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A fascinating recital from Hélène Grimaud at the Barbican balanced a first half sequence exploring works with an aquatic theme against some monumental Brahms. 

Helene Grimaud's recital inside Disney Hall mucially captures and captivates nature's terrene elements with a balance of aqueous colouring and deeply grounded terra firma.

The Institut Français’ three day festival “It’s all about Piano!” kicked off cinematically at King’s Place, with Mikhail Rudy’s compact double bill of Metamorphosis and Pictures at an Exhibition.

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.

Thursday, composer David Ludwig joined Princeton audiences to hear Jonathan Biss perform his newly-penned Lunaire Variations in Richardson Auditorium. Ludwig’s piano cycle, though the shortest work on the program, became the centerpiece of Biss’ recital, which also featured works by Janáček and Beethoven.

I'm a strong advocate of performers actually telling their audience a bit about the music and why they play it the way they do, and this is particularly important when a performer has a distinct view on what a piece of music means and reflects this in his interpretation.

Dans un programme de récital exemplaire qui allait de Schubert à Scriabine en passant par Kabalevski, Janáček et Liszt, le jeune Russe a montré toute l'étendue de son talent pianistique.

Le pianiste offre un récital contrasté, avec une première partie Brahms-Janáček réjouissante, malheureusement suivie d'un Liszt et de trois bis très décevants.