Dmytro Choni — Piano Recital @ Zurich, 2019-11-19

Concert review, ★★★★½, Dmytro Choni @ Semper-Aula, ETH Zurich, 2019-11-19 — Brahms: 2 Rhapsodies, op.79; Schumann: Gesänge der Frühe, op.133; Liszt: Après une lecture du Dante, S.161/7; Rachmaninoff: 6 Romances, op.38: No.3, “Daisies”; 12 Romances, op.21: No.5, “Lilacs”; 6 Moments Musicaux, op.16: No.4, Presto in E minor; Piano Sonata No.2 in B♭ minor, op.36
Blog post #521 — #rolfsmblog •

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…