Next Concerts
Nov 24, 2024
Hungarian National Philharmonic
Budapest, Hungary
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56
Strauss: Burleske in D minor for Piano and Orchestra
Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17
– Hungarian National Philharmonic (ensemble)
– Lawrence Foster (conductor)
Venue: Müpa Budapest Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest, Hungary
Nov 28, 2024
I musici de Montreal
Montreal, Canada
Silvestrov: The Messenger for Piano and Strings
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat Major, K. 456
Silvestrov: Stille Musik (Silent Music)
Mozart: Symphony No. 33 in B-flat Major, K. 319
– I musici de Montreal (ensemble)
– Maxim Rysanov (conductor)
Venue: Salle Pierre Mercure, Montreal, Canada
Features
May 24th, 2022
For ‘Rhapsody in Blue’, Denis Kozhukhin turns a piano into an orchestra
“For me, the piano is an instrument with infinite possibility, sound, force, colors, imitation. It’s all about imagination, so all the ideas are first born in your head, in your ears.”
“We work all our lives, and we study like crazy for perfection. But what is perfection in music? What is perfection in life? Of course, you can play a concert without hitting a single wrong note, and I really admire people who can do that. It’s an achievement, of course, and this is what we all aim for. Obviously, if you have too many wrong notes, it can kind of destroy the whole picture. You can go to concerts and sit there for two hours and not hear a wrong note, but it can be boring and empty. So, this thing of playing wrong notes, it’s really overjudged sometimes, and it shouldn’t become an obsession.”
