Outstanding performance from Simon Trpčeski in Dublin

By Andrew Larkin, 23 February 2020

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“he played with Bohemian charm the lilting waltz, drama lurking in every phrase”

Reviewed at National Concert Hall: Main Stage, Dublin on 20 February 2020

Brahms, 16 Variations on a theme by Schumann, Op.9

Liszt, Soirées de Vienne Nos. 5, 6 & 7

Prokofiev, Tales of an Old Grandmother, Op.31

Mussorgsky, Night on the Bare Mountain (arr. Konstantin Chernov)

Prokofiev, Piano Sonata no. 7 in B flat major, Op.83

Simon Trpčeski, Piano

Eliahu Inbal enlivens the Singapore Symphony

Chang Tou Liang, 28th March

The nonagenarian conductor enlivens Singapore's Esplanade Concert Hall with masterly readings of Shostakovich and Rachmaninov

****1

Echoes of the Americas: Sierra and Ginastera meet Dvořák in Vienna

Chanda VanderHart, 5th April

Under the baton of Domingo Hindoyan, the Tonkünstler brings Latin America and Dvořák's New World Symphony to the Musikverein.

***11

Intruiging French and Polish programme from Søndergård and the RSNO

David Smythe, 7th June

Filmic Grażyna Bacewicz, virtuosic Saint-Saëns with Simon Trpčeski, intruiging Lutosławski and a freshly minted Ravel’s Boléro are expertly conducted by Thomas Søndergård.

****1

Vänskä and Trpčeski make an incandescent match with Seattle Symphony

Thomas May, 21st March

Thrilling Tchaikovsky, chilling Prokofiev and a discovery filled with sonic imagination mark the return of Osmo Vänskä and Simon Trpčeski to Seattle Symphony.

****1

Spectacular Saint-Saëns at the RSNO’s Valentine’s Concert

Simon Thompson, 16th February

Trpčeski sparkles in Saint-Saëns' Second Piano Concerto in an adventurous Valentine's treat, while a slimmed-down fantasia makes Szymanowski's King Roger digestible.

****1

A rare outing for Prokofiev 4 with Noseda and the LSO

Alexander Hall, 10th December

Gianandrea Noseda’s awareness of colour, texture and detail repays dividends in the symphony, whereas Simon Trpčeski’s absence of muscle and full-blooded Romantic sentiment does Brahms no favours in the concerto.

***11

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Andrew Larkin

Andrew Larkin is a pianist, composer and teacher from Dublin. Educated at Dublin and at Cambridge, he has performed all around Europe and Mexico. He currently teaches piano and composition in Dublin.