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The Chinese-Canadian pianist put his extroversion on full display in an unforgettable Wigmore debut.

Dans la grande salle Pierre Boulez, le pianiste a proposé un programme passionnant, d'une grande intelligence mais limité par une technique pianistique et un imaginaire sonore particuliers.

Premier prix du Concours Chopin, le pianiste produit une impression mitigée : d'une agilité impressionnante et d'une pulsation irrésistible dans certaines pièces, il se montre trop présent ou trop banal dans d'autres.

On a sans doute pas tout dit, mais on a déjà dit beaucoup sur la Sonate à Kreutzer de Lorenzo Gatto et Julien Libeer… Après avoir fait fureur au disque voilà tout juste un an, la voilà qui s’invite à l’auditorium du musée Dapper dans un programme mêlant Mozart, Bach et Beethoven : deuxième fois ce mois-ci que la Belgique triomphe à Paris.

Tout ce que la musique russe peut évoquer de force et de fermeté, de passion sourde et d’intensité, Danny Driver l’a livré mercredi soir à la Salle Bourgie. Dans le cadre de la série « Complètement piano » de la Fondation Arte Musica, durant laquelle les compositeurs russes sont mis à l’honneur, le pianiste proposait un récital autour de Bach, Schumann, Balakirev, Rachmaninov et Prokofiev.

Each note from the Bavarian RSO was infused with a sort of insistent newness as the musicians poured forth adventurous interpretations of two familiar works.

Piotr Anderszewski seated himself on a chair without any fuss and eased into the Allemande of Bach’s French Suite no. 5 in G with a soft touch. His rounded notes, subdued in the left hand, not too sparkly in the right, were as far as you could get from the quirky, angular style of Glenn Gould, who rules in Toronto, his home turf.

Murray Perahia’s programmes are always tidily thought through, exploring interrelationships between pieces and building progressively, often from Bach to Chopin via Beethoven. This was no different, with Bach and Chopin the bread to a sandwich of late Brahms and lesser-known Beethoven and Schubert. Though the Chopin was a little abrupt, this was a thorougly satisfying concert.

It was a quiet celebration – not uproarious, but contemplative – that Jeffrey Kahane and friends enjoyed on Tuesday night at Walt Disney Hall, Los Angeles. Celebrating the 15th anniversary of the partnership between the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and Kahane, the concert had Kahane stepping away from the conductor’s rostrum, instead shining the spotlight on Kahane the pianist.

There was a distinct buzz in the air prior to this evening’s highly anticipated recital, a rare solo appearance by American pianist Murray Perahia. His recital at the Barbican Hall sold out months ago, with tickets selling fast before the programme had even been announced.