Leonskaja souveraine dans Schubert au festival Piano aux Jacobins

By Rémi Monti, 01 October 2023

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“Leonskaja propose le chemin le plus court du texte à l’auditeur”

Reviewed at Cloître des Jacobins, Toulouse on 29 September 2023

Schubert, Piano Sonata no. 6 in E minor, D.566

Schubert, Piano Sonata no. 19 in C minor, D.958

Schubert, Piano Sonata no. 17 in D major "Gasteiner", D.850

Elisabeth Leonskaja, Piano

Batons and broomsticks with Joana Mallwitz in Berlin

Elena Luporini, 22nd February

A folk-centred programme delights Berlin's Konzerthaus under the conducting of Joana Mallwitz – with the special participation of soloist Elisabeth Leonskaja.

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Leonskaja and the Staatskapelle Streichquartett at Wigmore Hall

Chris Garlick, 20th September

The contrasts in Brahms' two early piano quartets are highlighted by side by members of the Staatskapelle Streichquartett and Elisabeth Leonskaja.

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An unforgettable musical experience at the Ragged School Museum

Chris Garlick, 4th October

The final event of the Ragged School Museum Festival saw a programme of Brahms and Shostakovich in the wonderful Victorian museum, tucked away at the heart of the East End.

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Beethoven or bust: anniversary series launched at Wigmore Hall

Mark Pullinger, 15th September

Early and late Beethoven in the closing two recitals of Wigmore Hall's Beethoven Festival Weekend.

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Leonskaja's Schubert thrills the Pierre Boulez Saal

David Karlin, 22nd November

A pair of A minor sonatas demonstrate the composer's evolution over his lifetime; the Wanderer Fantasy shows the pianist's mastery of phrasing.

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Mediocre Beethoven but brilliant Shostakovich from the SCO

Simon Thompson, 1st February

The SCO’s strings play as though they had an insight into the composer’s psyche that few could share.

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Rémi Monti

Auditeur compulsif de concerts dont l’amour pour la musique classique s’est développé à Toulouse, Paris mais surtout à Moscou, par le chatoiement des pianistes et des orchestres se succédant dans la Grande Salle du Conservatoire, Rémi travaille depuis plusieurs années entre journalisme et production (Radio Classique, Pianiste Magazine, Philippe Maillard Productions, Festival Tons Voisins d’Albi…).

Elisabeth Leonskaja souveraine dans Schubert au festival Piano aux Jacobins