41. Classical Net Review - Great Pianists Of The 20th Century - Volumes 53 & 60 as stephen Bishopkovacevich. I ve never heard an explanation for this, and Philipsdoesn t offer one in their volume devoted to this great American pianist, http://www.classical.net/music/recs/reviews/p/phi56856a.html

Volume 53 - Julius Katchen I Mili Balakirev : Islamey Johannes Brahms Sonata for Piano in F minor, Op. 5 Variations on an original theme Hungarian Dances Vol. 1 Ballade #3 in A flat, Op. 47 Fantasy in F minor, Op. 49 Franz Liszt : Hungarian Rhapsody #12 Felix Mendelssohn Rondo capriccioso in E Major, Op. 14 Ned Rorem : Sonata for Piano #2 Julius Katchen, piano Philips 456856-2 ADD partly monaural 2CDs: 78:32, 79:58 Volume 60 - Stephen Kovacevich I - Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata for Piano #17 in D minor, Op. 31 #2 "Tempest" Sonata for Piano #18 in E Flat, Op. 31 #3 Sonata for Piano #28 in A, Op. 101 Sonata for Piano #30 in E, Op. 109 Sonata for Piano #31 in A flat, Op. 110 Sonata for Piano #32 in C minor, Op. 111 Stephen Kovacevich, piano Philips 456877-2 ADD 2CDs: 75:00, 77:10 Philips Classics recently released the first volumes in its Great Pianists of the 20 th Century Julius Katchen's career ended prematurely when cancer claimed him at age 42. In the brief time that was available to him, he become known as a superior interpreter of Brahms's piano music. (The complete solo piano works can be heard on London/Decca 455 247-2.) Interestingly, he was the first pianist to be heard on a solo LP (the Brahms Sonata for Piano included here), and also the first to be heard on a concerto LP (Rachmaninoff's Second, with conductor Anatole Fistoulari.) Katchen's first teachers were his musically gifted grandparents, and he also studied with David Saperton. He was playing concertos with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic before he was a teenager. An intellectual young man, Katchen received degrees in English literature and philosophy from Haverford College before he was twenty. As with Stephen Kovacevich (below), Europe, rather than his native America, was his center of professional activity.

42. Classical Net Review - Beethoven - Piano Sonatas #26 & 29 stephen kovacevich (then stephen Bishop kovacevich) didn t quite The pianist s techniqueis immense, and yet he doesn t err by making the Hammerklavier http://www.classical.net/music/recs/reviews/e/emi57520a.html

Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonatas Piano Sonata #26 in E Flat Major, Op. 81a "Les Adieux" Piano Sonata #29 in B Flat Major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier" Bagatelles, Op. 119 Stephen Kovacevich, piano EMI Classics 5 57520 2 DDD 70:39 Stephen Kovacevich (then Stephen Bishop Kovacevich) didn't quite manage to record all 32 of Beethoven's piano sonatas when he was under contract to Philips Classics. Since switching to EMI Classics, he has restarted the cycle, but he has taken a long time over it. With this release, he moves tantalizingly closer to the end as he tackles the "Hammerklavier," the most challenging sonata of the 32. Most pianists would emphasize the difference between the "Hammerklavier" and "Les Adieux" Sonatas. Kovacevich chooses to draw lines of connection between the two. As a result, the latter work becomes less cute than it sometimes is. The sadness of parting and the joy of returning are taken at face value, not with ironic distancing. Other readings are more "unbuttoned." Kovecevich's sober interpretation takes the music literally. The eleven Op. 119 Bagatelles separate the two sonatas. Again, Kovacevich soft-pedals Beethoven the trickster and vulgarian and emphasizes the composer's stylistic consistency and integrity.

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A B C D ... Contact Beta 0.71 powered by: akademie.de PHP PostgreSQL Google News about your search term Pianist A pianist is a person who plays the piano A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an orchestra or smaller ensemble , or accompany one or more singer s or solo instrumentalists. A performing classical pianist usually starts playing piano at a very young age, some as early as three years old. Many well-known classical composer s were able pianists themselves; for example, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ludwig van Beethoven Franz Liszt Frederic Chopin ... Robert Schumann , and Sergei Rachmaninov were all virtuoso pianists. Some pianists have special preferences as to which composer's music they play. Most western forms of music can make use of the piano. Consequently, pianists have a wide variety of forms and styles to choose from, including jazz classical music , and all sorts of popular music Well-known or influential classical pianists: Martha Argerich Claudio Arrau Vladimir Ashkenazy Gina Bachauer Wilhelm Backhaus Paul Badura-Skoda Daniel Barenboim Simon Barere Bart Berman Boris Berman Idil Biret Jorge Bolet Alfred Brendel Ferrucio Busoni Bruno Canino Robert Casadesus Shura Cherkassky Dino Ciani Aldo Ciccolini Van Cliburn Harriet Cohen Jean-Philippe Collard Alfred Cortot Clifford Curzon Georges Cziffra Bella Davidovich Alicia de Larrocha Vasso Devetsi Peter Donohoe Barry Douglas Hans Eijsackers Vladimir Feltsmann Annie Fischer Edwin Fischer Leon Fleischer Ignaz Friedman Ossip Gabrilowitsch Walter Gieseking Emil Gilels

