Denis Kozhukhin

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Lokeren Recital

Feb 12 2012

HAYDN: Sonata No.59, Hob XVI-49 in E flat major

BRAHMS: Sonate No.1 in C Op.1

LISZT: Uit Etudes d’exécution transcendante:
No.1 ‘Preludio’
No.2 Molto vivace
No.3 ‘Paysage’
No.7 ‘Eroica’
No.8 ‘Wilde Jagd’
No.10 Allegro agitato
No.11 ‘Harmonies du soir’
No.4 ‘Mazeppa’

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Feb 16 / 17 2012

Venue: Glasgow City Halls
Conductor: Jun Märkl

PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No.4 (Left Hand) Op.53

LISZT: Transcendental Studies
Etude No. 1 Preludio
Etude No. 2 untitled – Molto vivace
Etude No. 9 Ricordanza
Etude No. 4 Mazeppa
Etude 5 Feux Follets
Etude 6 Vision
Etude 12 Chasse-Neige
Etude 8 Wild Jagd

PROKOFIEV: Sonata N. 6

Denis Kozhukhin makes debut with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & continues Prokofiev cycle with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

January 31, 2012

In February, Denis Kozhukhin makes his debut with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Marin Alsop. Kozhukhin will give three performances of Rachmaninov’s Variations on a theme of Paganini, including a concert at the Lighthouse in Poole on 1 February which will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.

Later in the month, Denis Kozhukhin returns to the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, where he continues his hugely successful cycle of Prokofiev piano concerti. Kozhukhin will perform Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No.4 under the baton of Jun Märkl, with performances at the Glasgow City Halls on 16 February and at the Music Hall, Aberdeen on 17 February, both of which will be recorded by the BBC Radio 3.

Denis Kozhukhin performs with Orchestre National de Lille, Limburgs Orchestra and Orchestre National de Belgique

January 05, 2012

Denis Kozhukhin begins 2012 with a tour of France with the Orchestre National de Lille. Kozhukhin will give six performances of Bartók’s Piano Concerto No.3 under the baton of Jean-Claude Casadesus including performances in Lille, Dunkirk and Dijon.

The following week Kozhukhin will join the Limburgs Orchestra and Ed Spanjaard for three performances of Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No.3, including a concert at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam on 21 January.

At the end of the month, Kozhukhin returns to the Orchestre National de Belgique with whom he will give three performances of Brahms’ Piano Concerto No.1 with Vakhtang Matchavariani.

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In the Press

“THIS was remarkable; a performance of such rare quality it is difficult to light on vocabulary that might define the experience.

It might be said that soloist Denis Kozhukhin’s performance of Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No 2 was powerful, or characterful, or emotional, or personable, or (as was certainly the case) that it was all of the above.

There could be some mileage in recounting the audience’s stunned reaction as Kozhukhin wrestled with and overcame passage after furious passage, gathering tension as he went by virtue of the sheer physical strain required to realise the notes Prokofiev put on the page.

Kozhukhin should also be praised for adding stresses and quirks to the second movement, showing it to be something approaching the scherzo claimed by its title; for his phrasing in the Intermezzo which confirmed that short, fast notes do not necessarily signify lighthearted frivolity; and in particular for the terrifying sorrow he conveyed in the melody which dominates the closing movement.”
The Scotsman, December 2011

“The performance of Prokofiev Two by the amazing pianist Denis Kozhukhin with the BBC SSO and conductor Martyn Brabbins was more than an astonishing performance: it was an account that made total sense of the piece, and was completely revealing of the music itself – always the ultimate test of a great version…

The performance was dynamite: explosive and volatile, with phenomenal playing from Kozhukhin, but all within a lucidly defined context and structure.

Everything locked into place, from the tiny opening cell to the huge frame of the four-movement monster. The event was an exemplar of its type; nothing less than that.”
Herald Scotland, December 2011