| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 3-May-2013 Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage | Joy and wonder at Evgeny Kissin's Carnegie Hall recital |
_cropped.jpg) Evgeny Kissin is more than a collection of bones and flesh and crazy hair: he is a sensation. Every May for the past several years, the pianist has performed a recital on the Perelman stage at Carnegie Hall, and every year the tickets have sold out by mid-October, seven or eight months in advance. These recitals are the pinnacle of any concert-goer’s season. They are the Super Bowl of classical music, or the release of a new Harry Potter book, or Easter Sunday, when suddenly church congregations surge to twice their usual attendance.Read full review... | |
| 28-Apr-2013 Chicago Symphony Center | Kissin, the Viennese, at Symphony Hall in Chicago |
 Let me first describe the sound of the applause: taut, front-heavy, explosive. This was before Evgeny Kissin played his first note at Symphony Hall this past Sunday. It was a packed house, with an audience that spilled out of the choir loft and onto several rows of chairs wrapped around the piano. And as he finished – during his fourth encore, a prelude by Chopin – a middle-aged couple stood by the door on stage, holding hands, listening intently, needing to leave, not wanting to go.
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