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You need Quick Time Player, you may download it http://www.quicktime.com Stephen Montague was born and educated in USA, and he has lived in Europe since 1972, first in Warsaw as a Fulbright Scholar, and since 1974, in London where he is based as a free lance composer. He has written for all medium and his works have been performed by orchestras, chamber groups and soloist world wide. Recent events have included performances by The London Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra (Washington,DC), a Norwegian military band, the Hilliard Ensemble and soloist such as pianist Stephen Kovacevich and Marc Hamlin and percussionist, Evelyn Glennie. He has collaborated with Maurice Agis since 1992 when he composed the first Bright Interiors , electroacustic sound environment, an integral part of the sculpture. The music emanates from points throughout the space, but it is actually performed over a matrix of 16 loudspeakers installed out of sight of the public. The musical sounds are made both from the natural world like human voice, wood blocks and water, and from electronic sounds produced by computer. Bright Interiors III was created at EMS, the Electronic Music Studios of the University of Texas at Austin, while Montague was a guest professor at the university from January through May, 2000. It begins with sounds of breath from the natural world which are gradually transformed to something far beyond the original source. The 16 channels of sound work as a series of 8 one hour long 2 channel loops. Each loop is a different length which interacts differently with its neighbour as they get further and further out of sync in the course of a day run. The different loop lengths mean that they always interact with each other in a completely unique way and so provide an amazing variety of relationships analogous to the continually changing colour relationships found in the sculpture.

45. Pianist Een professioneel optredende pianist die klassieke muziek uitvoert begint vaak op JuliusKatchen; Wilhelm Kempff; Evgeny Kissin; stephen kovacevich; Katia Labeque; http://www.guajara.com/wiki/nl/wikipedia/p/pi/pianist.html

Guajara in other languages: Spanish Deutsch English French ... Italian Pianist Een pianist is een persoon die de piano bespeelt. Ook de naam voor een marconist die tijdens de 2de Wereldoorlog als ondergrondse medewerker of spion werkte. Een professioneel optredende pianist die klassieke muziek uitvoert begint vaak op zeer jonge leeftijd te spelen, soms op driejarige leeftijd. Vele bekende klassieke componisten waren zelf kundige pianisten, bijvoorbeeld Sergei Rachmaninov, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Franz Liszt Frederic Chopin en Robert Schumann. Hieronder volgen opsommingen van pianisten die: klassieke muziek spelen populaire muziek spelen jazzmuziek spelen bluesmuziek spelen Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Pianisten die klassieke muziek spelen 2 Pianisten die populaire muziek spelen 3 Pianisten die jazz muziek spelen 4 Pianisten die blues muziek spelen Pianisten die klassieke muziek spelen Martha Argerich Claudio Arrau Vladimir Ashkenazy Gina Bachauer Wilhelm Backhaus Daniel Barenboim Simon Barere Bart Berman Boris Berman Idil Biret Jorge Bolet Alfred Brendel Bruno Canino Robert Casadesus Shura Cherkassky Dino Ciani Van Cliburn Jean-Philippe Collard Clifford Curzon Bella Davidovich Alicia de Larrocha Vasso Devetsi Peter Donohoe Barry Douglas Severin von Eckardstein Hans Eijsackers Vladimir Feltsmann Annie Fischer Edwin Fischer Leon Fleischer Walter Gieseking Emil Gilels Jacob Gimpel Misha Goldstein Richard Goode Glenn Gould Lola Graham Gary Graffman Helene Grimaud Friedrich Gulda Horatio Gutierrez

46. :: EMI MUSIC GERMANY :: EMI CLASSICS :: STEPHEN KOVACEVICH :: BIOGRAFIE Translate this page Klavierkonzert Nr.1+2 / Lieder“. stephen kovacevich wurde 1940in Los Angeles geboren und debütierte mit 11 Jahren als pianist. http://www.emiclassics.de/1094/biografie.html

Titel Artikelnr. Pop+Klassik Pop Klassik STEPHEN KOVACEVICH Stephen Kovacevich wurde 1940 in Los Angeles geboren und debütierte mit 11 Jahren als Pianist. Mit 18 Jahren ging er zum Studium bei der legendären Myra Hess nach England, wo er zur Zeit auch lebt. Er kann bereits auf eine lange, erfolgreiche Karriere als Konzertpianist zurückblicken und ist vor allem für seine hervorragenden Interpretationen der Klassiker des Klavier-Repertoires bekannt. Stephen Kovacevich hat einen Exklusivvertrag mit EMI Classics und spielt zur Zeit den gesamten Zyklus der Klaviersonaten von Beethoven ein. Seine Aufnahme der Sonaten op. 31 wurde von Robert Layton so kommentiert: "... wenn das so weitergeht, wird der Kovacevich-Zyklus einen ähnlichen Referenzcharakter erreichen wie die Aufnahmen von Schnabel in der Glanzzeit der 78er Schallplatte oder die von Kempff in den frühen Jahren der LP." Obwohl das Interesse von Stephen Kovacevich in erster Linie den Meistern der Klassik gilt, hat er mit Unterstützung des Arts Council of England bei seinem amerikanischen Landsmann Stephen Montague ein Werk für Klavier solo in Auftrag geben, Southern Lament, das 1997 beim Cheltenham International Music Festival welturaufgeführt wurde. Weitere Aufführungen folgten in den USA und London, u. a. bei den BBC Proms und in der Royal Festival Hall. Er hat auch Kammermusik-Recitals gegeben, so u.a. mit dem Cellisten Lynn Harrell, dem Dirigneten und Pianisten Antonio Pappano sowie Barbara Hendricks und Cecilia Bartoli.

