CLEVELAND, Ohio — Few pianists today elicit the kind of eager expectation, borne of star-power and reputation, that Evgeny Kissin does the moment he takes the stage. There is a quality to his presence ...
Evgeny Kissin, the Russian-born pianist, began his recital at Carnegie Hall on Saturday night with Beethoven’s “Waldstein” Sonata. An electric current ran through the opening measures. Right through ...
New York? Evgeny Kissin sang his first tune before he spoke his first word, started tinkering on the piano at age 2 and became a sensation at 13 with a Chopin concert in his native Moscow. Today, at ...
A recital by Evgeny Kissin in Carnegie Hall is a regular event—and “event” is the right word. A Kissin recital is an event because of the stage seating (the overflow crowd on the stage). But also ...
When recordings by a 12-year-old pianist named Evgeny Kissin first filtered out of Moscow about 11 years ago, a chorus of piano aficionados pronounced him the kind of talent who emerges once in a ...
The last several days have brought a feast of major-league piano playing to Symphony Center, courtesy of keyboard virtuosos born 30 years apart. And while differences in training, repertory and ...
Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Evgeny Kissin’s mantelpiece must be a riot of flowers at the moment. Twice during his Liszt recital on Sunday, once ...
Evgeny Kissin and the Emerson String Quartet perform an exquisite Fauré, a stormy Mozart and a sweepingly sensual Dvorák. Recorded live at Carnegie Hall in April 2018, this 2-disc album gives you a ...