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Deus Ex Clavier

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DEUS EX CLAVIER
J. S. Bach-F. Busoni, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann

Hando Nahkur, klaver

CD
2010
ERP 3410

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Hando Nahkur, piano
Bach-Busoni, Tüür, Schubert, Schumann

Performance 6/6, sound 6/6, repertoire 5/6 (PIANONews). The Record of the Year 2010 (Zeit Online).

1 Johann Sebastian Bach / Ferruccio Busoni Chaconne 15:07
2–4 Erkki-Sven Tüür Sonata 13:02
5 Franz Schubert Impromptu Op 90 No 3 6:29
6–20 Robert Schumann Symphonic Studies Op 13 30:07

player Bach. Chaconne, fragm, 4 min 12 sec, mp3
player Tüür. Sonata, Mov III, fragm, 92 sec, mp3
player Schumann. Symphonic Studies, Finale. Allegro brillante, fragm, 115 sec, mp3

Recorded in the USA and Estonia in 2009
Engineered by Corey Hale, Sam Stratton, Raul Aan, Priit Perend
Mastered by Tanel Klesment
Performed on Steinway & Sons pianos
Design by Mart Kivisild
Photos by Roger Hein
Liner notes by Inna Kivi
Translated by Tiina Jokinen
Co-produced by Peeter Vähi

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2010
ERP 3410
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Hando Nahkur, born in Estonia, has distinguished himself as one of his country’s most promising young artists. He has garnered top prizes in both national and international piano competitions, including 1st prize in the Estonian National Piano Competition, 3rd prize in the Citta di Treviso International Piano Competition (Italy), 2nd prize in the Konzerteum International Piano Competition (Greece), 3rd prize in the Chopin International Piano Competition (Estonia) and Golden Medal of Merit (Toronto). Hando Nahkur was a winner of the International Concerto Competition 2008 at the Piano Texas International Academy & Festival. At age sixteen, he made his debut with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. He has also appeared with the Orchestra of the Estonian National Opera, the Bergslagen Symphoniker, the St Andrew’s Festival Orchestra and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra.

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Hando Nahkur has participated in numerous festivals, including the International Holland Music Sessions in the Netherlands, Klaver 2006 in Estonia, the Festival Internacional de Piano Reynosa in Mexico, the Aspen Music Festival and School, TCU-Cliburn Piano Institute, West Chester Piano Institute and Piano Texas International Academy & Festival in the United States. Hando Nahkur is also known as a music arranger. He has arranged many classic pop tunes for solo keyboard, including songs of D Foster, E John, F Sinatra, C Dion, F Mercury, M Moran and many others.
Since 2003 Hando Nahkur has lived in the USA. He holds a Bachelor’s of Music degree from the New England Conservatory of Music, where he studied with Gabriel Chodos, a Certificate in Performance and Master’s of Music degree from the Yale University School of Music, where he studied with Boris Berman and currently Hando Nahkur is continuing his postgraduate studies with Tamás Ungár at the Texas Christian University School of Music. In Estonia he studied with his father Toivo Nahkur, Prof Aleksandra Juozapénaité-Eesmaa, Prof Olav Ehala and Prof Ants Sööt.
A frequent solo performer, Hando Nahkur has performed at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw in the Netherlands, the Theater of Markopoulos Mesogeas (Greece), Hannes Reimann Hall (Switzerland), the Teatro Eden (Italy). And outside of Europe, he has performed at the Casa de la Cultura de Reynosa (Mexico), George Weston Hall (Toronto), Harris Concert Hall (Aspen), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Jordan Hall (Boston), Steinway Hall (New York City), Ed Landreth Hall (Fort Worth) and The Museum of Fine Arts (St Petersburg, FL). In America, recitals and performances have taken him already through twenty-two States. In Europe Hando Nahkur has performed in Italy, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Greece, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Czech Republic. He has also appeared with solo performances in Israel and Russia.