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 ...
Frederic Chopin, Fantasy in F minor, Polonaise in F-sharp minor, Nocturnes in C-sharp minor and D-flat, Waltzes in A minor and A-flat (opus 34), Waltz in A-flat (opus 42) and Scherzo in B-flat minor, ...
As Evgeny Kissin gets older his style of playing may change and his repertory may expand beyond the Romantic works he now chooses to play. But, as his recital Saturday night at the Kennedy Center made ...
Evgeny Kissin’s more or less annual recital appearances are invariably among the most highly anticipated events of Chicago’s classical music season, and the audience turnout for the Russian piano ...
Last night, Evgeny Kissin, the Russian-born pianist, began his recital with Chopin. I thought back to the 1980s—1984, specifically. Kissin was twelve, a curly-headed boy in a red Young Pioneers scarf.