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Anna Semyonovna Gourari (Russian Анна Семёновна Гурарий, born 3 October 1972 in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia) is a classical concert pianist.

She received her first piano education at the age of five by her parents, professors at Kazan Academy of Music. In 1979 she performed her first public concert. From this year onwards she studied at further renowned piano schools and with famous piano tutors. In 1990 she relocated together with her parents to Germany in order to study at the Hochschule für Musik with Ludwig Hoffmann in Munich. Anna Gourari quickly gained renown by winning important competitions.

• 1986 1st prize at Kabalevsky competition in Russia


• 1989 1st prize at First International Chopin competition in Göttingen.


• 1994 1st prize at First International Clara-Schumann-Klavierconcours in Düsseldorf. Jury: Martha Argerich, Alexis Weissenberg, Nelson Freire, Vladimir Ashkenazy a.o.

This prize marks the begin of her international acceptance. As of that year, Gourari plays a significant role in the international concert scene. She performs often together with leading orchestras under conductors like Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, etc.

In 2001 she played a star role in the movie "Invincible" by Werner Herzog.

Gourari is regarded as unconventional. Her playing involves a mystical approach, but is most notably very accurate.

2007 she made six reportages about Moscow's current art and society for "Deutsche Welle TV".

2009 Album of Johannes Brahms: The Late Piano Pieces, opp. 116-119 2010 Album of Mazurkas by Chopin: The Mazurka Diary

Anna Gourari has a daughter and lives with her family in Munich.

[edit]Discography

• Chopin (Piano Sonata No.3, Mazurkas) - 1998


• Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (Preludes) - 1999


• Richard Strauss (Piano Concertos for the Left Hand) with Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Karl Anton Rickenbacher - 2001


• Chopin (Scherzi etc.) - 2001


• Beethoven (Piano Concerto No.3, Sonata No. 8, c-minor, "Pathétique", 32 Variations) with Staatskapelle Dresden, Sir Colin Davis - 2001 (Cover with movie scene)


• Nocturnes - 2003


• Desir (Scriabin, Gubaidulina) - 2005


• Johannes Brahms: The Late Piano Pieces (opp. 116-119) - 2009

[edit]External links

• http://www.gourari.com official website


• http://members.aol.com/schumannga/1ccs.htm live recording at Clara Schumann competition

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