One of the great pleasures of the music 'scene' for me at the moment is the plethora of great new pianists coming to prominence.
The ones to spring to mind from the last couple of years who've dazzled me include Yevgeny Sudbin, Christian Ihle Hadland, Daniil Trifonov, Sunwook Kim, Rafal Blechacz, Jan Lisiecki...
Most recently, I've been most impressed by these two:
Boris Giltburg - who's very kindly put on Youtube the Rachmaninov Preludes from his recent Wigmore recital (switch it to 720p or 1080p and full screen and enjoy) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkoVS-nTeBQ Extracts from the recent 'Romantic Piano Sonatas' disc are on CD Review this coming weekend (I've already been enjoying the Rachmininov Sonata No 2 from that recording)
Francesco Piemontesi - I've been listening to his limpid Schumann Concerto with Bělohlávek... and I found his lunchtime recital today a delight: a terrific Schubert D960, I thought http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03lnbwc
Anyone got any other current 'up and coming' piano stars...? And are any of them women...?!
The ones to spring to mind from the last couple of years who've dazzled me include Yevgeny Sudbin, Christian Ihle Hadland, Daniil Trifonov, Sunwook Kim, Rafal Blechacz, Jan Lisiecki...
Most recently, I've been most impressed by these two:
Boris Giltburg - who's very kindly put on Youtube the Rachmaninov Preludes from his recent Wigmore recital (switch it to 720p or 1080p and full screen and enjoy) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkoVS-nTeBQ Extracts from the recent 'Romantic Piano Sonatas' disc are on CD Review this coming weekend (I've already been enjoying the Rachmininov Sonata No 2 from that recording)
Francesco Piemontesi - I've been listening to his limpid Schumann Concerto with Bělohlávek... and I found his lunchtime recital today a delight: a terrific Schubert D960, I thought http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03lnbwc
Anyone got any other current 'up and coming' piano stars...? And are any of them women...?!
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