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Posted in Artur Rubinstein, books, Chopin Currency, Garrick Ohlsson, My Young Years (book), Piano Sonata No. 3 on Apr 20th, 2008
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‘My Young Years’: Rubinstein’s Enchanting Prelude
Washington Post – United States
Book critic and columnist Jonathan Yardley’s “Second Readings” series shines the spotlight on a long out-of-print autobiography by the Polish piano master…
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Posted in Artur Rubinstein, barcarolle, Chopin Bar, Chopin Currency, George Sand, Jeremy Denk, Marilyn Horne, Murray Perahia, Pauline Viardot, Yundi Li on Mar 20th, 2008
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Opera’s elite celebrate music of Viardot
San Jose Mercury News – CA, USA
Another story on the Pauline Viardot stage show in San Francisco, with some fascinating insights from Marilyn Horne:
…“She helped Wagner raise
Posted in Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante, Artur Rubinstein, Ben Agosto, Chopin Currency, fiction, figure skating, Ice Dancing, Lang Lang, Mazurkas, Nocturnes, Tanith Belbin, Yundi Li on Mar 18th, 2008
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Belbin, Agosto taking a classical approach
Boston Globe – United States
Chopin turns out to be the missing ingredient in the ice-dancing tandem’s Quest for Gold….
…[Tanith] Belbin and [Ben] Agosto are the most successful
Posted in Artur Rubinstein, Artur Rubinstein Piano Competition, Chopin Currency, Deep Purple, Dmitri Tymoczko, Konstanin Igumnov, Mazurkas, Preludes, Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Yundi Li on Mar 13th, 2008
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Pianist’s intense preparation and talent have brought him global …
Schenectady Gazette – Schenectady,NY,USA
Another preview for the current recital tour of 2000 Chopin Competition winner Yundi Li, who’ll play Sunday March 16th at …
Posted in Artur Rubinstein, Chopin Currency, Chopinzee, Dance, Her Name is Sabine, Jerome Robbins, Nocturnes, San Francisco Ballet, Sandrine Bonnaire, Shura Cherkassy, Vladimir de Pachmann, Vladimir Horowitz on Mar 12th, 2008
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Method & madness: The oddities of the virtuosi
Independent – London,England,UK
This just in: A lot of great pianists of the ages have been more than a little crackers. A dissection on the eccentricities and …
Posted in Artur Rubinstein, Chopin A La Moog, Chopin Currency, Hans Wurman, Jean-Francois Latour, Lennox Berkeley, Marie Chouinard, National Ballet of Canada, Preludes, Warsaw Philharmonic on Mar 10th, 2008
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National Ballet’s versatility shines in triumphant trio
Globe and Mail – Canada
RAVE review for National Ballet of Canada program that leads off with post-modern interpretation of the Chopin Preludes, courtesy of Quebecois choreographer Marie …
Posted in Alexander Kanchaveli, Artur Rubinstein, Ballades, Cédric Tiberghien, Chopin Currency, Markus Groh, Nocturnes, pattison piano, Piano Concertos, Royal Scottish National Orchestra on Feb 20th, 2008
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Ivan Hewett reviews Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Cédric Tiberghien at …
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
French pianist Cedric Tiberghein receives rave reviews for his Chopin Ballades at his recital at London’s Wigmore Hall; critic is less enamored …
Posted in Artur Rubinstein, Chopin Bicentennial, Chopin Currency, Eternal Sonata, Jean-Frederic Neuberger, Rafał Blechacz on Feb 13th, 2008
Posted in Artur Rubinstein, Ballades, Chopin Currency, Impromptus, Jeanne Stark-Iochmans, Nocturnes, Waltzes, Yundi Li on Jan 28th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews
Stark-Iochmans: No flash, but a workmanlike effort
Providence Journal – Providence,RI,USA
Stark-Iochmans turned to Chopin to close out the afternoon, the composer’s Fourth Ballade in F Minor. Again this contained some beautiful playing, …
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