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Extractions: Site Map Search About Us Home ... Musical Notes On April 7 Czech television will air a 1-hour feature on Ivan Moravec. I'm not sure who is doing it, but he thinks they may put out an English subtitled version later. There is talk (still in preliminary stage) of a recording project featuring Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms. Flash on the new Ravel/Franck recording already in production: it will also include a brand-new Beethoven 4th Piano Concerto! Details here On March 19, the Czech and Slovak community of Minnesota welcomed Ivan Moravec with a festival in his honor. The event was held in St. Paul's CSPS Hall. Appropriately enough, this is the same building where Anton Dvorak was entertained by a local Czech orchestra one hundred years ago. Moravec says all his performances there were taped, and may be broadcast on radio Michael Evje provides some interesting audio recording lore in a letter. We've reorganized the Musical Notes pages, which had outgrown the original structure. We hope it's easier to find stuff now. Moravec reported last week that he has "almost completed" reviewing the new Chopin CD for Vox, and it should be coming out soon. "I think you will like it," he added. Details on the
Review Of Ivan Moravec 2001 Richmond Recital Reviews. Richmond TimesDispatch. Monday, November 12, 2001. pianist's pianistdelights. o call ivan moravec a pianist's pianist is not an opinion or a cliche. http://www.ivanmoravec.net/journal/rev-richmond-01.htm
Extractions: o call Ivan Moravec a pianist's pianist is not an opinion or a cliche. It's an observation: Of the more than 500 who turned out to hear the Czech pianist Saturday night, an unusually high percentage were professional pianists, piano teachers and students. Some knew from previous encounters with Moravec that they would hear playing of great delicacy and color sensitivity, unaffected power and unerring phrasing. Those who didn't know found out soon enough, and were delighted by the discovery. Moravec devoted most of his program to Chopin: the 24 preludes, the Ballade in F minor and, as an encore, the Mazurka in C sharp minor. It was a fine cross section of the composer's various modes of expression and of how this pianist addresses them. The preludes, a nearly hourlong series of short and very short pieces (with a few more extended, rhapsodic ones in the center of the set), alternating in major and minor keys in an ascending, then descending tonal arch, require a strong personality as well as a strong technician to project successfully in a concert setting. Moravec, playing at a level of concentration that proved infectious, emphasized the paired nature of the preludes, in effect turning 24 pieces into 12, and played up their contrasts between the lyrical or modal and the rhythmic and turbulent.
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Acclaimed Pianist Ivan Moravec TO PERFORM AT YOUNG HARRIS Back by popular demand, Young Harris College proudly presents a live performance by ivan moravec, one of the century's great pianists. http://www.yhc.edu/prs/ivan.html
Extractions: Back by popular demand, Young Harris College proudly presents a live performance by Ivan Moravec, one of the century's great pianists. The concert will be held on campus Tuesday, November 13th at 8 PM in the Glenn Auditorium. Admission is free and open to the general public. Ivan Moravec's performances and recordings have prompted critics in search of parallels to call up names such as Gieseking and Richter. Yet, his musicianship, while it challenges comparison with these masters, is riveting and penetratingly individual in style. A native of Prague, Ivan Moravec made his American debut in January 1964 with The Cleveland Orchestra and George Szell at Severance Hall; the following month, he made his New York debut at Carnegie Hall. Since then, he has performed with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago and Boston symphonies, the Philadelphia and Minnesota orchestras, the National, St. Louis, Toronto, Detroit, Atlanta, Dallas and Baltimore symphonies and the Saint Paul, Los Angeles and Orpheus chamber orchestras. As one of the world's most acclaimed recitalists, Mr. Moravec has appeared in recitals at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center and on the major recital series in Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Cleveland and Philadelphia. For more information on Mr. Moravec's performance at Young Harris College, please call (706) 379-4311, ext. 5156.
