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Self-effacing in demeanor yet boldly individual at the keyboard, Seong-Jin Cho turns risk, color and freedom into a compelling exploration at Benaroya Hall.

The Chinese pianist gives powerful performances of works by Ravel, Schoenberg and Liszt at the Lukaskirche.

“Wigmore Hall is flooded now!” confessed Philippe Cassard. It was Claude Debussy who left the tap running, with every form of precipitation – rain, snow, fog – pouring from the Steinway's keyboard, trickling from fountain, springing from river beds. 

Gábor Farkas performs an all-Liszt recital on a 19th-century Érard piano such as Liszt used, showing us both its highlights and its shortcomings.

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.

Artist Douglas Gordon and pianist Hélène Grimaud literally flooded the Park Avenue Armory with tears become… streams become… 

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.

As I settled into my seat in the Kaufman Theater at the 92nd Street Y, the man next to me turned to his wife to say: “This concert is going to be quite the journey.” Snickering to myself, I dismissed the man’s comment as trite. But by the end of the all-Liszt program, I felt bulldozed by Garrick Ohlsson’s performance.

French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard gave the first of two concerts at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall to celebrate Franz Liszt’s bicentenary, and to coincide with the release of his ambitious recording, The Liszt Project.

For the last week, the Hungarian Cultural Centre has been promoting a series of varied concerts at Kings Place to celebrate Liszt's Bicentenary. The closing concert was on Saturday night: a piano recital by Dénes Várjon, with an all-Liszt programme culminating in the B minor Sonata.

François Dumont, Shani Diluka, Éric Le Sage, Juliette Journaux et Vincent Mussat se sont succédé sur la scène de Radio France pour un marathon riche et contrasté.

Der südkoreanische Pianist gab einen virtuosen Klavierabend und sorgte beim jungen Publikum für außerordentliche Glücksmomente.

En écho à l'exposition « Paris 1874 - Inventer l’impressionnisme », le pianiste a proposé un beau récital qui associait Brahms, Liszt et Moussorgski.

Âgé de 18 ans, le pianiste ex-enfant prodige et bardé de prix de concours internationaux a le parcours d'un vétéran, mais son récital a montré ses limites actuelles. 

Le pianiste a proposé un programme Schubert-Liszt joué avec une intensité remarquable.

Dans la petite église de Hendaye pleine comme un œuf, le co-directeur artistique du Festival Ravel a livré un récital Ravel-Liszt-Jarrell proprement extraordinaire.

Nelson Goerner était au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées : dans un programme romantique, entre Schumann, Brahms et Liszt, le pianiste argentin nous livre un beau récital marqué de sa « griffe ».

Hélène Grimaud nous offre un programme dont l’unité réside dans le thème de l’eau, ainsi que la puissante Sonate No.2 de Brahms.