Tag: Chopin
Gerstein, Ohlsson, Hewitt, and the magic of Arcadi Volodos
Recital round-up No 53 for International Piano Magazine – April 2019 Wigmore Hall: Kirill Gerstein, Feb 24; Garrick Ohlsson, Feb 27 Royal Festival Hall: Angela Hewitt, Feb 26 Barbican: Arcadi Volodo... Read MoreThe great Garrick Ohlsson plays Brahms
Garrick Ohlsson, Wigmore Hall Garrick Ohlsson ©Dario Acosta Big guns don’t come bigger than Garrick Ohlsson, whose massive but wonderfully malleable sound filled the Wigmore for the first of four B... Read MoreAlexander Gadjiev’s phenomenal pianism
Alexander Gadjiev, Purcell Room We’ve seen some blistering pianistic action in the Queen Elizabeth Hall over the past few weeks, but the place where lightning really struck was the humble little Pur... Read MoreThe amazing Beatrice Rana
Beatrice Rana, Queen Elizabeth Hall Beatrice Rana’s recording of Bach’s Goldbergs marked an arresting entry into the lists: how could a young unknown possess such timeless musical wisdom? Her Sout... Read MoreNobuyuki Tsujii defies the odds
Nobuyuki Tsujii, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London Nobuyuki Tsujii was born blind thirty years ago, but a phenomenal talent for music has ensured that he won every prize going in Japan before reaching his... Read MoreAlan Walker’s magisterial Chopin biography
Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times By Alan Walker Faber £30.00 727 pp Farrar Strauss & Giroux $40.00 There have been many biographies of Chopin, and countless studies of his works, but this is the... Read MoreThe Leeds International Piano Comnpetition, 2018
Leeds International Piano Competition, 2018 When the redoubtable Fanny Waterman set up the Leeds Piano Competition in 1963, no one could have predicted its longevity, or the effect it would have on pi... Read MoreLondon recitals: Montero, Trifonov, Gavric, Olafsson, Jacobson
Wigmore Hall: Gabriela Montero, Nov 14; Daniil Trifonov, Dec 7u; Ivana Gavric, Dec 28 St John’s Smith Square: Vikingur Olafsson, Nov 15; Julian Jacobson, Nov 26 It’s not keyboard artistry w... Read MoreEvgeny Kissin, a child of history
Emerging from a rare sabbatical, Evgeny Kissin – the world’s most acclaimed classical pianist – has just published his autobiography. He has also just married a childhood friend, and he’s ... Read More- 2 of 3
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