Featured Artist: Leon Fleisher |  |
AROUND THE WORLD IN 88 KEYS
From Grand Rapids, MI to Tel Aviv, our pianists are living up to their reputations as the finest in the world. The Gilmore Festival features Richard Goode, about whose recital the Kalamazoo Gazette said "Goode's quick hands gloriously executed chromatic runs and challenging arpeggios" and Leon Fleisher in recital and master class. Lise de la Salle's latest recording is Gramophone's CD of the month for April 2008 - "Expectations full met in the glittering playing of a remarkable young pianist." Alon Goldstein returns to the Israel Philharmonic with the Beethoven 1st, Herbert Blomstedt conducting.
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 Photo by Joanne Savio
Leon Fleisher The legendary pianist, celebrating his 80th birthday in July, brings to all of his performances and his recent acclaimed recordings a depth of artistry and humanity made even more poignant by his triumph over adversity, so vividly depicted in the Academy Award-nominated short documentary "Two Hands: The Leon Fleisher Story." His life and artistry were recognized last year when he was awarded the 2007 Kennedy Center Honor. |
Photo by Deborah Feingold
Richard Goode Each recital and concerto performance affirms his place among
today's greatest pianists and most searching musicians. A Richard
Goode recital, as critics regularly proclaim, is one of those rare
experiences where you feel as if the composer is at the keyboard.
His next eagerly awaited Nonesuch release is The Five Beethoven
Concertos with Ivan Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra. |
 Photo by (©) Stéphane Gallois for Vanity Fair
Lise de la Salle Her Gramophone Bach/Liszt 'Record of the Month' ("a talent in a million") made the music world sit up and take notice. Her second Gramophone Shostakovich/Liszt/Prokofiev 'Record of the Month' confirms her place, at age 20, at the top of her generation. Cheering audiences greet her recitals from the Concertgebouw to the Vancouver Recital Society. |
Photo by Janette Beckmen
Alon Goldstein This exciting Israeli pianist and Fleisher protégé captivates his audiences with "mesmerizing" recitals and "sonorously romantic" concertos from the Philadelphia Orchestra to the Hollywood Bowl. In concertos of Beethoven or Tchaikovsky or solo piano works of Schubert or Janacek he brings a fresh and compelling approach to all he plays. He will premiere a concerto commission from Avner Dorman in the 2009-10 season.
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