Nadezhda Korshakova
was born in St.Petersburg, Russia and started playing violin at the age of 4.
She Studied under three main teachers: Prof. Lev Ivaschenko at St. Petersburg
Pre-Conservatory Music School, Prof. Irina Bochkova at Moscow Tchaikovsky State
Conservatory, and Prof.Zakhar Bron, first at Queen Sofia High School of Music in
Madrid, then at High School of Music and Theatre in Zurich. Awarded funds from
Yankelevich Foundation, Rostropovich Foundation in Russia, and from Isaak
Albeniz Foundation in Spain. Nadezhda has won many prizes in international and
national competitions, and participated in various international festivals
including Verbier Festival & Academy, Santander Music Festival, Orford Music
Festival. Actively performing in Russian and European cities, working with
orchestras and playing chamber music and duet with notable musicians as Gerard
Causse, Itamar Golan, and Aleksandr Melnikov.
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She maintains
a wide range of repertoire
from, baroque, classical, romantic to modern era, covering more than 20
concerto, 20 sonatas, chamber music countless small pieces. Korshakova’s
performance is characterized by beautiful tonal expression, delicate taste,
warmth, and imagination, combined with strong formal conception allowing her to
locate herself in any given musical moment.
.Korshakova currently serves as an assistant to Prof.Bron at High School of
Music and Theatre in Zurich.
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Competition Prizes
| Year |
Competition |
Prizes |
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| 1989 |
31st Kocian International Violin
Competition, Czechslovakia
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1st Prize and Ministry of Culture
of Poland Prize for the
excellent performance of composition by
Wieniawski
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| 1992 |
National Competition, Russia
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1st Prize
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| 1994 |
St.Petersburg Chamber Music Competition,
Russia
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1st Prize
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| 1998 |
3rd Orford Internatinal Violin
Competition, Canada
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2nd Prize
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| 1999 |
4th Orford Internatinal Violin
Competition, Canada
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2nd Prize
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| 1999 |
4th L.Mozart International Violin
Competition, Germany
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Special prize
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| 2003 |
Kiwanis-Prize Foundation, Switzerland
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1st Prize
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| 2003 |
Prague Spring International Violin Competition,
Czech
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2nd Prize (no 1st prize
awarded)
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Repertoire
| Genre |
Composer |
Composition |
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| Concerto |
Bach |
Concerto in A minor |
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Barber |
Concerto in G Major |
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Bartok |
Concerto no.1 in D
major |
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Beethoven |
Concerto in D
major |
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Brahms |
Concerto in D major |
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Bruch |
Concerto no.1 in G
minor |
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Glazunov |
Concerto |
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Khachaturian |
Concerto in D minor |
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Mendelssohn |
Concerto in E minor |
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Mozart |
Concerto no.1 in Bb
major |
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Mozart |
Concerto no.3 in G
major |
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Mozart |
Concerto no.4 in D
major |
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Paganini |
Concerto no.1 in D
major |
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Prokofiev |
Concerto no.1 in D
major |
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Prokofiev |
Concerto no.2 |
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Shostakovich |
Concerto no.1 in A
minor |
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Sibelius |
Concerto in D minor |
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Spohr |
Concerto no.9 in D
minor |
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Tchaikovsky |
Concerto in D major |
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Vieuxtemps |
Concerto no.5 in A
minor |
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Wieniawski |
Concerto no.2 in D
minor |
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| Duets |
Mozart
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Duet
for violin and viola k.423 G major |
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Mozart
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Duet
for violin and viola k.424 B flat major |
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| Pieces |
Bazzini
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Rondo
E minor |
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Bartok
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Rhapsody
no1 |
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Bartok
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Romanian
folk dances |
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Bloch
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NIgun
from Baal Shem |
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Brahms
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Hungarian
dances |
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Dvorak
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Slavonic
dances |
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Massenet
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Meditation |
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Messiaen
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Theme
and variations |
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Medtner
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Canzonetta
and dance |
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Miyagi
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Haru
no umi |
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Mozart
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Adagio
E major k.261 |
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Mozart
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Rondo
C major k.373 |
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Shchedrin
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In
the style of Albeniz |
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Tchaikovsky
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Meditation |
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Tchaikovsky
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Melody |
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Tchaikovsky
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Scherzo |
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Tchaikovsky
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Valse-Scherzo |
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Wieniawski
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Legend |
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Wieniawski
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Mazurkas |
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Wieniawski
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Polonaise
D major |
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Wieniawski
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Scherzo-tarantelle |
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Schubert
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Brilliant
rondo b minor |
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Szymanowski
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la
fontaine d'arethuse |
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Rachmaninov
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Vocalise |
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Rachmaninov
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Romance |
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| Violin solo
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Bach
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Partita no2
D minor |
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Bach
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Partita no3
E minor
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Bach
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Sonata no1
G minor |
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Bach
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Sonata no2
A minor |
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Bach
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Sonata no3
C major |
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Bartok
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Chaconne |
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Ernst
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Last summer's rose |
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Paganini
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Caprices op1 |
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Paganini
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Theme and variations "molinara" |
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Wieniawski
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Caprices op18 |
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Ysaye
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Sonata-ballade no3 |
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| Sonata |
Beethoven
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Sonata no1
D major |
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Beethoven
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Sonata no5
F major |
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Beethoven
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Sonata no8
G major |
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Beethoven
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Sonata no9
A minor
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Brahms
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Sonata no2
A major |
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Veracini
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Sonata
E minor |
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Grieg
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Sonata no1
F major |
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Grieg
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Sonata no3
C minor |
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Debussy
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Sonata
G minor |
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Hindemith
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Sonata
E minor |
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Mozart
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Sonata k376
F major |
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Mozart
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Sonata k.304
E minor |
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Mozart
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Sonata k454
B flat major |
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Prokofiev
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Sonata for 2 violins
C major |
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Prokofiev
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Sonata no1
F minor |
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Prokofiev
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Sonata no2
D major |
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Ravel
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Sonata
G major |
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Tartini
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Sonata
G minor devil's trill |
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Tartini
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Sonata
G minor |
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Franck
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Sonata
A major |
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Shostakovich
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Sonata op.134 |
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Khachaturian
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Sonata
G minor |
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| Virtuoso pieces |
Bizet-Waxman
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Carmen fantasy |
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Bizet-Sarasate
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Carmen fantasy |
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Kreisler
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Gypsy |
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Kreisler
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Vienna caprice |
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Paganini
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Palpiti |
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Ravel
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Tzigane |
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Rimsky-korsakov / zimbalist
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Fantasy
on themes from "The golden cockerel"
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Saint-saens
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Havanaise |
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Saint-saens
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Introduction and rondo capriccioso |
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Saint-saens
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Etude in form of waltz |
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Sarasate
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Zapateado |
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Sarasate
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Zigeunerweisen |
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Chausson
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Poem |
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Schubert
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Fantasy
C major |
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Schumann
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Fantasy
A minor |
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| Piano trio |
Haydn
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Trio
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Mendelssohn
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Trio no2
C minor |
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Schubert
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Trio no2
E flat major op100 |
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Rachmaninov
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Trio no1
G minor |
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Rachmaninov
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Trio
Elegiaque no2 D minor |
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Tchaikovsky
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Trio
Elegiaque A minor "in the memory of a
great artist" |
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Nadezhda Korshakova