Barenboim / Strauss, Tchaikovsky — KKL Lucerne, 2017-08-17

Concert review, Lucerne Festival: Kian Soltani, Miriam Manasherov, Daniel Barenboim / West-Eastern Divan Orchestra @ KKL Lucerne, 2017-08-17 — Strauss: Tone Poem “Don Quixote”, op.35; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5 in E minor, op.64

Yulianna Avdeeva — Piano Recital, Baden/CH, 2014-03-08

(…) Yulianna’s playing was excellent! She is very virtuosic and very expressive! Where the tempo permits, she is nearly as clear in the articulation as Steven Hough — but she is way more expressive; unlike Volodos, she follows the score; she is not overpowering the music like Volodos, but has more agility than her Russian colleague (and avoids his unnecessary additions, I should say), she is often almost as fast and eruptive as Cziffra in the virtuosic octave passages, but in general keeps her articulation under control…