Xenia Prochorowa
Xenia Prochorowa | |
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Ксения Прохорова | |
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| Born | January 25, 1915 Moscow, Russia |
| Died | July 6, 1991 (aged 76) |
| Education | Moscow Conservatory |
| Years active | 1934–1968 |
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Xenia Prochorowa (January 25 [O.S. January 12] 1915 – July 6, 1991) was a Russian pianist. She competed in the first Franz Liszt International Piano Competition in Budapest in 1933 and performed across Latin America and Europe until 1968.
Biography
Prochorowa was born in Moscow, then part of the Russian Empire, in 1915. She studied piano at the Moscow Conservatory under Karl Kipp, who taught virtuosic technique, and later with Nikolai Medtner.[1]
She gained early acclaim as an interpreter of Franz Liszt in 1925.[2] In 1933, she competed in the Franz Liszt International Piano Competition in Budapest, where she won a prize. Afterwards, she began performing concerts across Latin America from 1933 to 1952,[3][4] and across Europe until 1963.[5] She recorded a piano solo for Julio Bracho's Mexican film Twilight in 1945.[6]
Her renditions of Russian classical music were published by the Haydn Society of Boston,[7] and recordings of Tchaikovsky[8] and Chopin were republished by Forgotten Records in 2017.[9] A collection of her recordings, letters, and photographs is held in the Stanford University Libraries archive[10] and the Library of Congress.[11]
She was appointed a piano lecturer at the University of Cape Town College of Music in South Africa.[12][13]
Prochorowa died on July 6, 1991 in San Francisco, aged 76.
Personal life
She married Leo Allan Grönroos (1926–1971), a Finnish aviator.
References
- ↑ "Prochorowa (Xenia) Collection, 1934-1968". Stanford University Archive of Recorded Sound. Retrieved April 8, 2026.
- ↑ Flatt, A. (April 23, 1925). Pianists. Brazilian American Journal. p. 91. Retrieved April 8, 2026.
- ↑ Jimeno, Alfredo Matilla; Rivas, Alfredo Matilla. De música (in Spanish). La Editorial, UPR. p. 305. ISBN 978-0-8477-2505-2. Retrieved April 8, 2026.
- ↑ La Gaceta: diario oficial de la República de Honduras (in Spanish). Tegucigalpa, Honduras. May 25, 1959. p. 391. Retrieved April 8, 2026.
- ↑ American Record Guide. Helen Dwight Reid Educational Foundation. 1958. p. 380. Retrieved April 8, 2026.
- ↑ Buja, Maureen (March 13, 2020). "New from Old: Taneyev's Prelude and Fugue, Op. 29". Retrieved April 8, 2026.
- ↑ "LONDON TO RELEASE 'ARABELLA'". The New York Times. March 16, 1958. Retrieved April 8, 2026.
- ↑ Herman, Michael. "Russian, Soviet & Post-Soviet Concertos" (PDF). Music Web International. Retrieved April 8, 2026.
- ↑ "Catalogue | Prochorowa,+Xenia". Forgotten Records.
- ↑ Castillo, Andrea; Heigemeir, Ray. "Xenia Prochorowa Collection, 1934-1968". archives.stanford.edu. Stanford University Libraries. Retrieved April 8, 2026.
- ↑ "Serge Koussevitzky Archive" (PDF). Music Division, Library of Congress. Retrieved April 8, 2026.
- ↑ Mayor, Durban (South Africa) (1963). Mayor's Minute for Council Year, with Departmental Reports and Appendices for the Municipal Year. The Mayor. Retrieved April 8, 2026.
- ↑ Piano and Radio Magazine. 1952. p. 41. Retrieved April 8, 2026.