À la Philharmonie, le retour à Chopin d'Ivo Pogorelich

Ivo Pogorelich

By Jean-Pierre Rousseau, 06 May 2026

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“Pogorelich mène le jeu avec une sereine autorité, jamais incongrue ni brutale”

Reviewed at Philharmonie de Paris: Grande salle Pierre Boulez, Paris on 3 May 2026

Chopin, Prélude in C sharp minor, Op.45

Chopin, Berceuse in D flat major, Op.57

Chopin, Piano Concerto no. 2 in F minor, Op.21 (version pour quintette)

Chopin, 3 Mazurkas, Op.59

Chopin, Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op.60

Chopin, Piano Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor 'Funeral March', Op.35

Ivo Pogorelić, Piano

Streichquartett der Staatskapelle Berlin

Wolfram Brandl, Violin

Krzysztof Specjal, Viola

Yulia Deyneka, Viola

Claudius Popp, Cello

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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Ivo Pogorelić at the Chopin Festival in Warsaw

Jonathan Sutherland, 20th August

Ivo Pogorelić’s return to Warsaw thirty-five years after his triumphant failure in the 1980 International Chopin Piano Competition should have been an occasion for great expectations. Sadly it was more like Hard Times.

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Pogorelić's triumphant recital in Istanbul

Alain Matalon, 26th March

Ivo Pogorelich returns to Istanbul with an utterly arduous programme. Mr Pogorelić may have his adversaries and his admirers, but this was a triumphant evening for piano music.

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A curious comeback: Ivo Pogorelich

Frances Wilson, 24th February

Ivo Pogorelić returned the London stage after an absence of 15 years in a concert comprising big, popular works of the standard repertoire, which tested the pianist’s technical and interpretative skills to the limit.

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Philharmonia and Pogorelich perform an all-Russian programme

Hannah Gill, 25th November

Throughout history, artists and composers have been known to cause controversy with groundbreaking new works that shocked and challenged audiences. Yet some, like Tchaikovsky (whose Piano Concerto was rejected by his mentor Rubinstein), managed to maintain the strength of their musical convictions in the face of public rejection.

Le Beethoven apathique d'Ivo Pogorelich à la Philharmonie de Paris

Pierre Michel, 9th November

Loin de proposer un panorama de l'écriture beethovénienne, le récital du pianiste a déçu par ses tempos systématiquement stagnants, son manque de cohérence et de caractère.

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Jean-Pierre Rousseau

Jean-Pierre Rousseau a été successivement producteur responsable des émissions musicales à la Radio Suisse Romande (à ce titre co-fondateur de l'émission de critique de disques "Disques en Lice" en 1987), directeur de France Musique, directeur général de l'Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, directeur de la musique de Radio France puis directeur du Festival Radio France Occitanie Montpellier jusqu'en juillet 2022. Il a régulièrement participé aux émissions de critique de la RTBF, de France Musique, et collaboré à Forumopera. Il tient un blog qui lui permet d'exprimer sa passion pour les musiciens d'aujourd'hui et d'hier.