| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 7-Feb-2013 Église de Saanen, Saanen | Exemplary Prokofiev and extraordinary Beethoven from Elisabeth Leonskaja |
 There are some concerts where everything comes together, where the music is perfectly suited to the performers, and the hall is perfectly suited to their playing style. Last night’s concert at Saanen Church, in which Elisabeth Leonskaja joined Wojciech Rajski and his Polish Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra to play Beethoven’s Piano Concerto no. 4, was just such an occasion.
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| 3-Nov-2012 Birmingham Symphony Hall | Powerful northern landscapes: Elisabeth Leonskaja and the CBSO play Grieg |
 Anyone looking for an evening of calm, reflective music would find they’d come to the wrong concert. It was rather like being granted a masterclass in how to represent the infinite nuances suggested by the performance direction “fortissimo”. I was particularly looking forward to the opener, as Sibelius’ Karelia Suite was the first piece of live classical music that grabbed my attention as a teenager. I presumed the dynamic fanfares would be in safe hands with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra brass, and I wasn’t disappointed.
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| 27-Apr-2012 Konzerthaus: Großer Saal | RSO Wien ends season with Elisabeth Leonskaja |
 For a description of Elisabeth Leonskaja’s formidable and eloquent pianism I find myself drawn to the opening bars of Rachmaninov’s G sharp minor Prelude, given in this concert as an encore. Fierce attack and rigidity in the right-hand semiquavers brought harshness to the rapid movement of the opening, though when the rhythmic pattern repeats itself you realized how perfectly even and, by extension, desensitized it was.Read full review... | |
| 27-Jun-2011 Wigmore Hall | Elisabeth Leonskaja at Wigmore Hall |
 The popularity of mercurial Elisabeth Leonskaja amongst audiences has never been higher, perhaps because she is one of “the last of the great Russian school” (Sean Rafferty), a performer whose heritage links her to one of the greatest, her friend and mentor, Sviatoslav Richter. Her musical outlook is fiercely independent, and not always to everyone’s taste.Read full review... | |
