Prokofiev’s 125th anniversary

Denis Kozhukhin

Next Concerts

Jan 28, 2023

Vienna, AUSTRIA - Wiener Konzerthaus

LIGETI Piano Concerto

w/ ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor

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Feb 03, 2023

Brussels, BELGIUM - Bozar

RACHMANINOV Piano Concertos Nos. 1,3,4

w/ Belgian National Orchestra
Cristian Macelaru, conductor
Behzod Abduraimov, piano

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News

April 21st, 2016

Denis Kozhukhin joins Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra on 23 April as part of a week-long celebration in St Petersburg and Moscow of 125 years since the birth of Prokofiev.

At 11.30am on Saturday 23 April, Kozhukhin performs Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 1 in the Moscow Tchaikovsky Concert Hall under Maestro Gergiev and the Mariinsky. Violinist Leonidas Kavakos will also perform Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1.

At 3pm, Kozhukhin then performs Prokofiev Piano Sonata No.5 as part of a full sonata cycle alongside pianists Daniil Trifonov, Katya Skanavi and Iliya Rashkovsky – more details.

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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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