Sergei Prokofiev in Saint Petersburg Conservatory - in the middle of 1909

from Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 15 October 1909, page 121:

The other interesting student in her [Yesipova's] class is Borovsky*. At the exam performances in the spring I heard him give an outstanding performance of the Schumann 'Toccata'. At the time I did not want to accept that he played it better than I did, because I think my performance is also very good. But little by little I became persuaded of his superiority, and since then I have a great admiration for Borovsky as a pianist.

cite as

Sergei Prokofiev, Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 15 October 1909. In Sergey Prokofiev, and Anthony Phillips (ed.), Sergey Prokofiev diaries, volume 3 (Ithaca N.Y, 2006), p. 121. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1425338180699 accessed: 29 March, 2024

location of experience: Saint Petersburg Conservatory

Listeners

Sergei Prokofiev
performer, Composer, Musician
1891-1953

Listening to

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Toccata
written by Robert Schumann
performed by

Experience Information

Date/Time in the middle of 1909
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Notes

* Alexander Borovsky (1889 - 1968). Russian pianist who made a distinguished career in the West.


Originally submitted by isobel.1111 on Mon, 02 Mar 2015 23:16:20 +0000
Approved on Tue, 05 Jun 2018 16:48:39 +0100