Evgeny Kissin in recital

Russian pianist Evgeny Kissin's astonishing virtuosic talents are legendary, if one can use a term like legendary about a musician still only 38 years old. Yet such was the child-prodigy's rise to fame - just 13 when he made his first recording, only 16 when he played with Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic - that his thoughtful, probing and powerful performances have already become a cherished part of keyboard connoisseurs' recollections (and record collections). Liszt's phenomenal technical demands stretch all but the most commanding of pianists – but in one as gifted as Kissin, the outcome can be a truly revelatory recital.