Dalberto reveals the inner Schubert in Gstaad

By Linda Holt, 05 February 2021

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“Dalberto has a way of imbuing a single high note with radiant clarity and brilliance”

Reviewed at Saanen Church, Saanen on 5 February 2021

Schubert, Piano Sonata no. 19 in C minor, D.958

Schubert, Piano Sonata no. 21 in B flat major, D.960

Michel Dalberto, Piano

Four titans on one stage: Bach, Brahms, Beethoven and Mozart at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées

Leopold Tobisch, 13th November

Bach, Brahms, Beethoven and Mozart: four insurmountable composers, each a titan of classical music in his own right. Every one of these composers would normally dominate a position of focus in a classical concert programme. It is rare, therefore, to see these composers side by side in a concert, simply due to a need for variety and not a heavy-handed evening filled with canonical works.

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Michel Dalberto et Vincent Ong à Nohant

Pierre Michel, 28th June

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.

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Michel Dalberto donne Ravel en Miroirs à la Fondation Louis Vuitton

Arthur Macé, 12th April

Pour son récital à l'auditorium de la Fondation Louis Vuitton, le pianiste Michel Dalberto a livré un moment musical d'un extrême raffinement, dans un programme entièrement consacré aux œuvres de Ravel.

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La grande leçon de Michel Dalberto Salle Gaveau

Alain Lompech, 15th February

Salle Gaveau, Michel Dalberto a livré un récital mémorable, de Schubert à Liszt, montrant qu'il est, à bientôt 64 ans, le grand maître du piano en France.

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Les nuits brûlantes de Dalberto sous le ciel provençal

Alain Lompech, 21st July

Bon sang ! Mais pourquoi n'entend-on quasi plus jamais Le Tricorne, tout comme L'Amour sorcier de Manuel de Falla, d'ailleurs ?

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Michel Dalberto triomphe à Gaveau dans Fauré, Franck et Beethoven

Julien Hanck, 19th June

S’il est un pianiste qu’on ne saurait taxer de “superficiel”, c’est bien lui. Le plaisir qu’on a à entendre Michel Dalberto s’apparente à un plaisir de la redécouverte.

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Linda Holt

Linda Holt writes about classical music for broadstreetreview.com and newyorkclassicalreview.com, with a special interest in the life and works of Beethoven. She has a doctorate in arts-and-letters from Drew University (U.S.), studied music theory and history at Rider University, and teaches humanities courses. She is president of the Princeton Research Forum ( princetonresearchforum.org ) and member of the Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society and American Beethoven Society. As L.L. Holt, she is the author of two acclaimed novels based on Beethoven’s early years: Invictus (Harvard Square Editions, 2019) and The Black Spaniard (Unsolicited Press, 2016).