All just my personal opinion
(…) I’m not a professional concert reviewer — but unfortunately, this event went largely unnoticed by the media, and at least in the two newspapers I checked (the Neue Zürcher Zeitung and our local newspaper) the concert was not reviewed at all, so let me try giving at least some rudimentary, subjective comments on how I experienced the evening…
After Yulianna Avdeeva’s success at the Chopin competition 2010 in Warsaw, but even more so after the award ceremony in which she received the first prize (…), I was totally overwhelmed and deeply moved by her interpretations. Only then I realized the true value and depth of her art…
(…) Yulianna at that time had just finished her concert diploma and had since become Prof. Scherbakov’s assistant (which presumably consists of filling in for him when he was away for concerts or for a recording session). This is now 3 years ago, and she has evolved as a pianist quite dramatically since then…
Dmitri Shostakovich, Preludes & Fugues op.87: comparison, recordings by Tatiana Nikolayeva (1962), Boris Petrushansky (1992/92), Vladimir Ashkenazy (1998), Konstantin Scherbakov (1999), and Alexander Melnikov (2009)
Concert review, ★★★★½, Konstantin Scherbakov, Beethoven Sonata Cycle, Recital #1 @ Aula, Alte Kantonsschule, Zurich, 2019-09-21 — Piano Sonata No.1 in F minor, op.2/1; Piano Sonata No.2 in A major, op.2/2; Piano Sonata No.3 in C major, op.2/3; Piano Sonata No.4 in E♭ major, op.7
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Blog post #489 — Review, Charity Concert (Orphanhealthcare Foundation), Students of the Engadin International Piano Summer Academy 2017 @ Zurich, 2019-04-30 —
Richard Octaviano Kogima — Bach: English Suite No.3 in G minor, BWV 808;
Meta Fajdiga — Liszt: Consolation #3 S.172/3; Liszt: Après une lecture du Dante, S.161/7;
Jérémie Conus — Martin: 8 Préludes;
Aleksandr Kliuchko — Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit, M.55
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