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Ciclo Scherzo 'Grandes intérpretes': Lugansky o el naufragio consentido

By Mario Muñoz, 23 October 2015
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“Los generosos bises con que finalizó el concierto fueron tan reivindicativos como espectaculares”
Reviewed at Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid on 20 October 2015
Programme
Franck, Prélude, Fugue and Variation, Op.18
Schubert, Piano Sonata no. 19 in C minor, D.958
Grieg, Lyric Pieces: Selection
Tchaikovsky, Piano sonata no. 1 "Grand Sonate" in G major, Op.37
Performers
Nikolai Lugansky, Piano
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A superb end-of-season jamboree for the Philharmonia
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Nikolai Lugansky's barnstorming performance of Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto is the centrepiece of the Philharmonia's end-of-season concert.
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The RPO, in great form under Petrenko, deliver exciting Auerbach and propulsive Elgar, with Lugansky shining bright in Rachmaninov. 

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Chausson the surprise standout in Sokhiev's Berlin Phil concert
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César FranckEdvard GriegFranz SchubertLyric Pieces: SelectionNikolai LuganskyPiano Sonata no. 19 in C minor, D.958Piano sonata no. 1 "Grand Sonate" in G major, Op.37Prélude, Fugue and Variation, Op.18Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Mario Muñoz
Mario Muñoz
Mario Muñoz Carrasco (Madrid, 1976) es compositor y crítico musical. Cursa estudios de Guitarra Clásica en la Escuela de Música Creativa para especializarse más adelante en Composición e Improvisación Jazz en la Escuela de Nuevas Músicas. Desde el 2007 ejerce como crítico musical en distintos medios, tanto en radio como en prensa escrita, a la par que participa en actividades musicales de diversa índole (ponencias, congresos, confección de temarios, notas a programas, cursos de apreciación musical, etcétera). Desde su creación en 2011 cursa el Grado en Musicología de la UCM, formando parte de su primera promoción.