by Kenneth Woods | Jan 5, 2011 | Repertoire Reports
Lindsay, a piano teacher from Portland, Oregon, says we’ve spent too much time on conductors in the Repertoire Reports, so she’s taken the initiative in putting together one for 2010 for Stephen Hough based on the listings on his website. As with 2009,...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 28, 2009 | Repertoire Reports
So far, all of our 2009 Repertoire Reports have been on either conductors or orchestras, and I thought it would be very interesting to look at a report for a leading non-conductor. Pianist Stephen Hough is certainly by every measure one of the top artists in the world...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 12, 2009 | A view from the podium, Nuts and bolts
One piece on my desk this month is Brahms’ Piano Concerto no. 1 in D minor. I fell in love with the piece as a young teenager when my parents bought an LP of Krystian Zimerman’s recording with the Vienna Philharmonic and Leonard Bernstein. The purchase of the record...
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