Next Concerts
May 3, 2024
Orquesta de Valencia with Anna
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1
Rachmaninov Dance Sinfonicas Op, 45
Venue: Iturbi Hall, Valencia
May 16, 2024
Solo recital
Berlin, Germany
Jörg Widmann: Idyll & Abgrund (Six Schubert Reminiscences for Piano)
Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata in G major D 894
György Ligeti: L’Escalier du diable (aus Études pour piano)
Franz Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor S 178
Venue: Berlin Boulez Saal
Reviews
February 19th, 2014
Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Florida
“South Florida might not need another performance of the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1, but if you’re going to hear this work for the 20th or 30th time, let it be with a soloist of the caliber of the young Russian pianist Denis Kozhukhin… Kozhukhin is a fiery and dramatic performer, whose daring style made the most of this concerto.
He played the huge ascending chords that accompany the opening theme in the orchestra in a forward-leaning manner that gave an extra impetus and excitement to the beginning of the work. No matter how fast and thick the notes came, his mastery of the keyboard allowed him to bring a light, sure and accurate touch that brought unusual clarity to passages that can often seem like blurs of notes. From languid melodies to fierce runs in double octaves, he embraced the concerto’s pathos and drama, with none of the obvious keyboard pounding of lesser musicians…
Kozhukhin seized center stage again in the last movement, displaying fluency at the keyboard and a fearless approach to the work’s virtuoso challenges.”
South Florida Classical Review, February 2014