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, 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, ★★★★½, Claire Huangci @ KZO, Wetzikon ZH, 2023-02-24 (Klavierissimo Festival 2023 / Top Klassik Zürcher Oberland) — Schubert: Piano Sonata in A major, D.959; Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Rachmaninoff: Prélude in C♯ minor, op.3/2 (encore)
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Concert review, ★★★★★, Tetiana Shafran @ Alte Kantonsschule, Zurich, 2022-10-22 — Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.2 in A major, op.2/2; Ravel: Sonatine, M.40; Chopin: Rondo in E♭ major, op.16; Chopin: Nocturne No.17 in B major, op.62/1; Liszt: Ballade No.2 in B minor, S.171; Liszt: Étude No.3 G♯ minor, “La Campanella”, S.141/3, from 6 Grandes Études de Paganini; Lysenko: Elegie
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Concert review, ★★★★½, Oxana Shevchenko @ Gartensaal, Villa Boveri, Baden, 2022-09-18 — Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.18 in E♭ major, op.31/3, “The Hunt”; Brahms: Piano Sonata No.1 in C major, op.1; Debussy: Estampes, L.100; Rachmaninoff: Lilacs, op.21/5 & Daisies, op.38/3; Stravinsky: Trois mouvements de “Pétrouchka”; Tchaikovsky: X. Octobre from “Les Saisons”, op.37a (Encore)
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