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A discerning audience in Singapore witnesses absorbing playing and incisive finger-work from the Russian pianist. 

Written for a large virtuoso orchestra, Ravel himself reduced La Valse's teeming complexity to a very difficult piano solo – it is not uncommon to find “complete” live or recorded surveys of the composer’s piano music which simply omit it. But it held no terror for this artist.

Prokofiev juxtaposed with Debussy and Berg in Steven Osborne's latest Wigmore Hall recital. 

This was an unmissable evening in which Prokofiev’s formidable “War” sonatas were given a rare and unforgettable outing – all three at a single sitting.  

Behzod Abduraimov brought his intense and brilliant pianism for his first recital on the main stage of Carnegie Hall

Poetic Schumann and raw Prokofiev: Milstein convinces with a two composer programme. 

The young Greek pianist recently showed himself a true powerhouse at the Kleine Tonhalle in Zürich. 

It’s hard to ignore Chinese pianist Yuja Wang, and sometimes for the wrong reasons: the controversy about That Dress (a daringly short designer frock paired with killer heels) ruffled some feathers amongst traditional classical music critics and concertgoers, and provoked a healthy debate about concert attire.

London’s Wigmore Hall, famous for its elegant concert hall and outstanding acoustics, has become synonymous with exceptional piano music. Having played host to a number of celebrated performers and composers, from Arthur Rubinstein to Saint-Saëns, Benjamin Britten to Joshua Bell, Wigmore Hall also ushers in today’s latest classical stars.One such star is Boris Giltburg.

Eva Gevorgyan a offert à La Roque d'Anthéron son jeu aiguisé et mordant dans la Deuxième Sonate de Rachmaninov, la Sixième de Prokofiev et les Réminiscences de Don Juan de Liszt.

Deuxième jour au Festival Muse&Piano du musée nordiste où, de Clément Lefebvre le matin à Luis Fernando Pérez le soir, d'extraordinaires interprétations ont été livrées par des artistes en état de grâce.

Récital de haut vol que celui du pianiste ouzbek Behzod Abduraimov à la Fondation Louis Vuitton. Avec un programme s'articulant principalement autour de la Sonate en si de Liszt et de la Sonate n°6 de Prokofiev, c'est une magnifique leçon de piano qu'il nous offre.

Au vu de sa Campanella, de son Appassionata, il paraît évident qu’Abduraimov est de ces artistes qui pratiquent au plus haut degré une certaine forme de culturisme technique. Culturisme qu’il pare et sublime sous l’animalité de ses lectures : violence féline, spontanéiste, presque iconoclaste mais toujours fascinante.