Posts Tagged ‘Franz Liszt’
SummerFest’s Glorious Feast of Hungarian Music from the 20th Century
La Jolla SummerFest’s outstanding program devoted to Hungarian music (August 8) included Kodály’s 1914 Duo for Violin and Cello and Bartók’s Fourth String Quartet . . .
Read MoreLouis Lortie Features Wagner on La Jolla Piano Recital
Canadian pianist Louis Lortie gambled on his unorthodox but virtuoso programming at Sherwood Auditorium Saturday (January 14) for the La Jolla Music Society . . .
Read MorePianist Hélène Grimaud’s Astonishing Artistry
Of budding young piano virtuosos there is surely no shortage. The number of promising performers who understand how to program creatively, however, remains distressingly small. Hélène Grimaud’s stunning Thursday (Dec. 1) recital for the La Jolla Music Society could easily serve as a master class in insightful programming . . .
Read MoreThe Passionate Chamber Music of Liszt and Tchaikovsky
Virtuoso Canadian pianist Marc-André Hamelin was the featured performer in Wednesday’s (August 24) La Jolla SummerFest concert. No stranger to San Diego audiences, he gave winning accounts of piano concertos by Ravel and Gershwin with the San Diego Symphony earlier this year, and this marked his third successful visit to La Jolla’s Sherwood Auditorium . . .
Read MorePianist Paul Lewis Balances Introspective Brahms and Flashy Liszt in Solo Recital
Pianist Paul Lewis gave a polished, if unexceptional, recital of familiar repertory Friday (March 11) for the La Jolla Music Society in Sherwood Auditorium . . .
Read MoreAn ‘Emperor’ Piano Concerto Worthy of Royal Homage
Pianist Jeremy Denk’s uplifting performance of Beethoven’s “Emperor” Piano Concerto with the San Diego Symphony on Saturday added to the splendor of the new Upright and Grand Piano Festival.
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