Yuja & Friend's Night Out Does Not Disappoint Fans or Critics
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Superstar ‘badgirl’ pianist Yuja Wang this year tours with her, shall we say, a little more serious-minded Icelandic colleague Víkingur Ólafsson
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Camerata Pacifica Launches 2024/25 Season with Memorable Ravel and Debussy
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The first concert of Camerata Pacifica's 2024/25 season is an all-French program of Ravel and Debussy, featuring pianist Gilles Vonsattel, violinist Paul Huang and cellist Santiago Cañón-Valencia.
Read MorePianist Hélène Grimaud Returns to Disney With Three B's
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For each composer, Ms. Grimaud chose a late work: Beethoven’s Op.109, Brahms Op.116 and Op.117 (in a manner of speaking, Brahms’ entire Op.116-119 could be classified as one big set of ‘piano songs’), and the Bach chaconne transcribed for the piano by Busoni…
Read MoreHilary Hahn Plays Bach to a Packed Disney Hall
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Hilary Hahn gave a violin recital in Walt Disney Concert Hall yesterday, and the place was packed. Unusual among classical musicians, she has a massive, almost cult-like following on social media...
Read MoreIn Santa Monica, a Young Piano Virtuoso Presents His First New Composition
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At Santa Monica’s First Presbyterian Church last Sunday, twenty-year-old pianist and composer Talon Smith was joined by two members of the L.A. Phil in a recital…
Read MoreThibaudet Plays Debussy With a Passion
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Thibaudet produced some marvelous sonorities in “Voiles” and “Des pas sur la neige”, even injecting the impressionist-colored “Hills of Anacapri” (in Sicily) with heated Latin passion.
Read MorePianist Hélène Grimaud, A Little Night Music of Quietude and Passion
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Unlike some of her younger colleagues, Hélène Grimaud’s pianistic style, as in her wardrobe, is sensibly down-to-earth and non-flashy, content to let the music speak for itself without any affectation of tempo or phrasing.
Read MoreAngela Hewitt in Beverly Hills, a Hopeless Romantic for Bach
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Her piano for this recital was a Steinway, a warmer, more romantic-sounding instrument than the Fazioli, all the better for conveying the romanticism of Bach.
Read MoreTetzlaff Trio at the Wallis, Polished with a Passion
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One was impressed with their very smooth and articulate ensemble playing, particularly in the soft passages, and the powerful, but not over-driven, climaxes.
Read MoreOn Easter Sunday, Icelandic Pianist Víkingur Ólafsson Plays Evangelist for Bach
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The relatively unknown pianist, Víkingur Ólafsson, has made a name for himself in his native Iceland playing J.S. Bach and Philip Glass
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