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

Denis Kozhukhin

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Association Chopin, Lyon

Mar 02 2012

CHOPIN:. Scherzo N. 3

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

Palais des Beaux Arts

Mar 11 2012

Recital with Lorenzo Gatto, violin

Casals Festival

Mar 17 2011

Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Hans Graf

PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No.3 in C major, Op.26

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

“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