Evgeny Kissin News

 
New York Times
A Pianist Shines His Light on Scriabin
New York Times
The pianist Evgeny Kissin made a powerful impression when he played the Barber Sonata as the centerpiece of his Carnegie Hall recital three weeks ago. But he has not abandoned the big canvas of Romanticism, for which he has always been most admired, ...


 
New York Times
Evgeny Kissin Plays Barber's Sonata at Carnegie Hall
New York Times
Evgeny Kissin has built a stellar career as an interpreter of the standard Romantic canon, with Chopin and the Russian masters at its heart, and he has become an increasingly thoughtful Brahms and Beethoven pianist as well. But he has never shown much ...


 
Concert review: Evgeny Kissin and the TSO play Grieg
National Post
Many thanks to Evgeny Kissin for restoring its classical credentials on Thursday with Sir Andrew Davis and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in Roy Thomson Hall. People who know this Russian know him to be a man of impeccable articulation and adamantine ...
NY Philharmonic and Evgeny KissinNew Yorker
Andrew Davis's night of orchestral magicToronto.com

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Today in Toronto: Ron Sexsmith, Kim's Convenience and more
Toronto Life (blog)
Evgeny Kissin If anyone can breathe new life into Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor, it's the renowned Russian pianist with the Eraserhead hairdo. The program also features a less familiar work: the overture to Danish composer Carl Nielsen's opera ...

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Classical Music and Opera Listings for May 18-24
New York Times
A special program on Wednesday features the Russian virtuoso pianist Evgeny Kissin in the piano concertos of Scriabin and Grieg conducted by Mr. Gilbert, who will also perform Tchaikovsky's familiar Overture-Fantasy “Romeo and Juliet.

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Symphony in black after superstar year
The Australian
The orchestra's concerts last year -- including the culmination of its Mahler cycle under principal conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy, and visits by piano superstars Evgeny Kissin and Lang Lang -- helped return an operating surplus of $1.02 million.


 
Chamber music sings at the Maison symphonique
Montreal Gazette
The recital is sold out, as was the recital by the Russian headliner Evgeny Kissin on April 26. Vengerov is presented by the Montreal Chamber Music Society with the French pianist Patrice Laré in a Handel Sonata and two works by Brahms, the Sonatensatz ...

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