Fifty shades of pianistic grey: Behzod Abduraimov at the Folly Theater

By Hilary Stroh, 12 May 2023

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Reviewed at Folly Theater, Kansas City on 11 May 2023

Franck, Prélude, Fugue and Variation, Op.18

Saidaminova, The Walls of Ancient Bukhara

Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit

Rachmaninov, Prelude in G major, Op.32 no.5

Rachmaninov, Prelude in G minor, Op.23 no.5

Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet - Ten Pieces for Piano, Op.75

Behzod Abduraimov, Piano

Noseda and the NY Philharmonic play exhilarating Shostakovich Four

David Wolfson, 7th January

Gianandrea Noseda conducts the New York Philharmonic in a lovingly crafted, exhilarating rendition of Shostakovich’s gargantuan Fourth Symphony.

****1

Maurice Ravel and Dame Ethel Smyth works premiere in Singapore

Chang Tou Liang, 11th April

Maurice Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé and a prelude from Dame Ethel Smyth's opera The Wreckers are heard for the first time in Singapore.

****1

Han-Na Chang makes long-awaited conducting debut in Sydney

Zoltán Szabó, 8th May

Making her debut on the conductor’s podium, Han-Na Chang’s enthusiastic musicality makes a strong impression at the Sydney Opera House, in Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto no. 2 and Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony.

****1

Leleux and the CBSO opt for safe and popular

Robert Gainer, 13th April

Behzod Abduraimov impresses in Rachmaninov's evergreen Second Piano Concerto.

***11

Remarkable survey of 20th-century works by the Cincinnati Symphony

Sam Jacobson, 29th October

The Cincinnati Symphony thoughtfully illuminates a diverse cross-section of 20th-century repertoire with conductor Michael Francis and pianist Behzod Abduraimov.

****1

Revolution and remembrance in Bychkov's Shostakovich at the Rudolfinum

Frank Kuznik, 5th October

After a brilliant showing by pianist Behzod Abduraimov, Semyon Bychkov leads the Czech Philarharmonic in a 65-year-old work that could not be more contemporary.

****1

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Hilary Stroh

Hilary is an independent scholar and academic historian, based in DC. She has a background in violin, piano and ballet. Educated at Dublin and Cambridge, she has recently published her first two books.

Fifty shades of pianistic grey: terrific Behzod Abduraimov at the Folly Theater