Luka Okros — Piano Recital, Zurich, 2022-03-24

Concert review, ★★★½, Luka Okros @ Aula, Zurich University, 2022-03-24 — Domenico Scarlatti: Sonatas in D Minor K.32, K.39, K.213, and K.141; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne No.2 in E♭ major op.9/2, Nocturne No.15 in F minor op.55/1, Nocturne No.4 in F major op.15/1, Nocturne No.20 in C♯ minor op.posth.; Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No.2 in B♭ minor, op.36; Franz Liszt: Rhapsodie espagnole, S.254
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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…