Posts Tagged ‘Beethoven’
Trifonov a Paragon of Technical Prowess and Poetic Exposition
Exceeding the high expectations of Friday’s (April 10) bustling, capacity audience at La Jolla’s Sherwood Auditorium, 24-year-old Russian piano virtuoso Daniil Trifonov soared with a brilliant recital of Bach, Beethoven and Franz Liszt . . .
Read MorePinchas Zukerman as Soloist and Conductor
Fans of Pinchas Zukerman should have been in seventh heaven Saturday (March 21) at the Jacobs Music Center’s Copley Symphony Hall, hearing the maestro play two Beethoven violin sonatas on the first half of the program and conducting the San Diego Symphony in Beethoven’s “Eroica” Symphony on the second half . . .
Read MoreAndrás Schiff, Aristocrat of the Piano
Pianist András Schiff stopped by La Jolla’s Sherwood Auditorium Friday (Feb. 20) evening to amuse and enlighten his loyal San Diego followers with a traditional program of sonatas by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert. . .
Read MorePianist Kholodenko Scores with Powerful Prokofiev Second Concerto
Sometimes the designation “competition winner” is a scarlet letter, a mark denoting that soulless technical wizardry capable of impressing judges, but Vadym Kholodenko, first prize winner of the 2013 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, demonstrated probing emotional depth and daring individuality in his stunning account of Prokofiev’s Second Piano Concerto Sunday . . .
Read MoreSummerFest Chamber Orchestra in Smart Finale
Violinist Cho-Liang Lin turned what is usually a pleasant journey through the rococo traceries of Mozart’s Second Violin Concerto on Friday’s SummerFest Finale Concert into a profound spiritual journey. . .
Read MoreJoshua Bell Cool and Collected at the Balboa
Milwaukee’s recent brazen Stradivarius violin heist—and subsequent recovery—has garnered a good deal of media attention, including a front-page story in the New York Times of Feb. 7, 2014. That same evening, another storied Stradivarius with an equally crime-tinged history made an appearance at downtown San Diego’s Balboa Theatre played by Joshua Bell in his performance with pianist Sam Haywood.
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