| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 18-Jul-2012 University of Maryland: Clarice Smith PAC: Gildenhorn Recital Hall | Jeremy Denk plays Ligeti and Brahms at the University of Maryland |
Samantha West.jpg) For pianist Jeremy Denk, Ligeti’s Études have been a kind of musical calling card. On tour, he has paired the Hungarian composer’s revolutionary studies in virtuosic pianism with Bach’s Goldberg Variations, while Denk’s latest recording presents Books I and II of the Études as bookends to Beethoven’s final piano sonata. The musical juxtapositions have been inspired, as each of the works explores, in their own way, the possibilities of the keyboard and aspires toward—and achieves—a sense of infinitude.
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| 19-Jun-2012 Konzerthaus: Mozart Saal | Lars Vogt plays Haydn, Chopin, Thomas Larcher and Brahms at the Vienna Konzerthaus |
 Lars Vogt’s unorthodox pianism knocks at Glenn Gould’s door without ever daring to fully enter his outlandish realm, and since there can only be one Glenn Gould that is perhaps just as well. In addition to the counterintuitive articulation and other Gouldian stylings his performances offer masterful soft playing and, when convincingly maintained, a taut sense of drama. Were all of this to somehow cohere, his interpretations would be formidable.Read full review... | |
| 15-May-2012 Southbank Centre: Queen Elizabeth Hall | Wit, Woe and Warmth: Lars Vogt at Queen Elizabeth Hall |
 German-born pianist Lars Vogt has an established reputation as a concerto soloist, a recitalist, and a committed chamber musician, enjoying partnerships with esteemed musicians such as Christian Tetzlaff and Thomas Quasthoff. He is involved in many festivals, including one in a power station (with the power turned off) in the German town of Heimbach.
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