Clara Schumann – San Diego Story

Tony Siqi Yun’s Compelling Schumann ‘Symphonic Études’ at The Conrad

By Ken Herman | January 23, 2024 |

The 22-year-old Canadian virtuoso pianist Tony Siqi Yun delighted those who admire the piano works of Robert Schumann by giving a robust and captivating account of the composer’s Symphonic Études, Op. 13, in his debut recital Sunday for the La Jolla Music Society.

Jeremy Denk’s Brilliant Piano Recital at Orange County’s Barclay Theatre

By Ken Herman | November 24, 2020 |

Jeremy Denk’s solo recital Saturday, November 21, at Irvine’s Barclay Theatre offered astute programming and discerning interpretation coupled with commanding technique. Who could ask for anything more?

Bartók’s Third Piano Concerto Returns to San Diego Symphony After 45-year Absence

By Ken Herman | May 15, 2017 |

This weekend, the dashing young German conductor-composer Matthias Pintscher and the Russian-born pianist Kirill Gerstein visitted the San Diego Symphony for Béla Bartók’s Third Piano Concerto. Pintscher led the orchestra in vivid performances of Anton Webern’s early tone poem “Im Sommerwind” . . .