Ivan Moravec Recital, QEH, May 5 2000 ivan moravec and other legendary artists available on Video Artists International and VAI Audio classical music, opera, ballet, dance, jazz and performing arts compact discs and videos. a stunning new pianist! moravec, ivan. Plays Beethoven. Plays Beethoven, Vol. http://www.musicweb.uk.net/SandH/2000/may00/moravec.htm
Extractions: For the first time, I felt confronted by the fact that we do indeed live in another century. One has to cope with this, but always try not to lose contact with the values of the past. Otherwise, one had better commit suicide. The 70 year old Ivan Moravec has consciously avoided stardom and marketing with the result that he is virtually unknown to the public and to many critics. But with Michelangeli or Richter, Gilels or Arrau, Serkin or Cherkassky no longer with us, one would have thought that the Philips edition, ' Great Pianists of the 20th Century' From the street In the Mists Sadly, the whole evening brought far too many disturbing coughs from the audience, but the lightening had already started with Haydn. The brilliant echo effects at the beginning of the first movement, the sonority of the chords in the Largo and the bubbling innocentemente From the street In the mists played with such clarity and utmost sensibility. Preludes fortissimo never sounds noisy or brutal - more like a fulfilled forte without any force - while his pianissimo Hans-Theodor Wohlfahrt Selected discography: Great Pianists of the 20th Century
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Extractions: Long recognized as one of the twentieth century's great pianists, Czech pianist Ivan Moravec's performances and recordings have prompted critics in search of parallels to call up such names as Gieseking and Richter. Yet his musicianship, while it challenges comparison with these masters, is riveting and penetratingly individual in style. Ivan Moravec is among the most polished and satisfying pianists around. Chicago Tribune Schumann Kinderszenen, Op. 15 Chopin Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49 Brahms Intermezzo in B-flat minor, Op. 117 Capriccio in B minor, Op. 76 Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118 Rhapsody in G minor, Op. 79 Debussy Pour le Piano Schedule Information Tickets Search Archives ... Contact us Portland State University
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Extractions: Long recognized as one of the centurys great pianists, Ivan Moravecs performances and recordings alike have prompted critics in search of parallels to call up such names as Gieseking and Richter. Yet his musicianship, while it challenges comparison with these masters, is riveting and penetratingly individual in style. Mr. Moravec was born in Prague in 1930 and until the age of 15, his main musical interest was in opera. He later studied piano at the Prague Conservatory and the Prague Academy, performing during his student years in Poland and Hungary. In 1957, pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli heard Mr. Moravec perform in Prague and invited him to Italy for further study, where he participated in Michelangeli's master classes in Arezzo in 1957 and 1958. In Europe, Mr. Moravec has appeared in recital and as concerto soloist in the major music capitals including London, Vienna, Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin, Leipzig, Munich, Oslo, Rome and Milan. He also recently completed a third tour of Australia and regularly travels to Japan for appearances with the NHK Symphony Orchestra and recitals in Tokyos major venues. His international festival appearances include the Salzburg, Edinburgh, Ruhr, Schleswig-Holstein and the Prague Spring Festivals.
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Extractions: news freetime travel homezone ... item world Sign-up for our free newsletter Contact us Submit an event Headlines: Vern Sutton leaves University Opera Theater after 35 years Vern Sutton tenor, teacher, actor, stage director and former director of the School of Music at the University of Minnesota is leaving the university this spring in order to get on with the rest of his life. And next weekend, as part of that farewell, he will take his final bow as director of the University Opera Theater, which he has overseen for 35 years. Published March 30, 2003 Listen Up: CDs by White Stripes, Celine, others POP/ROCK Published March 30, 2003 Billboard charts POP/singles Published March 30, 2003 Music review: Moravec returns a compliment to Mozart in concert with SPCO Published March 30, 2003 Classical review: The American Tenors THE AMERICAN TENORS: "The American Tenors" (Sony Classical) Published March 30, 2003 Suzanne Vega is host of new MPR series on contemporay music Minnesota Public Radio's "American Mavericks" series begins Tuesday evening (8-9 p.m., KSJN Radio, 99.5 FM) and runs on stations in Minnesota and nationally for the next 13 weeks. With folkie musician Suzanne Vega as host, the series focuses entirely on rule-breaking American composers of the 20th century, including Charles Ives, John Cage, Morton Feldman, Carl Ruggles, Steve Reich, Aaron Copland, John Adams and Laurie Anderson. It folds together interviews with samples of work. Much of the music is from recordings by Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Fran
Ivan Moravec Plays Beethoven (1 CD) ivan moravec and other legendary artists available on Video Artists International and VAI Audio classical music, opera, ballet, dance, jazz and performing arts compact discs and videos. a stunning new pianist! moravec, ivan. Plays Beethoven. Plays Beethoven, Vol. http://www.vaimusic.com/CD/1021.shtml
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Bronson Piano Studio 11/03/02, pianist ivan moravec Mozart Concerto in A, K.488, San Francisco Symphony.ivan moravec - Mozart K.488. by. pianist ivan moravec and his wife Zuzana. http://www.bronsonpianostudio.com/reviews/110302r1.htm
Extractions: Pianist Ivan Moravec - Mozart Concerto in A, K.488 San Francisco Symphony Ivan Moravec - Mozart K.488 by Lyn Bronson Pianist Ivan Moravec and his wife Zuzana That is, of course, except for the Mozart Concerto in A Major, K.488 featuring the distinguished Mr. Moravec, but then Prague with its rich musical life played an important role in Mozarts career, so you could say that there was still a Czech flavor about this concert. It is always a pleasure to hear Mr. Moravec, for he is a thorough musician who consistently exhibits great integrity in his music making. In his playing there is nothing for show or effect, only love and respect for the inherent values in the music itself. Whereas some pianists might attempt to bring a more brilliant, virtuoso approach to performing the Mozart A Major Concerto, Moravec gave us an intimate and subtle chamber music performance. Always listening to the orchestra, he molded and blended his performance so that he became an integral part of the ensemble. To hear the way he shaped his phrases with loving care, sometimes tapering them off to a delicious
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Extractions: http://www.BronsonPianoStudio.com/reviews.htm Archived Reviews Date Review Organization Pianist Maxim Phillipov Steinway Society, the Bay Area Ekaterinburg Classical Trio Le Petit Trianon Theatre Vocal Competition Carmel Music Society Vega String Quartet Chamber Music Monterey Bay Pianist Jean Louis Steuerman Monterey Symphony Pianist Van Cliburn in Solo Recital California State University Stanislaus Altenberg Piano Trio Mozart Society of California Soprano Paulette Gissendanner CSU - Monterey Bay Steinway Young Artists Concert Steinway Society, the Bay Area Rossetti String Quartet Mozart Society of California Valentine's Day Tribute Monterey Symphony Pianist Arkadi Volodos in Solo Rcital San Francisco Symphony Pianist David Lee Music Teachers' Association of California Violinist Ruth Waterman Carmel Music Society Windscape - Woodwind Ensemble Chamber Music Monterey Bay Pianist Hans Boepple Santa Clara University David Gordon Lecture on Mozart Mozart Society of California Burning River Brass Carmel Music Society Stephen Tosh - Piano Quintet No. 1
Season 2003 Pragueborn ivan moravec, whose playing was featured in the Amadeus soundtrack will Theseworks represent two very different pianist-composers at the height of http://www.santarosasymphony.com/season2003_5.html
Extractions: Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis on themes by Weber Jeffrey Kahane will take us on a delightful exploration of the variation form. Prague-born Ivan Moravec, whose playing was featured in the Amadeus soundtrack will perform Schumann's Piano Concerto and Franck's Symphonic Variations. These works represent two very different pianist-composers at the height of their artistic and technical abilities. Variations for full orchestra by Brahms and Hindemith will begin and end the program.
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Pianist Creates Collage Of Emotion In Jazzy Concerto the deep well of emotion that flowed from Ravel's Piano Concerto in G Major, playedbefore intermission with grace and warmth by Czech pianist ivan moravec. http://www.pressdemocrat.com/local/news/17srs_b5.html
Extractions: SYMPHONY REVIEW The Santa Rosa Symphony under Music Director Jeffrey Kahane took a spring-like romp Saturday night through a series of vibrant works based on the variation theme. Like a climbing vine, each work sprouted elaborate tendrils around its themes, growing and evolving into colorful and inventive variations. Framed by Brahms' sturdy "Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn" and Hindemith's crisp "Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber," the program showcased the orchestra's top-notch wind, brass and percussion sections. But the intellectual pleasures derived from these works paled beside the deep well of emotion that flowed from Ravel's Piano Concerto in G Major, played before intermission with grace and warmth by Czech pianist Ivan Moravec. The tall, stately pianist brought a sense of calm and utter control to the jazzy concerto, which opens with a bang from the percussion section and sparkling arpeggios and glissandos from the piano. When Moravec plays, there are no extraneous movements or showy flourishes, no thunderous chords or unnecessary ritardandos.
Klassik-CD Des Monats: Ivan Moravec, Live In Prag Translate this page moravec ist der pianist, der mühelos eine Diminuendo-Vorschrift im Pianissimo hörbarmacht. Und vieles mehr. ivan moravec spielt unfasslich schön Klavier. http://www.rondomagazin.de/klassik/cddesmonats/016.htm
Extractions: Im Nebel, Sonate es-Moll E s wird der CD oft unterstellt, sie lasse den Klavierton "kalt" erscheinen, "unpersönlich". Ich habe das auch schon geschrieben. Aber wenn man Ivan Moravecs Klavierabend vom Prager Frühling 2000 hört, befällt einen der Verdacht, es könnte doch an den Pianisten liegen. So herrlich, warm und persönlich hat das Instrument seit langem nicht mehr gesungen. Man wird das ganze Wunder dieses kostbaren Klavierspiels erst nach und nach fassen können. Vielleicht sollten Sie (ausnahmsweise!) einmal zur ersten der drei Zugaben springen, zur "Ondine", nicht zur ravelschen, sondern zu Debussys spröderer Nixen-Schwester aus Préludes II. So gesättigt mit Farbe und doch transparent konnte auch Michelangeli, Moravecs Mentor, die "Ondine" nicht spielen. Noch den geringsten pp-Anschlag eines Arpeggios reiht er, wie eine ebenmäßige opalisierende Perle, auf die Schnur. Das eigentlich Unbeschreibliche aber ist diese fast greifbare Spannung - fast eine Art Muskeltonus - die die Klanggesten dieses schwierigen Préludes in eine lebendige Bewegungsfolge bringt. Moravec ist kein anämischer Ästhetizist. Klavierwerke Janáceks standen im Zentrum des Prager Abends. Moravec rückt die vier Stücke "Im Nebel" nicht in die impressionistische Welt. Er gibt dem Zyklus ein zartes, doch plastisch modelliertes Gesicht. Der Adagio-Choral und die Arpeggien am Schluss der Nr. 1, die gezackten Presto 32-tel, die so geheimnisvoll aus dem Nebel hervorzutreten scheinen in der Nr. 2, Moravec hört diese melodischen Splitter als noch im dreifachen Piano tragende Klangreden auf vertauchenden Bässen. Man denkt an Spitzenmuster auf mattblauem Grund.
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Extractions: (70 Min., aufgenommen 4/76 und 8/87) Dass die Kunst des tschechischen Pianisten Ivan Moravec in Deutschland noch immer kaum gewürdigt wird, ist kaum zu fassen. Wer jemals seine legendäre Aufnahme der Chopin-Nocturnes (Nonesuch) gehört hat, wird nicht leugnen können, dass Moravec als Chopin-Interpret in unserer Zeit einzig dasteht. Auch die Aufnahme der "Kinderszenen" Schumanns ist unter die herrlichsten, sensibelsten zu reihen, die jemals von diesen Stücken gemacht wurden. Nein, da greife ich nicht zu hoch. Dies ist Klavierspiel von atemberaubender Schönheit und Perfektion. Noch im Pianissimo bleibt Moravecs Ton klar und leuchtend. Unglaublich vollkommene Halbpedaleffekte, die das Klangbild niemals aufweichen, müssen jeden Kollegen in Ehrfurcht erstarren lassen. Das konnte nur einer zuvor: Walter Gieseking! Moravec gibt zu, Jahre an der Erarbeitung weniger Partiturseiten zu feilen, und so gelingen ihm Augenblicke seltener Verfeinerung. Im "Kind im Einschlummern" oder "Fast zu ernst" hören wir Übergänge und zarte Umgewichtungen der Stimmen, die ihm so kein lebender Pianist nachspielen könnte. Doch diese wohl nur mit Michelangeli zu vergleichende Sehnsucht nach Vollkommenheit führt keineswegs zu verzärtelter Reihung schöner Episoden. Gerade im Schumann-Konzert (1976 aufgenommen) bemerkt man einen sehr vitalen Instinkt für die große Linie, eine perfekte Balance zwischen kostbar ausformulierten Details und männlichem Zupacken.
