“Technically flawless and musically imperious”: praise for Denis Kozhukhin with the Philharmonia

Denis Kozhukhin

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Feb 17, 2023

BBC Symphony Orchestra

London, UNITED KINGDOM - Barbican

RACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

w/ BBC Symphony Orchestra
Hannu Lintu, conductor

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Sociedad de Conciertos Alicante – Recital

Alicante, SPAIN – Teatro Principal de Alicante

BEETHOVEN 32 Variations in C minor WoO 80
WIDMANN Intermezzi
BRAHMS 3 Intermezzi op.117

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News

April 15th, 2016

Denis Kozhukhin stepped in to replace pianist Boris Berezovsky in three concerts this week with the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy. Kozhukhin’s performance at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, London, received a glowing review from Classical Source:

“Technically flawless and musically imperious … the outrageous first-movement cadenza was astonishing, no holds barred … this was something special. Throughout, Kozhukhin’s attention to detail and articulation was immaculate, and his daredevil playing was thrilling … Kozhukhin was a knockout.”
Classical Source, April 2016

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Brahms: Fantasies No. 1 in D minor

In the Press

That dense sound of the inspired strings accompanied the exposition of the first theme of Rachmaninov’s concerto, in which Kozhukhin shone both technically (impeccable pulsation, even in the fastest passages of the Adagio sostenuto) and expressively, with intense phrasing in the extreme movements and articulated by a subtle rubato in the interlude while delicate according to the moment, in an outstanding performance. That he also knows how to use the keyboard as a means of communicating the most intimate sensations was evident in the very delicate way he phrased the propina (with an infinite number of dynamic gradations below the piano) “In the church”, the last of the pieces from Tchaikovsky’s Album of his youth.

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