
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): Klaviersonate Nr. 30 in E-Dur, Op. 109:
• 10 Beethoven: Klaviersonate Nr. 30 in E-Dur, Op. 109: I. Vivace, ma non troppo – Adagio espressivo 03:48
• Heinz Holliger: Albumblätter:
• 11 Holliger: Albumblätter: VII. Trois petits riens I - Geburtstags-Tusch für SAnDor vErEss 00:34
• 12 Holliger: Albumblätter: VIII. Trois petits riens II - petite fanfare pour Bernard 00:42
• 13 Holliger: Albumblätter: IX. Trois petits riens III - etwas sprunghaftes Bicinium für András Schiff 00:18
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Klaviersonate Nr. 30 in E-Moll, Op. 109:
• 14 Beethoven: Klaviersonate Nr. 30 in E-Moll, Op. 109: II. Prestissimo (mit Trio nach Skizzen Beethovens von Jürg Wyttenbach) 03:25
• Heinz Holliger: Albumblätter:
• 15 Holliger: Albumblätter: X. für Gabriel 06:20
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Klaviersonate Nr. 30 in E-Dur, Op. 109:
• 16 Beethoven: Klaviersonate Nr. 30 in E-Dur, Op. 109: III. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung (Ausarbeitung der Skizzen für die Variationen von Jürg Wyttenbach, Var. 1 - Var. 5) 08:28
• Heinz Holliger: Albumblätter:
• 17 Holliger: Albumblätter: XI. 75. Variation nach Ludwytt Beetenbach 02:18
• 18 Holliger: Albumblätter: XII. Feuerwerklein zum „Quatorze juillet“ 02:11
• 19 Holliger: Albumblätter: XIII. Zwei Albumblätter getuscht I 00:54
• 20 Holliger: Albumblätter: XIV. Zwei Albumblätter getuscht II 01:22
• Márta:
• 21 Holliger: Márta 02:08
• Albumblätter:
• 22 Holliger: Albumblätter: XV. BMC, für Márta und Gyuri 02:04
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Klaviersonate Nr. 30 in E-Dur, Op. 109:
• 23 Beethoven: Klaviersonate Nr. 30 in E-Dur, Op. 109: III. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung (Ausarbeitung der Skizzen für die Variationen von Jürg Wyttenbach, Var. 6) 02:44
• Heinz Holliger: Albumblätter:
• 24 Holliger: Albumblätter: XVI: gespiegelt – gesundgen 02:43
• Lebenslinien:
• 25 Holliger: Lebenslinien 09:03
• Total Runtime 01:08:54

Info for Lifelines

Heinz Holliger, an exceptional oboist, pianist, and composer, did not compose anything for piano for almost 40 years after his 1961 work “Elis – Three Nocturnes”. A whole series of musical tributes and birthday greetings composed since the beginning of the 21st century was then published in 2019 under the Schumannesque title “Albumblätter” (Album Leaves) and has now been recorded in its entirety for the first time by Kirill Zvegintsov. These are typically Holligerian, highly intricate showpieces with many references, which are expertly explained in the album essay.

These works are combined with early and late piano works by the Swiss composer and pianist Jürg Wyttenbach, who died in 2021 and had a close musical relationship with Holliger. In the last years of his life, this expert in New Music took on the daring task of completing Beethoven's sketches for an alternative third movement for his Piano Sonata Op. 109 – an undertaking that only such a skilled pianist and composer could attempt. In the last days of his life, Wyttenbach was able to listen to the premiere of this reconstruction by Zvegintsov. The Ukrainian pianist combines and contrasts this experiment with the original modern works in a very stimulating way.

Kirill Zvegintsov, piano

Kirill Zvegintsov
Internationally acclaimed pianist Kirill Zvegintsov performs at renowned festivals including the Menuhin Festival Gstaad, Davos Festival, Festival Piano à Saint-Ursanne, Murten Classics, Musikfestival Bern, Seetal Classics, Klavierfest Berlin-Weißensee and Musiksommer am Zürichsee. He performed in such famous concert halls as salle Cortot in Paris, Naxoshalle in Frankfurt am Main, Mannheim National Theater, Musical Theater Basel and Casino Berne among others. Kirill Zvegintsov is a multiple prize-winner of important piano competitions - including those in Orléans, Toronto, Calgary and the Bach Competition Würzburg.

As a soloist he performed with such orchestras as Basel Sinfonietta, Berner Symphonieorchester, Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Orchester des Theaters für Niedersachsen. Since 2024, he has been a member of Ensemble Phoenix Basel, he also has collaborated with such artists as Christina Daletska, Lisa Rieder, Tianwa Yang, Olivier Vivares, Leonhard Dering, Bartek Wąsik, Helena Winkelman, Robert Koller, Giuliano Sommerhalder, Heinz Holliger and Patricia Kopatchinskaja.

The repertoire of the Ukrainian pianist and conductor, who has lived in Switzerland since 2005, ranges from contemporary music to the baroque. Kirill Zvegintsov likes to perform unconventional programmes and little-known works. Despite his strong commitment to contemporary music, he remains deeply rooted in the classical tradition, with works such as Bach’s complete Well-Tempered Clavier, Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes and Fugues and Messiaen’s Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant Jésus as part of his core repertoire.

In 2025, WERGO will release his latest CD featuring solo piano works by Heinz Holliger, created in close collaboration with the composer. He has published several other audio recordings, among them a live-performance CD of 24 Preludes and Fugues by Dmitri Shostakovich produced under the Müller&Schade label (2012). Another album, “Eaux-Fortes”, featuring compositions by Couperin, Debussy, George Hugon and Jacques Lenot under the FY-Solstice label (2019), received enthusiastic critical acclaim.

Kirill Zvegintsov is the co-founder of the concert series Konzerte am Ausserberg in Riehen, a permanent member of Ensemble Phoenix Basel, and co-conductor of the chamber orchestra Sinfonietta Bern.

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