Chopin Nocturne in c-sharp minor, Op. Posth

Mikhail Voskresensky is one [bad word] s leading pianists and winner of four international [bad word] (Schumann in Berlin, in Rio de Janeiro, George Enescu in Bucharest, and Van Cliburn in Fort Worth, Texas). In 1966 he was honored with the Merited Artist [bad word] award and in 1989 the People's Artist [bad word]  Mikhail Voskresensky has extensive concert experience. His concerts in the USA and Mexico in [bad word] 2001 were hailed as brilliant by critics.
Mikhail Voskresensky graduated from the Moscow Conservatory where he studied under Ilia Klyachko, Boris Zemliansky, Yakob Milstein, Lev Oborin (piano) and Leonid Roizman (organ). As student of the famous Lev Oborin, the winner of the First [bad word] in 1927, Voskresensky adopted his teacher's refined romanticism and perfect taste in harmony with the piano's splendid sound. The images evoked by his playing suggest contrasting musical colors, never out of harmony, and a charming legato inducing the [bad word] to sing. 'His playing fascinates audiences with its artistry, cordiality and ingeniousness. Mikhail Voskresensky is a very talented and intelligent musician', wrote Oborin about his pupil.
Voskresensky's repertoire includes Beethoven's 32 sonatas, all the works of Chopin, and 54 piano concertos. He has performed with orchestras under the direction of more than 150 conductors, among them John Pritchard, Franz Konvichny, Kurt Masur, Evgeny Svetlanov, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, and Kirill Kondrashin. He has played chamber music with such ensembles as the Tokyo, Borodin and Tchaikovsky quartets.
He has participated as a juror for [bad word] in London, Leeds, Sydney, Tel Aviv, as well as for the Tchaikovsky and [bad word] in Moscow. He continues to be Chairman of the Jury for the Scriabin [bad word] in Moscow.