Anna Vinnitskaya, pianiste-poétesse hors pair au TCE

Anna Vinnitskaya

By Pierre Michel, 25 March 2026

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“le récital va en effet devenir un véritable festival sonore, voire une orgie pianistique”

Reviewed at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris on 24 March 2026

Ravel, Sonatine

Ravel, Pavane pour une infante défunte

Ravel, Jeux d'eau

Scriabin, Piano Sonata no. 3 in F sharp minor, Op.23

Brahms, 3 Intermezzi for piano, Op.117

Rachmaninov, Variations on a theme of Corelli in D minor for piano, Op.42

Anna Vinnitskaya, Piano

Orchestre de Paris and Mäkelä wow Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw

Max Lima, 18th March

Under its Music Director Klaus Mäkelä, the French orchestra returns to the Concertgebouw for an exhilarating concert with pianist Anna Vinnitskaya.

****1

Explosive performances from Vladimir Jurowski and the LPO

Chris Garlick, 21st January

Jurowski took a full-on approach in the first movement, grinding through the discords without shame and only pulling back in those rare moments in the score where everyone is catching their breath.

****1

Two Sergeis with Vinnitskaya and Valčuha at the Elbphilharmonie

Alexander Hall, 14th September

Rachmaninov and Prokofiev not only shared a first name. In their individual ways they helped define Russianness too. Anna Vinnitskaya, Juraj Valčuha and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester are here the exponents.

***11

A rocky chamber music reunion at the Prague Spring Festival

Frank Kuznik, 22nd May

It's been nearly two years since Daniel Müller-Schott, Emmanuel Tjeknavorian and Anna Vinnitskaya last played together, and it sounded like it in an uneven programme of Debussy, Tchaikovsky and Brahms.

***11

Russian troika bogged down in the quest for authenticity in Bruges

Marc Haegeman, 29th November

In an all-Russian programme, Jos van Immerseel and Anima Eterna Brugge show the nuts and bolts, but forget the music.

**111

Iván Fischer jumps in to deliver thrills with the Berlin Phil

Hugo Shirley, 26th September

The Hungarian conductor is a late replacement for a satisfying mixed programme in which pianist Anna Vinnitskaya makes a blistering debut.

****1

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Pierre Michel

Né dans une famille de musiciens, Pierre suit un cursus varié au sein du Conservatoire de Meudon, entre piano (DEM) et contrebasse, récital et orchestre, classique et jazz. Aujourd'hui ingénieur dans la gestion et l'analyse de données, il fréquente très assidûment les salles de concert de la région parisienne pour consolider et approfondir sa passion pour la musique classique. Pour ne pas manquer ses prochains articles, rendez-vous sur son compte Instagram ricerc_art.

Anna Vinnitskaya, pianiste-poétesse hors pair au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées