Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Season And Tickets The powerful pianist krystian zimerman performs Bartóks percussivePiano Concerto, a landmark of 20thcentury keyboard music. http://www.cso.org/sat_performdetail.taf?eventid=3024
Extractions: Stephen Hough has emerged as a unique presence on the international concert scene. In his highly acclaimed recitals and with the worlds finest orchestras, he combines the imagination and pianistic color of the past with the scholarship of the present. He is the first classical musician to be awarded the $500,000 MacArthur Prize. Program:
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Extractions: Utopia gets surprisingly mixed reviews in classical music. Any number of artists and their admirers will tell you that their favorite performances are those that had no rehearsals. Then there are those who create a mystique around themselves by insisting on greenhouse circumstances that musicians are said to long for. The latest is Krystian Zimerman , the Polish pianist who is touring the world playing both Chopin concertos with an ensemble he hand-picked himself, the Polish Festival Orchestra, which offers him endless rehearsals and a chance to analyze nearly every chord. Even though the group has played engagements all over Europe and spent seven days making the Deutsche Grammophon recording that would take other forces seven hours, there are still daily rehearsals up to four hours long. "Five years ago, I wouldn't have dared this performance, because it's so far out of range of the kinds of performances we have on the market," he says.
Iclassics.com - Classical Music And More Born in 1956 in Zabrze, Poland, krystian zimerman began playing the Since then zimermanoften makes concert tours in The pianist has worked with all the great http://www.iclassics.com/iclassics/artists_bio.jsp?entityId=1116
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Extractions: Berliner Branchen Stadtplan Tickets Club ... :: Berliner Kurier Datum: Ressort: Autor: Drei Giganten der Klaviermusik an einem Abend, das ist enorm. Drei Spätwerke der drei Giganten an einem Abend, das ist mehr als enorm. Wenn aber der Interpret Krystian Zimerman heißt, kann man eigentlich schon wieder beruhigt sein. Zimerman gehört zu den Pianisten, die der Vielspielerei, der kräfteraubenden Tourneehatz abgeschworen haben, die ein Programm genauso lange einstudieren, bis es hundertdreißigprozentig sitzt. Am Pfingstmontag spielte Krystian Zimerman in der Philharmonie Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert. Späte Werke. Natürlich fängt er nicht mit Beethoven oder Schubert an, sondern mit Haydn. Alle fangen mit Haydn an, als sei er zum Warmspielen da. Zimerman hat sich lobenswerterweise vorher warmgespielt. Er nimmt Haydn, die Es-Dur Sonate Nr. 59, sehr ernst. Und er hat sich ein bis ins feinste Detail abgestimmtes Konzept zurechtgeübt. Phrasierung, Artikulation, Spannungsbogen, alles stimmt haargenau, es funktioniert. Die Läufe perlen, die Akkordik ist ausgewogen, die Melodien sind kantabel, abgerundet. Die Musik atmet den Geist des Schönen, und sie klingt schön. Aufnahmeverdächtig ist das, aber nicht nur. Zimerman verfügt nämlich über ein immenses Sprachtalent. Er imitiert Stimmen, er zeichnet Farben, er fabuliert. Leise, andächtig, inspirierend. Der Flügel (sein Flügel?) hilft ihm dabei, weil er sehr weich intoniert wurde. Härten gibt es nicht, auch kaum in Beethovens später E-Dur-Sonate op. 109. Selbst die Aufwallungen eines "Prestissimo" klingen an diesem Abend versöhnlich, irgendwie zart-sinnlich. Je länger man zuhört, desto mehr denkt man das Wort Poesie. Eine leere Bühne, ein Scheinwerfer, ein Rezitator, der Gedichte vorträgt. Oder Märchen, mit guten und bösen Geistern, mit Feen, Nymphen und Trollen. Zimerman entlockt dem Instrument wunderbar phantasievolle Klänge. Zauberklänge. Daß der Pianist einige Töne verschluckt oder nicht sauber trifft, ändert daran gar nichts. Schließlich spielt hier nicht eine musikalische Variante von Deep Blue.
Polish Music Reference Center : December 1994 Newsletter The British journal Gramophone's 1994 Record of the Year for Best Instrumental RecordingAWARD went to Polish pianist, krystian zimerman, for his rendition of http://www.usc.edu/dept/polish_music/news/dec94.html
Extractions: Vol. 0, no. 1 This column will cover all current events pertaining to Polish music, its composers, its artists and artists performing Polish music. It will be updated on a regular basis. Submissions are welcome. Contact Wanda Wilk, Director The British journal Gramophone's 1994 Record of the Year for Best Instrumental Recording AWARD went to Polish pianist, Krystian Zimerman , for his rendition of Debussy's Preludes . (DG 2 CD 435773-2). As described by the editor of Gramophone, James Jolly, it is " a work of infinite variety and breathtaking colours. It may not be a conventional way of interpreting these masterpieces, but it is one of enormous insight and an impressive staging post in the career of one of the century's undisputed keyboard masters. Herbert Glass reviewed the discs for the Los Angeles Times on June 12, 1994: " In his stunningly fine new recording of the two books of Debussy Preludes, he is at once the most analytical of pianists and the most imaginative. What strikes the listener from the outset is the reflectiveness that Zimerman has invested in these performances. Yet they never seem studied Ever since winning the 1975 Chopin Competition the Polish pianist has recorded exclusively for Deutsche Grammophon. This is his second recording to win a Gramophone Award. (Chamber music category in 1990). Look up Zimerman's recording of Lutoslawski's
The Léonie Sonning Music Prize 1992, Georg Solti, conductor. 1993, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor. 1994,krystian zimerman, pianist. 1995, Yuri Bashmet, violist. 1996, Per Nørgård,composer. http://www.ffaire.com/sonning/sonning3.html
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Classical Net Review - Chopin - Piano Concertos To mark the 150th year since Chopin's death, Polish pianist krystian zimerman decidedto form an orchestra whose function would be to perform these concertos http://www.classical.net/music/recs/reviews/d/dgg59684a.html
Extractions: Deutsche Grammophon 459684-2 DDD 2 discs: 45:48, 35:51 It may same odd to focus on the orchestra when discussing a new recording of Chopin's piano concertos, given the "bad press" that the composer's orchestral writing has received in the past 170 years or so. It is true that Chopin's genius lay in what he did with the piano and not in with other instruments. Nevertheless, he was competent and, at times, more than that when he wrote the orchestral parts to these concertos. Also, it should be remembered that they are the work of a man who was only around 20, so allowances should be made for inexperience as well. Zimerman is not a stranger to conducting from the keyboard. Several years ago, when he and Leonard Bernstein were recording Beethoven's five piano concertos, the conductor's relatively sudden death left the first two concertos untouched. Following Beethoven's example, Zimerman decided that he could be the conductor as well as the soloist, and the results were a success, as they are here. It is no surprise, then, that the orchestral playing here benefits from uncommon care and preparation. Zimerman shapes every phrase and refines every sonority, and while he is highly attentive, he doesn't seem merely fussy. He doesn't try to make the orchestral writing into something it's not, but he does make sure that it lives up to its full potential.
Chopin Concertos Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21 krystian zimerman, pianistconductor/PolishFestival Orchestra DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 459 684 (F) (DDD) TT 4600 3544. http://classicalcdreview.com/chop12.htm
Extractions: Frédéric Chopin did not write orchestral music aside from accompaniments for his two piano concertos and a few minor works. The consensus was that his orchestral writing was inadequate, so much so that several other composers re-orchestrated accompaniments for the concertos, and sometimes the lengthy first-movement opening orchestral tuttis were truncated. Pianist Krystian Zimerman felt there is much of merit in these accompaniments and to prove his point organized the "Polish Festival Orchestra" consisting of all-Polish musicians ("It's just much easier when you can all communicate in the same language"). The objective was to present this music with particular attention to orchestral detail. After countless hours of rehearsing, Zimerman and his band are, at the time of this writing, on a 40-concert tour of major music centers playing the two concertos; this recording was made during an 8-day interlude in August 1999. These are the longest performances ever recorded of these concertos (the First is as long as an uncut performance of the Rachmaninoff Third!). The two would not fit onto one CD so each has its own. DG, to its credit, is selling the two for the price of one. Larghetto second movement played by Zimerman is just too slow 11:06 compared to Artur Rubinstein's 8:34, Alfred Cortot's 8:50; even the aberrant Samson Francois plays it in but 8:34.
The Warsaw Voice - Scene krystian zimerman will be playing Chopin in his native land once more. After 10 years'absence from Poland, he is back in a double role, as pianist and composer http://www.warsawvoice.pl/old/v578/scene.html
Extractions: November 21, 1999 No. 47 (578) [an error occurred while processing this directive] KRYSTIAN ZIMERMAN A 20th-Century Chopin In his global tour commemorating the 150th anniversary of Chopin's death, Krystian Zimerman has been accompanied by the Polish Festival Orchestra, which he formed from young Polish musicians a year ago. It has performed in some of the greatest concert halls in the world, including Carnegie Hall in New York, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and Salle Pleyel in Paris. The tour was met with enthusiasm everywhere, and this should be the case as well Nov. 24 and 25, when it will give its finale concerts at Warsaw's National Philharmonic. "Even before we went on tour, we achieved great success: Our 15 women agreed to wear identical dresses," jokes Zimerman. "The Clinton-Yeltsin summits were nothing compared to the negotiations over sleeves, muffs and skirts." His concerts always attract crowds, and the tickets are sold often out six months in advance. The late great pianist Witold Ma³cu¿yñski said of him: "There is no need to talk about Krystian. You have to listen to him. This is a simply incredible talent."
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Extractions: TOP-LINK UP-LINK ADD URL SEARCH ... E-MAIL PIANISTS LINKS ComparePhoneRates.com - FREE phone rate calculator! Find out how much it costs to phone anywhere in the world using different long distance telephone services. Arbiter's Museum of Historic Pianists - Arbiter Records Home Page, over 60 very short biographies by Allan Evans. Argerich, Martha b. 1941. - Excerpts from a 1979 interview with Dean Elder; in-print discography; reviews. Ashkenazy, Vladimir 1937- - Some facts, a 1995 interview, discography and reviews from Classic CD magazine page. Astriab, Lou - provides information on the American pianist. Atamian, Dickran - pianist. Ax, Emanuel Batagov, Anton 1965- - Includes biography, gallery and texts by the pianist. Bauer, Harold 1873-1951. - Bauer Collection in the Music Division of the Library of Congress includes biography, etc. Baxtresser, Margaret - explores the enchanting, nature-filled world of Claude Debussy and the Impressionist Painters. Bekhterev, Boris - provides information on the Russian-born pianist. Berman, Bart
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Extractions: Press Gramophone, London Martha Argerich indispensable a must! Diapason, Paris , November 1999 "Blond, young and fabulous, are the words to describe the conductor Grzegorz Nowak and the pianist Krystian Zimerman Il Tempo, Roma Los Angeles Times Daphnis "It would be difficult to imagine a more compelling presentation. The musicians of the Montreal Symphony seemed inspired." "Grzegorz Nowak marvelously revived the tragedy of "Miraculous Mandarin" arranging contrasting musical phrases with true mastery and presenting with brilliant passion the enormous tragedy contained in the orchestral suite." Deia, Spain Martha Argerich Gazeta Wyborcza, Warsaw "Grzegorz Nowak was a conductor of gold." Nice-Matin The Financial Times, London "Grzegorz Nowak accompanied [ Krystian Zimerman Der Bund, Bern The Vancouver Sun El Diario Vasco "Brilliant creations by Sinfonia Varsovia and Grzegorz Nowak" Ruch Muzyczny, Warsaw "Stylish, brilliant and imposing version." Der Landbote, Winterthur The Buffalo News The Telegraph, Liverpool "The orchestra accompaniment was magnificent under Grzegorz Nowak's direction in both Glazunov's and Mozart's violin concertos [ Anne-Sophie Mutter Jyllands-Posten, Copenhagen
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Extractions: THE STAR IS BORN (...) the public started to clap in the middle of the recital of Jablonski. Finally, there is an artist for the Rubinstein competition and not only a pianist. (...) When Jablonski plays he is never screaming; his Haydn Sonata turned to be an event of tension. His Liszt - beautiful colors of the piano, his magnificent Chopin's pieces will stay long in memory. Israel, Yedioth Ahronoth
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Extractions: "Paavali Jumppanen's technique is big and his imaginative daring even bigger. His unusual recital prompted the observation that great artists take you places you haven't been to before. Jumppanen's performance of the Dutilleux Sonata was masterly in its handling of rhythm, color and texture, and in its headstrong, controlled abandon." "Paavali Jumppanen, who gave a recital in the Young Concert Artists Series at the 92nd Street Y, offered a thoughtful, passionate and compelling journey. He performs with immense power and drive, and commands an extraordinary range of colors. The piano sings beautifully, but with a voice that is big and full of expressive possibilities." "At the Kennedy Center, Jumppanen left no doubt that he has the dexterity of a Paganini and the strength of a Titan, from J.S. Bach, to five attention-getters by Liszt to brief tastes of music by his Finnish compatriots, to Dutilleux's Sonata. In Liszt's own daunting 'Mephisto Waltz,' never has the Devil made such a marvelous racket."
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Extractions: Seven years ago, the Glenn Miller Orchestra performed on the Lobero stage to a sold out crowd. Back by popular demand, the Glenn Miller Orchestra returns to the Lobero for one night only! Get "In the Mood," for memories with that famous Miller Sound; a sound from the past that lives on forever in the music of the world's most popular Big Band for more than 50 years! Tue., April 1 @ 7:30pm Reserved Seating Tickets: Section A: Section B: Patron: (*includes preferred seating and post-performance Dance Party with DJ Baron Ron Herron on stage following the show) Marcel Marceau The Lobero presents MARCEL MARCEAU
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