CD Review | Martha Argerich Live/ Volumes 13-17 (Doremi Records, 2023)
Martha Argerich Live/ Volumes 13-17 Martha Argerich, piano DOREMI DHR-8201-12 For many years now, Jacob Harnoy has been producing a remarkable series of live Martha…
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CD Review | Theme: Variation (Leaf Music, 2023)
Theme: Variation David Rogosin, piano Leaf Music, 2023 Released in March 2023 by Leaf Music, Theme: Variation features a selection of popular and lesser-known keyboard…
CD Review | Brahms in Solitude (Self-published, 2023)
Brahms in Solitude Jarred Dunn, piano Self-published, 2023 This album’s 11 pieces create a well-planned trajectory through Brahms’s poetic music, and Jarred Dunn demonstrates a…
Seong-Jin Cho: Beyond Chopin
Seong-Jin Cho shot to fame after winning first prize at the 17th Chopin International Piano Competition in 2015. Since then, Cho has played the Chopin…
CD Review | Theme: Variation (Leaf music, 2023)
Theme: Variation David Rogosin, piano Leaf Music, 2023 Theme: Variation shouldn’t be taken casually—the solo piano album is a thought-provoking, conceptual experiment that deserves many…
Montrealer Bruce (Xiaoyu) Liu Takes Gold in Warsaw
The Paris-born and Montreal-bred Canadian pianist Bruce (Xiaoyu) Liu has won the 40,000-euro first prize of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, one…
Canadian Pianists J J Jun Li Bui and Bruce (Xiaoyu) Liu Make the Finals in Warsaw
The winner of Gold is Bruce (Xiaoyu) Liu. Read the full story here. Here are the videos of the Finals. Two Canadians, J J Jun…
Sorel-Tracy Stages Chopin Marathon
After last year’s successful Beethoven 32 piano marathon, the Maison de la musique Sorel-Tracy will soon stage its next coup, entirely devoted to Chopin. This…
Chopin: Cello sonata/Schubert: Arpeggione (Hyperion)
A critic’s dilemma. The cellist Steven Isserlis is a pal. He lives around the corner and we bump into each other at local amenities. He…
Lebrecht Weekly: Daniil Trifonov: Chopin Evocations (DG)
Daniil Trifonov: Chopin Evocations (DG) FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (Arr. By Mikhail Pletnev), Variations on “Là ci darem la mano” Works by…
