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Recording Artist Profile...

Per Tengstrand
solo piano

Laureate of the Paris International Long-Thibaud competition in 1995, in '96-'97, Per Tengstrand entered two other major competitions, the Geneva CIEM competition and the Cleveland International Piano Competition, winning both.

A number of prestigious engagements followed, including a critically acclaimed New York debut recital at Alice Tully Hall and concerts worldwide.

While critics are astonished by this young Swedish pianist, their opinions of what makes him special are divided: some are attracted by his intelligence and profundity, others remark on his almost animal stage presence and instincts in music-making, as well as a Horowitz-like electricity.

Per Tengstrand began playing piano at age six. He received his first lessons from his mother and made his first public appearance when he was seven years old. His actual debut took place in 1981, when he played the Mozart Piano Concerto K 467 with the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra.

The critics wrote about a mischievous twelve year old boy with red hair and with a seemingly effortless technique and a maturity that makes you wonder what will become of him in the decade to come.

After a solid education in Geneva, Paris and Malmö where his teachers included Dominique Weber, Romuald Sztern, Dominique Merlet and Hans Palson, Per has acquired a far-reaching repertoire from Bach to contemporary pieces, and he is the dedicatee of a number of piano works.

Per Tengstrand has performed as soloist with conductors such as Neeme Jarvi, Yevgeny Svetlanov, Manfred Honeck and Leon Fleisher, and has been invited to music festivals such as the Kuhmo Festival, Kitakiyshu Festival and Pianofest Long Island, New York. His latest CD recording, on the American label Azica, included music by Grieg, Liszt and Chopin.

Azica Release

Per Tengstrand ACD-71207


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