La placentera traversía tardorromántica de Alexandre Kantorow

By Leonardo Mattana Ereño, 09 July 2024

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“gran agilidad en la digitación y cohesión de la escritura … sin abandonar un cierto gusto juguetón”

Reviewed at Patio de los Arrayanes, Granada on 8 July 2024

Bartók, Rhapsody for Piano, Op.1 (Sz.26)

Liszt, Transcendental Études, S 139: no. 12 Chasse neige

Liszt, Années de pèlerinage, Première année, S 160: Suisse: Vallée d'Obermann

Rachmaninov, Piano Sonata no. 1 in D minor, Op.28

Alexandre Kantorow, Piano

Alexandre Kantorow in recital: a pianophile’s dream

Sam Jacobson, 16th April

A daring mix of rarities and late masterpieces at Severance Music Center confirms Alexandre Kantorow as a pianist of both staggering technique and uncommon depth.

*****

Paavo Järvi marks his new LPO appointment in Tchaikovsky and Sibelius

Mark Valencia, 4th March

Paavo Järvi demonstrates just why the London Philharmonic Orchestra has chosen him as its next Chief Conductor and Artistic Advisor.

*****

Nézet-Séguin and the Orchestre Métropolitain in Hamburg

Mengguang Huang, 26th June

Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s charismatic leadership and the Orchestre Métropolitain’s seamless unity brought Ravel, Saint-Saëns, and Tchaikovsky to life in a gripping, deeply expressive Hamburg performance.

*****

Saint-Saëns illuminated by the Orchestre National de France in Seoul

SangKwon Lee, 29th April

A sumptuous exploration of Saint-Saëns at Lotte Concert Hall in a programme forming a cohesive tapestry woven from the composer’s fascination with colour, all traced back to a distinctly Parisian sensibility.

****1

Thrilling Liszt and Bruckner from Kantorow and the Philharmonia

Roy Westbrook, 9th May

Alexandre Kantorow dazzles in Liszt’s Piano Concerto no. 2, against Bruckner’s mighty, unfinished Ninth Symphony. Manfred Honeck and the Philharmonia win new friends for both composers.

****1

Transcendent talent: Alexandre Kantorow makes Wigmore Hall debut

Roy Westbrook, 20th March

Laden with the most prestigious prizes, Alexandre Kantorow makes a virtuosic hall debut, but with a poetic cause.

*****

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Leonardo Mattana Ereño

Leonardo Mattana (1988) es Doctor en filosofía por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. También ha cursado estudios de piano, composición, teoría musical e historia de la música en el conservatorio de Sassari (Italia). Sus pasiones musicales son trasversales, privilegiando la música sinfónica y de cámara, pero sobre todo, buscando siempre en la experiencia estética de la música elementos de reflexión.