Young pianists: an embarrassment of riches these days

[amateur51]

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

I enjoyed Schubert D.960 very much. How good it is to hear a pianist of any age who allows space around the notes, who is not afraid of silences or of soft playing, who revels in those deep trills in the first movement. I think it was Schnabel who suggested that a pianist should play the final movement trying to capture the duality of Ich weiß nicht, ob ich lachen, ich weiß nicht, ob ich weinen and I think that Piemontese captured this quite well.

The announcer said that Piemontese had played Schubert's final three piano sonatas in one evening recently, something that Alfred Brendel used to do wonderfully, and on the evidence of this performance I would feel confident that Piemontese could bring it off successfully.


Many thanks for alerting me to this stimulating concert, Caliban

[Nick Armstrong]

Many thanks for alerting me to this stimulating concert, Caliban

Pleasure

Any thoughts about the piano sound? (cf my post on the Lunchtime Concerts thread: http://www.for3.org/forums/showthrea...321#post361321 )

[vinteuil]

Any thoughts about the piano sound?

... it was a Fazioli, wasn't it?

Not a patch on a good Brodmann or Graf...

[Nick Armstrong]

... it was a Fazioli, wasn't it?

Indeed - see my linked post.

Better than a Steinway, anyway - perhaps we can agree on that?

[Alison]

Ben Grosvenor gone a bit quiet on the new release front?

[teamsaint]

Pleasure

Any thoughts about the piano sound? (cf my post on the Lunchtime Concerts thread: http://www.for3.org/forums/showthrea...321#post361321 )

Only heard the first movement of the Schubert.
Thought the sound was good.
Not sure of the terminology, but sounded very close miked to me, nothing extraneous, lovely clean clear sound.
Just as well all pianos don't sound the same anyway !!

I thought in one or to places he sounded a fraction rushed, but that may be unfair.
Will try to catch the rest later.

[gradus]

Benjamin Grosvenor gave a recital last Saturday in Ipswich. If he's playing anywhere near you do try to hear him, he's a remarkable musician, no wonder Decca signed him.
No short measure programming either, Mendelssohn Andante and Rondo Capriccioso, Schubert G flat Impromptu, Schumann Humoreske, MompouThree L'aisajes, Medtner, Two Fairy Tales, Ravel Valses Nobles et Sentimentales, Liszt/Gounod Faust waltz and if that wasn't virtuosic enough, as an encore a Dohnanyi Concert Study of fiendish difficulty.....blimey. Cheered to the echo and with every justification.

[DracoM]

Ashley WASS!!!!!
Anyone heard his 'Bach to the Future' CD yet?
Was on CD Review recently - the Barber, Berg are outstanding.

[neiltingley]

Lisiecki, Jan is a tall, strapping young man!

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

Ashley WASS!!!!!
Anyone heard his 'Bach to the Future' CD yet?
Was on CD Review recently - the Barber, Berg are outstanding.

[Nick Armstrong]

Lisiecki, Jan is a tall, strapping young man!

Not that tall (I was taller when I shook his hand )

Ashley WASS!!!!!
Anyone heard his 'Bach to the Future' CD yet?
Was on CD Review recently - the Barber, Berg are outstanding.

Yes - brilliant. I've downloaded a few tracks from both, inc the whole Barber piece

[kea]

Depending on your definition of 'young' and 'up and coming' I'd suggest Ingrid Fliter, Yuja Wang, Khatia Buniatishvili (of whom I have high hopes as yet unfulfilled ), Valentina Lititsta (a vigorous self-promoter),

I think Ragna Schirmer is pretty good. I don't know how young or up-and-coming she is.

Among male pianists... Herbert Schuch? I don't know his age either. Looks pretty young.

[Ariosto]

Lang Lang ! (Only joking!)

Jonathan Biss - excellent.

[ahinton]

Any of these newbies playing Alkan ?

Well, there's the Italians Vincenzo Maltempo and Alessandro Deljavan for starters (they're still both in their 20s).