Alexandra Dovgan, Leia Zhu, Paavo Järvi, Tonhalle Orchestra @ Zurich, 2023-04-01

Concert review, ★★★★, Leia Zhu, Alexandra Dovgan, Paavo Järvi, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich @ Tonhalle am See, Zurich, 2023-04-01 (Orpheum Foundation) — Chopin: Piano Concerto in F minor, op.21, B.43, CT 48; Scriabin: Étude in D♯ minor, op.8/12 (encore); Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, op.35; Hindemith: Sonata for Solo Violin op.11/6, III. Finale, Lebhaft (encore); Ravel: “La Valse”, poème choréographique pour orchestre, M.72
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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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Alexander Ullman — Piano Recital @ Lucerne, 2019-11-22

Concert review, ★★★★½, Alexander Ullman @ Lukaskirche, Lucerne, 2019-11-22 (Lucerne Piano Festival, Debut Series) — Franz Liszt: Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S.173: Nos. 3 (Bénédiction), 7 (Funérailles), 10 (Cantique d’amour); Tchaikovsky: Suite “The Nutcracker”, op.71a (arr. Pletnev); Stravinsky: 3 Movements from “L’oiseau de feu” (arr. Agosti)
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Olga Kern — Piano Recital, Zurich, 2019-03-27

Blog post #481 — Concert review, ★★★★, Olga Kern @ Aula, University Zurich, 2019-03-27 — Rachmaninoff: Etudes-Tableaux (sel.); Préludes (sel.); Moment Musical op.16/4, Barcarolle op.10/3, Polichinelle op.3/5; Gershwin: 3 Preludes; Wild/Gershwin: “Fascinating Rhythm”; Scriabin: Études, op.8 (4 & 5); Balakirev: Islamey; Encores by Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Lyadov, Rimsky-Korsakov
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Joseph-Maurice Weder — Piano Recital, Zurich, 2019-01-15

Blog post #461 — Concert review, ★★★, Piano Recital Joseph-Maurice Weder @ ETHZ, Zurich, 2019-01-15 — Jannik Giger (*1985): Accelerated for Piano (2017); Janáček: Piano Sonata “1 X 1905”; Richard Dubugnon (*1968): Sonata V for solo piano, op.82 (2018); Liszt: Sonata in B minor, S.178
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Konstantin Scherbakov — Piano Recital, Zurich, 2017-04-11

Concert review, piano recital Konstantin Scherbakov, Semper-Aula / ETH Zurich, 2017-04-11 — P.I. Tchaikovsky: 18 Morceaux, op.72 (Nos. 14 & 5); Tchaikovsky: Grande Sonate in G major, op.37; S.M. Lyapunov: Études dʹexécution transcendante, op.11 (Nos. 1, 8, 5, 6, 2, & 10)