| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 19-Sep-2011 Wigmore Hall | Till Fellner at Wigmore Hall |
Viennese pianist Till Fellner has gained a reputation for his interpretations of masterpieces from central European repertoire, and his enjoyable lunchtime recital featured well-known and well-loved pieces by Haydn, Schumann and Liszt.
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| 30-Mar-2011 Barbican Centre: Hall | Perahia performs to a sold-out Barbican Hall |
There was a distinct buzz in the air prior to this evening’s highly anticipated recital, a rare solo appearance by American pianist Murray Perahia. His recital at the Barbican Hall sold out months ago, with tickets selling fast before the programme had even been announced. Perahia remains one of the small handful of pianists who can fill a hall of this size based on the strength of his reputation alone.
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| 19-Mar-2011 Linton Village College | Michael Ierace (Linton Music Society) |
Michael Ierace's piano recital last night in Linton, Cambridgeshire was revelatory. That adjective is perhaps devalued through overuse, but this young Australian pianist's playing does indeeed reveal the strong, the beautiful, and the unexpected in music one might believe one already knows.
When Ierace, from Adelaide, won a Royal College of Music student competition as a postgraduate in 2008, a jury member told me that Ierace's playing of the Beethoven Bagatelles had made him want to explore the pieces afresh.
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