Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern / Haydn, Franck, Prokofiev, Hindemith / Brahms

Denis Kozhukhin

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August 15th, 2013

“Kozhukhin is a phenomenal technician, but no pianistic lion. He is an expressive musician whose playing is commanding and convincing, with a touch which knows all the facets of eloquent language, from gentle caressing strokes to steely-fingered, controlled articulation.

Seemingly effortless, yet highly focused and dedicated, Kozhukhin presented this demanding programme as a virtually exciting journey through pianistic summits.”

Ostsee Zeitung, August 2013

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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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