Utah Symphony Orchestra / Garry Walker / Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.1

Denis Kozhukhin

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October 22nd, 2011

“Kozhukhin’s dazzling performance showed that he isn’t just another hotshot with lightning-fast fingers, but a savvy musician worth keeping an eye on. He paired phenomenal speed with crystal clarity and graceful phrasing. Garry Walker and the orchestra did a splendid job matching Kozhukhin’s dynamism in this exuberant concerto, which charges forward without pause and culminates in an exhilarating burst of musical adrenaline.”
– The Salt Lake Tribune

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Brahms: Fantasies No. 1 in D minor

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“In Beethoven anniversary year, there will probably be many more “Moonlight”s, meaning the Sonata, than the real thing (though we’ve been lucky to see the crescent in close conjunction with Venus these past two nights). Not many pianists would dare to place it at the beginning of a programme. Denis Kozhukhin’s paradoxically no-nonsense poetry meant that a constant sense of motion culminated in the whirlwind of the finale, a steady move towards implosion mirrored in the piano transcription of Ravel’s La Valse at the end of the programme. In between came perfection in the form of pure song from Schubert and Grieg.”

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