All just my personal opinion
Concert review, ★★★★★, Aleksandr Kliuchko @ Aula der Universität, Zurich, 2023-10-11 (Musik an der ETH und UZH) — Liszt: Études d’exécution transcendante, S.139 (1 – 5, 8, 11, 12); Rachmaninoff: Morceaux de fantaisie, op.3; Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No.2 in B♭ minor, op.36; encores by Tchaikovsky (Nocturne) and Feinberg/Tchaikovsky
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Concert review, ★★★★½, Prix Serdang 2023 for Ariel Lanyi. Award award ceremony and recital @ Villa Serdang, Feldbrunnen SO, 2023-06-25 — Hugo Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch (Italian Songbook), HWW 159 (selection, arranged for piano by Ariel Lanyi); Robert Schumann: Symphonic Etudes in C♯ minor, op.13 (including the 5 extra variations, op.posth.)
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Concert review, ★★★½, Hans H. Suh @ Aula der Universität, Zurich, 2023-05-12 (Musik an der ETH und UZH) — Works by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827): Bagatelles, op.126; Piano Sonatas Nr.8 in C minor, op.13, “Pathétique”; Piano Sonatas Nr.30 in E major, op.109; Piano Sonatas Nr.23 in F minor, op.57, “Appassionata”;
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Concert review, ★★★★½, Konstantin Scherbakov @ Aula der Universität, Zurich, 2023-04-20 (Musik an der ETH und UZH) — Hommage à Sergei Rachmaninoff, on the Occasion of the Composer’s 150th Anniversary: Morceaux de fantaisie, op.3: Nos.1, 2, 3, 4; Morceaux de Salon op.10: Nos.2, 3, 6, 5; Études-tableaux op.33: Nos.2, 5, 7, 6; Préludes op.32: Nos.10, 11, 12; Préludes op.23: Nos.4, 5, 6, 7; Études-tableaux, op.39: Nos.5, 9; Moment Musical op.16/3; 4 Pieces (1887/1888): 3. Melody in E major
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Concert review, ★★★★, Leia Zhu, Alexandra Dovgan, Paavo Järvi, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich @ Tonhalle am See, Zurich, 2023-04-01 (Orpheum Foundation) — Chopin: Piano Concerto in F minor, op.21, B.43, CT 48; Scriabin: Étude in D♯ minor, op.8/12 (encore); Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, op.35; Hindemith: Sonata for Solo Violin op.11/6, III. Finale, Lebhaft (encore); Ravel: “La Valse”, poème choréographique pour orchestre, M.72
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Concert review, ★★★★, Esther Hoppe, Chiara Enderle Samatanga, Luisa Seraina Splett @ Kirchgemeindehaus, Winterthur-Veltheim, 2023-03-05 — Mel Bonis (1858 – 1937): Piano Trio “Soir-Matin”, op.76 (1907); Dora Pejačević (1885 – 1923): Piano Trio in C major, op.29 (1910); Lili Boulanger (1893 – 1918): Piano Trio “D’un soir triste” (1917/1918); Rebecca Clarke (1886 – 1979): Piano Trio (1921)
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