Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
ISBN: 978-1-83765-225-9
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
Brings together interviews with virtuosi classical pianists
Over the last thirty years, music critic Michael Church has interviewed many of the world's leading classical pianists. Each interview presents a snapshot in time, reflecting the personality and modus operandi of the pianist, and providing readers with a revealing glimpse of their hopes and dreams. Some show surprising extra-curricular hobbies, others are politically very outspoken. With an interpretive introduction, the book is a barometer for change in the pianistic game over three decades. Each interview has an additional post scriptum indicating the pianist's subsequent career - some going on to achieve greatness, some going tragically off the rails, some departing this life.
In the early Nineties, Russian and Central European players were a dominant force. Now some of the most prominent players are from China, Japan and South Korea. The fortepiano is making a tentative comeback, while agents and record companies play an increasingly important role in shaping programmes and careers. Pianists now promote themselves, via video performances and by maintaining a regular social media presence; video is allowing a greater number of players to enter competitions from far afield.
Pianists interviewed: Behzod Abduraimov, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Leif Ove Andsnes, Katya Apekisheva, Kit Armstrong, Sulamita Aronovsky, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Daniel Barenboim, Mariam Batsashvili, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Alim Beisembayev, Nick Van Bloss, Ekaterina Bonyushkina, Alfred Brendel, Yefim Bronfman, Can Çakmur, Shura Cherkassky, Seong-Jin Cho, Federico Colli, Dame Imogen Cooper, Bernard d'Ascoli, Barry Douglas, Martín García García, Kirill Gerstein, Richard Goode, Hélène Grimaud, Benjamin Grosvenor, David Helfgott, Angela Hewitt, Sir Stephen Hough, Maria João Pires, Isata Kanneh-Mason, Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, Alexandre Kantorow, Thomas Kelly, Su Yeon Kim, Evgeny Kissin, Pavel Kolesnikov, Stephen Kovacevich, Lang Lang, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Igor Levit, Paul Lewis, Nicolas Namoradze, Noriko Ogawa, Vikingur Ólafsson, Steven Osborne, Murray Perahia, Mikhail Pletnev, Ivo Pogorelich, Maurizio Pollini, Menahem Pressler, Beatrice Rana, Charles Rosen, András Schiff, Grigory Sokolov, Daniil Trifonov, Dame Mitsuko Uchida, Lars Vogt, Arcadi Volodos, Yuja Wang, Llyr Williams, Krystian Zimerman.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction
1994
Dame Mitsuko Uchida
Stephen Kovacevich
1995
Evgeny Kissin (1)
Charles Rosen
Shura Cherkassky
1996
Barry Douglas
Maurizio Pollini
Maria João Pires
1997
Grigory Sokolov
Richard Goode
Van Cliburn Competition 1997
David Helfgott
Murray Perahia
Bernard d'Ascoli
1998
Krystian Zimerman
Alfred Brendel
1999
Arcadi Volodos
Ivo Pogorelich
2001
Yefim Bronfman
Noriko Ogawa
András Schiff
2002
Angela Hewitt
2003
Lang Lang
Paul Lewis
2005
Mikhail Pletnev
Pierre-Laurent Aimard
2008
Daniel Barenboim
Vladimir Ashkenazy
2011
Behzod Abduraimov
Nick Van Bloss
Yuja Wang
2012
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
Benjamin Grosvenor
2014
Menahem Pressler
Llyr Williams
Elisabeth Leonskaja
2016
Katya Apekisheva
2019
Daniil Trifonov
2020
Hélène Grimaud
2021
Pavel Kolesnikov
Martín García García
Seong-Jin Cho
2022
Can Çakmur
Nicolas Namoradze
Igor Levit
Leif Ove Andsnes
Kirill Gerstein
Evgeny Kissin (2)
Lars Vogt
2023
Sir Stephen Hough
Thomas Kelly
Kit Armstrong
Sulamita Aronovsky
VikingurÓlafsson
2024
Su Yeon Kim
Federico Colli
Isata and Jeneba Kanneh-Mason
Alexandre Kantorow
Beatrice Rana
2025
Alim Beisembayev
Mariam Batsashvili
Steven Osborne
Dame Imogen Cooper
Ekaterina Bonyushkina
Post-scripts
Index
