Alexander Winkler in Saint Petersburg Conservatory - September, 1908

from Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 1 October 1908 , page 63:

I am very glad that Deshevov has entered the Conservatoire. The first time he played for Winkler he played études by Rubinstein and Chopin, and Winkler was delighted. 'You have a complete mastery of this piece,' he said of the Rubinstein. 'You should perform it at a student concert, it would be very effective.'

cite as

Sergei Prokofiev, Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 1 October 1908 . In Sergey Prokofiev, and Anthony Phillips (ed.), Sergey Prokofiev diaries, volume 3 (Ithaca N.Y, 2006), p. 63. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1424384636002 accessed: 20 April, 2024

location of experience: Saint Petersburg Conservatory

Listeners

Alexander Winkler
Musician
1865-1935

Listening to

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Études
written by Chopin, Arthur Rubinstein
performed by Vladimir Deshevov

Experience Information

Date/Time September, 1908
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, indoors

Originally submitted by isobel.1111 on Thu, 19 Feb 2015 22:23:56 +0000
Approved on Tue, 05 Jun 2018 16:27:11 +0100