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The young Georgian pianist thrills in the brilliance and technical wizardry of Thalberg and Liszt as well as Schumann's Fantasiestücke. 

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.

Watching Benjamin Grosvenor, the first thing that becomes obvious is that he is in complete control of his instrument, down to the finest detail. This was an extraordinary mature recital at Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad.

It is difficult not to notice the youthfulness of the face greeting us on stage (especially in comparison to the, shall we say, more weather-worn ones in the audience). But Benjamin Grosvenor has come a long way from the eleven-year-old that won the BBC Young Musician of the Year piano final in 2004.

Chez George Sand, Michel Dalberto convainc davantage dans Ravel que dans Chopin, tandis que le jeune Malaisien Vincent Ong est à l'aise dans Schumann.

Retour sur la vingt-deuxième édition du festival, avec une série de concerts et récitals qui mettaient exclusivement à l'honneur des artistes femmes, mais aussi des cours d'interprétation et d'improvisation, des conférences...

De la conférence passionnante de Nicolas Dufetel au récital de l'extraterrestre Benjamin Grosvenor en passant par le programme impossible de Jean-Baptiste Doulcet, les Lisztomanias ont connu une sacrée journée de lancement...