Next Concerts
Jun 11, 2023
Lille Piano Festival – Recital
Lille, FRANCE – Le Nouveau Siècle
BOULEZ Sonata No. 1
SCHUBERT Sonata in B-flat Major D 960
Jul 8, 2023
Lanaudière International Festival
Montreal, CANADA - Amphithéâtre Fernand-Lindsay
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Payare, director
Reviews
May 4th, 2022
A wonderfully dark, late romantic stream of sound flowed into the hall
“A wonderfully dark, late romantic stream of sound flowed into the hall. The soloist was a 35-year-old Russian Denis Kozhukhin. He began the concert with fatally loud bells, after which he began to strike deep, rising velvety chord movements over the passionate melody of the low strings.
Kozhukhin has warmth, splendor and power as well as poetry in his skillful grips. Kozhukhin, Rouvali, and the orchestra conjured a wide-wave wave motion for the concert, in the enchanting current of which tensions rose and fell, breathing wide.
Rachmaninov himself was very precise about how the vertices of the parts should be constructed. They must be stepped up in steps, weighing and measuring each tone and degree of power. When the climax is reached, the impression must be extremely natural. That’s exactly what happened in every part.
It made a great impression.”