En vivo, Video: Buscador de críticas de conciertos de música clásica, ópera, ballet y danza | Cuatro impromputs, D.935

Nunca se ponderará justamente la posibilidad de asistir a un concierto de Grigory Sokolov. Su figura, ya suficientemente egregia en virtud del patente y excepcional talento al teclado (probablemente el mayor de su época), encuentra en la mitomanía un compañero de viaje tan frecuente como incomprensible.

The Russian pianist's nuanced approach bears most fruit in Schubert and Grieg, less so in Beethoven and Ravel.

Près d'un an après avoir enchanté le public toulousain de la Halle aux Grains, le géant de Leningrad revenait pour un nouveau récital sous l'égide de l'association des Grands Interprètes. En ligne de mire du virtuose : une véritable dissertation sur l'ornement à travers l'histoire de la musique autour de Joseph Haydn et Franz Schubert

Murray Perahia’s deeply rewarding recital featured Beethoven’s monolithic Hammerklavier piano sonata, prefaced by works of Bach and Schubert.

In an unusual setting in Baden, the fine pianist Emanuel Ax coupled his exploration of demanding technique with a keen expressive focus, making an unparalleled musical experience.

Pianist Steven Osborne delights a packed Dunbar Parish Church in a recital of Schubert and Rachmaninov. 

An evening of contrasts at Wigmore Hall, with the Uzbek pianist tender in Schubert, but too loud in Mussorgsky. 

An impressive debut at the Turner Sims from this young Italian pianist brings new insights to Schubert, Scriabin and Ravel in compelling performances. 

Marc-André Hamelin plays Schubert, and premieres two works never before heard at Carnegie Hall: his own Barcarolle, and a Medtner sonata composed a century ago.

Rudolf Buchbinder is a name now synonymous with classical piano interpretation. He has over 100 recordings in his discography, and his recent series of complete Beethoven sonatas the world over has given him an authority of nearly biblical proportions.

In the relatively recent past, Russian pianist Nikolai Lugansky has featured impressively as an RSNO guest in concertos by two of his countrymen (Rachmaninov and Prokofiev). I was therefore very much looking forward to hearing him in the more intimate, less gladiatorial setting of an Edinburgh International Festival morning Queen’s Hall recital.

Any solo recital from Radu Lupu comes with the baggage of a cult, and this Carnegie Hall concert was no exception. Lavish praise from the weeklies aside, there really is something to the aura that surrounds this exquisite pianist. He has a unique sound, seeming to breathe with the concert hall's very air.

Imagine, for a moment, that you're an 18th century German or French baron deciding what you're going to do with your evening. You might do worse, perhaps, than to invite a couple of dozen friends to your well-appointed sitting room, and bring in one of the great musicians of the day to talk to you about his favourite music and play it to you.