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Anchored by the piano music of Shostakovich, Evgeny Kissin’s Cleveland recital also explores works of Bach and Chopin. 

Evgeny Kissin delights an overwhelmingly enthusiastic San Francisco audience with Chopin and Shostakovich, but his Bach is less convincing. 

If some aspects of his interpretations sounded here more spontaneous than settled, that is one reason we go to live concerts.

Nobuyuki Tsujii's debut in the Southbank's International Piano Series proves a mixed success. 

Russian pianist Pavel Kolesnikov gave a refined and intimate performance of works by Fryderyk Chopin in the penultimate Chamber Prom of the 2017 season.

Lang Lang displays his artistry in a mostly Romantic programme.

A highly memorable all-Chopin evening from Ingrid Fliter, with great physicality, fire and expression.

Lang Lang's Chicago recital was technically impressive but lacking in subtlety.

Superstar Chinese pianist Lang Lang's London concert included some unusual repertoire choices which revealed a more reflective side. 

Canadian pianist Janina Fialkowska has Polish blood in her veins (her father is Polish), and she was described by her pianistic idol, Arthur Rubinstein, as “a natural born Chopin interpreter”. This assertion was more than confirmed by a carefully executed and beautifully nuanced lunchtime concert of music by Fryderyk Chopin at London’s Wigmore Hall.

For the final concert in LSO St. Luke’s Chopin 2010 series, Benjamin Grosvenor’s programme was framed by the first two Scherzos, with the lengthy Fourth Scherzo forming the centrepiece of the recital. A current BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, at eighteen Grosvenor can no longer be classed as a child prodigy, yet, regardless of age, his is still a remarkable achievement.

Dans un extraordinaire récital qui faisait la part belle à la musique de Chopin, Jean-Marc Luisada a défié les lois de la gravité.

Dans un programme pourtant prometteur car intelligemment agencé, le pianiste expose des lacunes pianistiques et rythmiques étonnantes pour un musicien de ce calibre.

El joven pianista Seong-Jin Cho, ganador del Concurso Chopin en 2015, aborda en el Ciclo Scherzo un programa brillante y complejo.

Si l'habillage pianistique proposé par Beatrice Rana est somptueux, il n'est pas toujours des plus appropriés... et le maniérisme de la musicienne finit par agacer.

Krystian Zimerman zeigt eine gnadenlose Interpretation von Brahms und Chopin.

Zwei junge Pianisten präsentieren sich in bestem Licht.

Enflammer une salle, enfermer Chopin. Les contradictions de Lang-Lang dans son récital lyonnais.