Au TCE avec Stephen Kovacevich sur les chemins du Wanderer

Stephen Kovacevich au TCE

By Alain Lompech, 14 April 2025

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“Tout bouge comme la lumière des Nymphéas de Monet vibre devant la toile”

Reviewed at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris on 12 April 2025

Brahms, 7 Fantasies for Piano, Op.116 (extraits)

Brahms, 6 Piano Pieces, Op.118 (extraits)

Brahms, Klavierstücke Op.76

Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 30 in E major, Op.109

Schubert, Piano Sonata no. 21 in B flat major, D.960

Stephen Kovacevich, Piano

A feast of phenomenal pianism

Frances Wilson, 8th October

A remarkable evening of exceptionally fine pianism and inventive programming, featuring seven of the UK's leading pianists in rich and varied repertoire.

*****

Blanc et noir: pianistic contrasts from Kovacevich and Argerich

Mark Pullinger, 2nd November

A packed audience congregated in Wigmore Hall’s temple to pay homage at a very special concert in which Martha Argerich joined Stephen Kovacevich to mark his 75th birthday.

****1

A mixed offering from Kovacevich in Dublin

Andrew Larkin, 24th September

An effective Bach, a disappointing Brahms and a generally satisfactory Schubert: Kovacevich fails to grip in Dublin.

***11

Stephen Kovacevich plays the "three Bs" in Birmingham

Peter Marks, 14th March

Though born in America, Stephen Kovacevich has lived in London since moving there to study with the great Dame Myra Hess at the age of eighteen. He clearly has a special rapport with British audiences, as his amiable manner in discussing his encores demonstrated.

***11

Scaling the heights: Sydney Symphony play Beethoven and Strauss

Oliver Brett, 17th February

Beethoven was certainly not afraid of breaking traditions. He broke several long-held Classical traditions in his Piano Concerto no. 4, and no break was more revolutionary than beginning a concerto with the solo instrument. It was in this way that the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under Vladimir Ashkenazy opened their latest musical offering at Sydney Opera House.

****1

L'hommage rendu à Stephen Kovacevich à la Philharmonie

Alain Lompech, 15th October

Entouré de Martha Argerich, Géza Hosszu-Legocky et Edgar Moreau, le pianiste britannique a réservé aux spectateurs de la Philharmonie une soirée de légende.

*****

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Alain Lompech

Pendant trente ans, Alain Lompech, né en 1954, a été critique musical et journaliste au Monde de la musique puis au Monde, dont il a été chef des pages « Art et Spectacles » puis chef d'édition, tout en tenant la chronique « Jardins » du quotidien. Il a produit de nombreuses émissions sur France Musique, station dont il a été le directeur adjoint et chef des programmes, et où il est l'un des membres réguliers de « La Tribune des critiques de disques ». Il publie chaque mois des critiques de disques dans le mensuel Diapason. Alain Lompech a publié le premier volume des Grands pianistes du XXe siècle, chez Buchet-Chastel, et travaille à la rédaction du deuxième volume.