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Sokolov was born in Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg, to Jewish father Lipman Girshevich Sokolov and Russian mother Galina Nikolayevna Zelenetskaya. He began studying the piano at the age of five and entered the Leningrad Conservatory’s special school for children at the age of seven to study with Leah Zelikhman. After graduating from the children’s school he continued studying at the Conservatory with Moisey Khalfin. At 12, he gave his first major recital in Moscow, in a concert of works by Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Liszt, Debussy and Shostakovich at the Philharmonic Society.

At age 16, he came to international attention when the jury at the 1966 International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition awarded him the gold medal.

The Russian pianist Grigory Sokolov performs Rameau's La Poule, from the Suite in G major/G minor, fromthe Nouvelles suites de pièces pour clavecin

Rameau – La Poule – Sokolov, Piano

La Poule is the fourth piece from Rameau‘s Suite in G major/G minor, RCT 6 from the Nouvelles Suites de Pièces de Clavecin. The exact date of publication, at Rameau’s …

Chopin - Étude Op 10 No 8 in F Major - Sokolov, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Etude / Piano

Chopin – Étude Op. 10 No. 8 – Sokolov, Piano

Chopin’s Étude Op. 10 No. 8 in F major is a technical study composed by Frédéric Chopin. It has been nicknamed the “Sunshine” étude. This work follows on from No. 7 as being primarily another work concerned with counterpoint.

BAROQUE MUSIC / Partita / Piano

Bach – Gigue from Partita No 1, BWV 825 – Sokolov, Piano

The Partitas, BWV 825–830, are a set of six harpsichord suites written by Johann Sebastian Bach, published individually beginning in 1726, then together as Clavier-Übung I in 1731, the first of his works to be published under his own direction.

Mozart - Piano Sonata No 8 in A minor - Sokolov, piano

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Piano / Sonata

Mozart – Piano Sonata No. 8 – Grigory Sokolov

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Sonata No 8 in A Minor, K. 310 / 300d, was written in 1778. The sonata is the first of only two Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart piano sonatas in a minor key (the other being No. 14 in C minor, K. 457).

Chopin - Mazurka No 41 in C-Sharp Minor - Sokolov, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Mazurka / Piano

Chopin – Mazurka No. 41 – Grigory Sokolov, Piano

The Mazurka No. 41 Op. 63 No. 3 in C-sharp minor is the last one of the opus 63 written by Frédéric Chopin in 1846 and published in 1847.

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Rachmaninoff – Concerto No 3 in D Minor – Sokolov, Piano

Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor was written in Dresden and completed on September 23, 1909. The concerto was first performed on Sunday afternoon, November 28, 1909, by Sergei Rachmaninoff himself.

BAROQUE MUSIC / Piano / ROMANTIC MUSIC

Bach-Busoni – Chorale Prelude in F-Minor – Sokolov, Piano

The Chorale Prelude in F-minor is part of the Orgelbüchlein (Little Organ Book) BWV 599−644, a collection of 46 chorale preludes for organ written by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Chopin - Prelude No 15 in D-Flat Major - Sokolov, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Prelude

Chopin – Prelude No. 15 (Raindrop) – Sokolov, Piano

One of Frédéric Chopin most famous masterpiece, the Prelude No 15 in D-Flat Major, nicknamed “Raindrop”, strikes one at first as an oasis of peace and calm. However, the transition from the bright key of D flat major to the tenebrous C sharp minor brings dark, gloomy, disturbing sonorities.

Chopin - Prelude No 24 in D Minor - Grigory Sokolov, Piano

Piano / Prelude / ROMANTIC MUSIC

Chopin – Prelude No. 24 – Grigory Sokolov, Piano

Prelude No. 24 in D Minor is the last one of Chopin’s 24 Preludes, Op. 28, a set of short pieces for the piano, one in each of the twenty-four keys, originally published in 1839.

Schubert - Moment Musical No 3 in F Minor - Sokolov, Piano

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Musical moment / Piano

Schubert – Moment Musical No. 3 – Sokolov, Piano

The Moment Musical No. 3 in F minor is the third piece of the Six moments musicaux, D. 780 (Op. 94), a collection of six short pieces for solo piano …