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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December with Zubin Mehta Is the Month to be Jolly
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Mehta’s account of Mahler First Symphony after the intermission was unlike any I have heard, with its insertion of the “Blumine” movement between the first and second.
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 MoreGuest conductor brings together Israel, Korea and Finland in one concert
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Tonight, LA Phil welcomed guest conductor Osmo Vänskä from Finland. The concert program reflects Vänskä’s work in the countries of Israel and South Korea…
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 MoreTuesday Night Fever - Nobu Plays Rach 2
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First and foremost, Nobu is a fine pianist who has something fresh to say in Rachmaninoff’s well-worn Second Concerto, and says it eloquently and elegantly.
Read MoreUkrainian Pianist Conquers Emperor Concerto in His OC Return
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The 38-year-old pianist, hailing from Ukraine by way of Italy, is an estimable artist possessing a forceful, sparkling right hand and a supremely lyrical left hand…
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.
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