In a New Yorker magazine article not long ago, music critic Alex Ross recalled his discovery of the young, Russian-born, German-trained Igor Levit. He loved what he heard when Levit’s CD arrived in the mail. Before...
Read MorePianist Igor Levit: Master of Dynamics (and More)
In a New Yorker magazine article not long ago, music critic Alex Ross recalled his discovery of the young, Russian-born, German-trained Igor Levit. He loved what he heard when Levit’s CD arrived in the mail. Before...
Read MoreBeethoven’s Timeless Appeal Explained
With the fourth season of the Clayton Piano Festival now ended, it is safe to say that the mission of founder/director Jonathan Levin has been accomplished. What is that mission? Quite simply to restore the festive in the term...
Read MorePianist Paul Lewis Triumphs in Beethoven’s Last Sonatas
In a recent column in The New Yorker magazine, music critic Alex Ross recalled entering a concert hall as a young man and seeing the word “Beethoven” chiseled (in caps) across the length of the proscenium arch. Ross...
Read MoreBronfman: Ho-hum Haydn, Thrilling Prokofiev
Say you are a touring pianist and you want to hold an audience rapt through three big sonatas. Sonatas only, remember – no short favorites or crowd-pleasing, late 19th century knuckle busters. What to do? Start by giving a...
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