Heinrich Neuhaus: Subjectivity & The Pianist

Heinrich Neuhaus & Subjectivity: “The most important task of the pianist is to discover himself”

Dr Maria Razumovskaya (Guildhall School of Music & Drama) presents an exploration of Neuhaus’s distinct vision of a performer’s subjectivity and reveals his importance in championing a powerful interdisciplinary practice adopted in Soviet Russia by creative artists determined to escape the banality and limitations imposed by Socialist Realism.

Maria Razumovskaya completed her PhD doctorate, Heinrich Neuhaus: Aesthetics and Philosophy of an Interpretation (2015), under the supervision of Dr Natasha Loges, Professor Amanda Glauert and Professor Dmitri Alexeev at the Royal College of Music. She has presented papers at international conferences, published in peer-reviewed international musicological journal, and authored a monograph Heinrich Neuhaus: A Life beyond Music (Boydell & Brewer, 2018).