La démonstration professorale de Vladimir Feltsman

By Wenceslas Godel, 15 October 2018

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“Le pianiste semble y livrer véritablement une partie de lui-même”

Reviewed at Salle Gaveau, Paris on 10 October 2018

Schumann, Arabeske in C major, Op.18

Schumann, Kreisleriana, Op.16

Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition

Vladimir Feltsman, Piano

Saariaho’s Notes on Light receives its Berlin premiere

Elena Luporini, 29th April

Sakari Oramo and Annsi Karttunen bring Northern lights and folklore to the Philharmonie, closing on a touch of Czech optimism with Dvořák’s Eighth Symphony.

***11

Steve Reich at 90 celebrated in Liverpool

Pwyll ap Sion, 29th April

A compelling concert at Liverpool’s Tung Auditorium offers a striking Josephine Stephenson’s UK premiere, dazzling John Adams and Steve Reich’s mesmerising Reich/Richter.

*****

Requiem to a troubled genius at the Southbank’s Multitudes

Chris Garlick, 29th April

As part of the Southbank Centre's Multitudes festival, Unnatural Harmony: Sounds of Lee Alexander McQueen offers a multimedia tribute to the life and creative vision of the iconic British fashion designer.

****1

Dazzling Prokofiev from Alim Beisembayev and the RLPO

Peter Connors, 26th April

In an all-Russian programme in Liverpool, Alim Beisembayev gives a breathtaking performance of Prokofiev's fiendishly difficult Second Piano Concerto.

****1

A Evgeny Kissin tour de force in Boston

Kevin Wells, 25th April

Andrey Boreyko makes an impressive debut with the Boston Symphony, where Evgeny Kissin performs in not one, but two piano concertos.

****1

Wretches like us: the LPO’s concert Wozzeck cuts to the quick

Peter Quantrill, 25th April

Beautifully prepared singing and playing brings out the tender side to Berg's modernist classic as part of the Southbank Centre’s Multitudes festival.

****1

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Wenceslas Godel

Issu d'une famille de musiciens et de mélomanes, Wenceslas est chercheur en mathématiques financières diplômé de Télécom ParisTech et du Master El Karoui. Pianiste amateur formé dans la tradition russe et autrichienne auprès de disciples de Mikhail Voskresensky et Samuil Feinberg, Wenceslas s’est également tourné vers la composition qui allie, tout comme les sciences, rigueur, créativité et quête d’un absolu.