| Date and venue | Title | Submitted by |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Feb-2013 Théâtre Rialto | Classical music revisited with Collectif 9 | Andrew Crust |
 The string nonet Collectif 9 offers its public something truly as valuable as it is rare: classical repertoire “revisited with passion and fearlessness”. They are a group of very young and fiercely talented string players, many of whom play in the city’s professional orchestras. They enthusiastically align themselves with the growing movement called Classical Revolution which seeks to bring “art music” to a variety of venues and audiences with the goal of obliterating the stigmas of musty conventionalism and tradition far too often associated with the genre.
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| 2-Nov-2012 Lincoln Center: Avery Fisher Hall | Restraint pays off for Murray Perahia in New York | David Allen, unpredictableinevitability.com |
 A broken crane dangles precariously over 57th Street near Carnegie Hall at the moment. Thankfully for the hall it seems the danger has passed, but rather than cancel this concert along with so many others in New York over the past week, Carnegie delayed the recital from Friday to Sunday and moved it to Avery Fisher Hall. It’s a less satisfactory space for solo work, but it’s a space nonetheless, and I’m sure this Bronx native was pleased to perform as the city gets back on its feet.
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| 24-Oct-2012 La Maison Symphonique de Montréal | Murray Perahia in concert at the Maison Symphonique | Andrew Crust |
 Murray Perahia is nothing short of a legend in the piano world. Though his programming is markedly less broad than someone like, say, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, he makes up for it with absolute dedication to the music he loves and believes has the most artistic merit. This was a rather strange program – not because of the composers selected (this was pretty much standard Perahia stock), but because of the abundance of small character pieces and lack of standard “concert works” such as sonatas.Read full review... | ||
| 3-Oct-2012 Vredenburg Leeuwenbergh | Shuann Chai mesmerizes with Beethoven piano sonatas in Utrecht | Kristen Huebner |
 An impassioned evening of Beethoven was drawn from the fingertips of the fascinating young pianist Shuann Chai last Wednesday in Utrecht’s Vredenburg Leeuwenbergh. Presenting three of Ludwig van Beethoven’s most well-known sonatas for piano, the Pathétique, Moonlight, and Appassionata, Ms. Chai wove an intriguing and constantly changing musical soundscape.
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| 19-Jun-2012 Royal Albert Hall | Valentina Lisitsa's Royal Albert Hall Debut | Madelaine Jones |
 With more than 30 million YouTube channel views, there is simply no doubt that Valentina Lisitsa is already a classical music star to contend with. Not content with being any ordinary internet superstar, in the run-up to her Royal Albert Hall debut, the Ukrainian pianist uploaded videos of her practice sessions, announced her intention to stream the concert across the globe, and even went so far as to allow the audience to pick the programme via the internet.
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| 5-Apr-2012 Alexander Hall: Richardson Auditorium | Jonathan Biss: Ludwig and Beethoven in Princeton | Stephen Raskauskas |
 Thursday, composer David Ludwig joined Princeton audiences to hear Jonathan Biss perform his newly-penned Lunaire Variations in Richardson Auditorium. Ludwig’s piano cycle, though the shortest work on the program, became the centerpiece of Biss’ recital, which also featured works by Janáček and Beethoven.
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| 20-Mar-2012 Southbank Centre: Queen Elizabeth Hall | Power, Richness and Logic: François-Frédéric Guy at Queen Elizabeth Hall | Frances Wilson |
 With his wild hair and frowning brow, French pianist François-Frédéric Guy bears more than a passing likeness to Ludwig van Beethoven, so it seemed entirely appropriate to be listening to a recital in which the Frenchman played three of the Old Radical’s most well-loved and well-known piano sonatas, nicknamed the ‘Pastoral’, the ‘Moonlight’ and the ‘Hammerklavier’. This was part of both the Southbank Centre’s ongoing and highly varied International Piano Series, and Guy’s personal voyage through the entire cycle of Beethoven’s piano sonatas.
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| 21-Oct-2011 Wigmore Hall | Moonlight Reflections: Di Xiao at Wigmore Hall | Frances Wilson |
| Chinese pianist Di Xiao is already making a name for herself with sell-out concerts in many of Europe’s most prestigious venues and a triumphant tour of China, as well as two recordings. Her debut recital at London’s Wigmore Hall was a programme conjuring up images of moonlight while “illuminating other byways along the way”.
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| 11-Jun-2011 Wigmore Hall | Stephen Hough brings a programme of 'strange sonatas' to Wigmore Hall | Hannah Gill |
 In an age where most performers dedicate their whole life to music, Stephen Hough is a remarkable exception. Something of a Renaissance man, not only is he one of the world's foremost concert pianists, but he also paints, composes, writes poetry and blogs.
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| 10-Apr-2011 Haddington Town House | Music Up Close | Alan Coady |
 Bringing to a close this season of Music Up Close concerts, Nikolai Demidenko delighted a packed Haddington Town House with a programme of Beethoven, Chopin and Liszt.
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