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The 2012 William Kapell International Piano Competition Ends
The Kapell Competition Ends With An Evening of Concertos After a concert last night in which the three Finalists played concertos with the Baltimore Symphony at the Clarice Smith Center’s Dekelboum Hall, the results of the 2012 William Kapell International Piano Competition are in, and they are as follows: 1st Prize – $25,000 to Yekwon…
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Anton Kuerti in Review
Anton Kuerti in an all-Beethoven recital You overhear these conversations all the time at concerts: “Well, he/she didn’t put enough emotion into it.” Or: “He/she put a lot of emotion into it.” Non-musicians can be forgiven for being confused by this issue, but the fact is (in my opinion, anyway) that “putting emotion in” is…
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Review of Jeremy Denk at The 2012 William Kapell International Piano Competition and Festival
Jeremy Denk in Recital Pianist Jeremy Denk is carving out a major career as an advocate, and a very persuasive one, for the music of Charles Ives and Gyorgy Ligeti. In addition to his work as accompanist to megastar violinist Joshua Bell, the last couple of years have seen him record both Ives Sonatas as…
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Leon Fleisher in concert
Legendary pianist Leon Fleisher appeared in a rare recital Thursday evening at the William Kapell International Piano Competition and Festival at the University of Maryland campus in College Park. It was an emotional event for the many pianists present as Mr. Fleisher, now approaching his 84th birthday, entered the stage moving slowly and looking a…
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The William Kapell International Piano Competition and Festival; Solo Semi-Finals in Review
Solo Semi-Finals Are Over – Nine Pianists Played On Thursday, July 12th, the Jury of the William Kapell International Piano Competition and Festival selected nine semi-finalists from a field of twenty four. These nine pianists were heard in three solo semi-final rounds on Friday, Saturday and Sunday performing recitals of an hour each including both…
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The Kapell Competition in Review
The Preliminary Round is Over The Kapell Competition’s preliminary rounds were spread over three days – the only way to hear 24 pianists play 30 minutes of repertoire each without fatalities on the jury and perhaps the audience as well. One fact becomes immediately apparent from such an undertaking: there are a lot of excellent…
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Chamber Music Society of Kumho Art Hall in Review
KMF Virtuoso Concert Series Music of Poulenc, Françaix, and Dvořák Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center; New York, NY June 7, 2012 The Chamber Music Society of Kumho Art Hall (CMS) was founded in 2007 and is presently a group of sixteen distinguished artists whose mission is to broaden the horizons of chamber music…
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New York Concert Artists Associates: Rising Artists Evening II in Review
New York Concert Artists Associates: Rising Artists Evening II Jayoung Hong, piano; Jiaxin Tian, piano; Mariko Miyazaki, piano; Kazuo Kanemaki, conductor Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church June 2, 2012 What could be a better way to spend an evening than to hear – after Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings (Waltz) – four accomplished pianists playing four favorites…
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New York Concert Artists and Associates Winners Evening: Evenings of Piano Concerti in Review
New York Concert Artists and Associates Winners Evening: Evenings of Piano Concerti Wael Farouk, piano; Alexei Tartakovski, piano; Vince Lee, conductor, NYCA Orchestra Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church, New York, N.Y. May 19, 2012 Anyone looking only to the larger musical venues of New York is missing out on some once-in-a-lifetime concerts at the “little…