Zoltan Kocsis 1952-2016

[PJPJ]

Sad news today:

http://www.france24.com/en/20161106-thrilling-hungarian-pianist-zoltan-kocsis-dies-aged-64

RIP

[Alison]

That's very sad news. A fine player who still looked youthful when I last saw him.

[makropulos]

Sad news today:

http://www.france24.com/en/20161106-thrilling-hungarian-pianist-zoltan-kocsis-dies-aged-64

RIP

Tremendously sad. A wonderful pianist and too young. RIP.

[vinteuil]

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... this is so sad.

I loved his disc of the Art of Fugue -

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00000E2U0

[pastoralguy]

This is very sad news indeed. One of the first ever CDs I bought was of him playing the two Mozart A Major piano concertos with the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra directed by Janis Rolla. The adagio movement of K.488 is one of the loveliest pieces of playing I have ever experienced.

R.I.P, Maestro.

[gurnemanz]

I could hardly believe this headline. The only time I ever saw him live was in Leipzig in 1973. He was 21 and I was 24. (I've dug out the programme: Mozart 456). For that reason I have always thought of him as a young pianist. His Bartok solo recordings on Philips which I snapped up as soon as they appeared as a box are surely a classic set. I shall certainly be dipping into them tonight in memory. RIP

[richardfinegold]

His Chopin Waltzes on Phillips was one of my first CD purchases and I still play it frequently.

[EdgeleyRob]

Dreadful news.
Some rather good Debussy of his in my collection.

RIP

[Colonel Danby]

This indeed is very sad news. I have most of his Bartok solo piano music on Philips, wonderfully played, and of course the Third Concerto coupled with the Scherzo for Piano and Orchestra. I shall be playing this disc later, in his memory.

RIP Zoltan

[Barbirollians]

Very shocking - I bought his Debussy Images in my late teens and a very young face looks out from the cover . RIP - and time to play that disc.

[Stanfordian]

I remember seeing him play at Lancaster a few years ago.

R.I.P.

[BBMmk2]

Very surprised. Although he's not been well for the past few months. Great shame. RIP

[ChrisBennell]

Terrible news. I had only been listening to his exhilarating performance of Bartok Concerto for Orchestra last week. With the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra.

[Nick Armstrong]

Touching interview on In Tune just now with Ivan Fischer who recounted his first meeting with ZC when they were respectively 13 and 14 at music school together.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Tremendously sad. A wonderful pianist and too young. RIP.

I agree - such an exciting performer. I recently played his dry-eyed, fiery recordings of the Rachmaninoff concertos - tremendous Music-making.