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

Denis Kozhukhin

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Grand Philharmonic Hall

May 25 2012

St Petersburg Philharmonic
Conductor, Emmanuel Krivine

LISZT: Piano Concerto No.1 in E-flat major, S.124

The Shoe Factory

Jul 06 2012

SCHUBERT: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D.821
CHOPIN: Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C major, Op. 3
FRANCK: Sonata in A major
PAGANINI: Variations on one string on Rossini’s Mosè theme, for cello and piano

Cello, Narek Hakhnazaryan

Merchant Taylors' Hall

Jul 09 2012

YSAYE: Solo Cello Sonata
FRANCK: Cello Sonata
MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition

Cello, Narek Hakhnazaryan

News

January 5th, 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

“It has been a triumphal innings for Denis Kozhukhin in Glasgow, where over the last few months he has played all of Prokofiev’s piano concertos with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. The first marked the 26-year-old’s UK professional debut; at this final concert, the sold-out City Halls cheered him with the fondness they would a local lad.

He saved the mighty fifth concerto until last, tackling it with the same blithe bravura as he had the other four. Even having to learn three of the concertos from scratch did not phase Kozhukhin, who always seems to be enjoying himself. His cheerful assurance never comes across as hubris, though: he is attentive and gracious with the orchestra, and technically breezy, fingers buoyant on the keys no matter how dense Prokofiev’s writing. His sound is percussive but not harsh, forceful but never overwhelming, cheeky but not mean or sarcastic. He breathed gentle space into the Larghetto and easy swing into the Moderato’s opening offbeats. This was a young man’s Prokofiev, sincere and quirky and inquisitive.”
The Guardian, April 2012