Piano Recital Konstantin Scherbakov — Zurich, 2023-04-20

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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BlattWerk Quintett: Reed Arrangements — ETHZ, Zurich, 2023-01-31

Concert review, ★★★★, BlattWerk Quintett @ Auditorium Maximum, ETHZ, Zurich, 2023-01-31 (Musik an der ETH und UZH) — Rameau: Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin, Suite in A minor, RCT 5; Ravel: “Ma Mère L’Oye”, M.60a; Albéniz: Suite “Iberia” — 2. El Puerto, 1. Evocación, 7. El Albaicín; Wranitzky: Ballet “Das Waldmädchen” — Parthia in F major, IPW 7; Bartók: Suite, op.14, Sz.62, BB 70 — Allegretto (all works arranged for reed quintet)
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Veriko Tchumburidze, Can Çakmur — Zurich, 2022-11-11

Concert review, ★★★★½, Veriko Tchumburidze, Can Çakmur @ Aula, Zurich University, 2022-11-11 (Musik an der ETH und UZH) — Mozart: Sonata No.32 for Piano and Violin in B♭ major, K.454 Schumann: 3 Romances, op.94; Saint-Saëns: Violin Sonata No.1 in D minor, op.75; Liszt: Fantasy and Fugue on the Theme B-A-C-H, S.529/2;
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Piano Recital Jae Hong Park — Zurich, 2022-10-14

Concert review, ★★★★½, Jae Hong Park @ Aula der Universität, Zurich, 2022-10-14 (Musik an ETH und UZH) — Schumann: Arabeske in C major, op.18 & Piano Sonata No.1 in F♯ minor, op.11; Scriabin: Piano Sonata No.3 in F♯ minor, op.23; Franck: Prélude, Choral et Fugue, FWV 21
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Piano Recital Tetiana Shafran — Zurich, 2022-10-22

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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Piano Recital Gaspard Dehaene — Zurich, 2022-05-12

Concert review, ★★★, Piano Recital Gaspard Dehaene @ Aula, Zurich University, 2022-05-12 (Musik an ETH und UZH / Musical Discovery) — Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, Prelude & Fugue No.22 in B♭ minor, BWV 891; Mozart: Rondo in A minor, K.511; Chopin: Barcarole op.60; 3 Mazurki, op.63; Ballade No.4 in F minor, op.52; Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.29 in B♭ major, op.106 (“Hammerklavier”); Encore by Schubert: Hungarian Melody in B minor, D.817
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