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Daniel Becker, born in 1977, began his keyboard studies at the Junior Guildhall School of Music. He read Music at King’s College, Cambridge, during which time he studied piano with Jeremy Siepmann. Daniel then attended the Royal Academy of Music, working with James Lisney and Patsy Toh, where his studies were supported by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust. He graduated with distinction from his postgraduate course in 2001. Daniel has taken part in numerous masterclasses both in the UK and abroad. Those he has played to include Boris Berezovsky, Stephen Kovacevich, Dominique Merlet, Richard Goode, and György Sebok, the latter while attending the International Musicians’ Seminar at Prussia Cove. Daniel was a prizewinner at the 2002 Ibla Grand Prize International Competition in Sicily, winning a special mention for his performances of Busoni. He was first prizewinner at the Sixth British Contemporary Piano Competition in 2003, as a result of which he will be recording his first solo disc for METIER Records, and giving many recitals around the country. Daniel performs regularly in the UK and abroad as a solo recitalist and chamber musician. Appearances as soloist include performances at: the Austrian Cultural Institute in London; Queen’s Hall, Hexham; The Pump Room, Bath; New Walk Gallery, Leicester; Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge; and University of the West of England, Bristol. He gave his debut performance at the Weill Recital Hall, New York, in March 2003, while taking part in the Ibla prizewinners’ tour. In January 2004 he gave his Purcell Room debut with a solo recital for the Park Lane Group Young Artists New Year Series. Future engagements include Rhapsody in Blue in Bristol Cathedral (March 2004), as well as recitals in London, Manchester, Hatfield and Coventry.

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50. Shop.bookworms.org - Stephen Bishop Kovacevich Music Bernard Greenhouse, Daniel Guilet, Menahem Pressler, stephen Bishop kovacevich, JackBrymer Beaux Arts Trio, (then comprised of pianist Menahem Pressler http://shop.bookworms.org/aws.cgi/mode_music/kind_ArtistSearch/search_Stephen Bi

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52. Pianist A performing classical pianist usually starts playing piano at a very Evgeny Kissin?;stephen kovacevich; Katia Labeque?; Marielle Labeque?; Louis Lortie?; http://www.fastload.org/pi/Pianist.html

Pianist Home Up About 'Pianist' Advertisement A pianist is a person who plays the piano A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an orchestra or smaller ensemble , or accompany one or more singers or solo instrumentalists A performing classical pianist usually starts playing piano at a very young age, some as early as three years old. Many well-known classical composers were able pianists themselves; for example, Sergei Rachmaninov Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Franz Liszt Frederic Chopin , and Robert Schumann were all virtuoso pianists. Some pianists have special preferences as to which composer's music they play. Most western forms of music can make use of the piano. Consequently, pianists have a wide variety of forms and styles to choose from, including jazz classical music , and all sorts of popular music Well-known or influential classical pianists: Martha Argerich Claudio Arrau Vladimir Ashkenazy Gina Bachauer[?] ... Rosalyn Tureck[?] (also famous for her harpsichord playing) Fou Tsong[?] Mitsuko Uchida[?] Arcadi Volodos[?] André Watts[?] ... Krystian Zimmerman[?] Well known popular music pianists : Tori Amos Oksana Kolesnikova[?]

53. Ray Wang's Piano Page of Livermore (6/845/95) Has been coached by stephen kovacevich, Bernadine Blaha 19,2000, 1215 pm, Dinkelspiel Concert Hall, FREE pianist/Celeste Player for http://www.stanford.edu/~rayw/piano.html

Intro Upcoming Concerts Past Concerts Top Piano Concerti and more ... Home My Music Life Main instrument: piano (classical, began at 5). Learning conducting (11/01-present) from Karla Lemon. Recently took jazz piano, guitar, and voice. Played violin a long time ago. Enjoys composing (for piano or piano and orchestra/for film scores). "...plays Rachmaninoff better and with more passion and intensity than many professionals..." - Erna Gulabyan, faculty member of the San Francisco Conservatory Piano teachers: Frederick Weldy of Stanford (7/99-present) and Erna Gulabyan of The San Francisco Conservatory (5/00-present) Sharon Mann of Berkeley (4/98-5/99) Mark Anderson of Pleasanton (6/98-8/98) Eugene Masluk of Livermore (6/84-5/95) Has been coached by Stephen Kovacevich, Bernadine Blaha, Lorand Fenyves, Paul Katz, Laurence Lesser, Bonnie Hampton, Laura Dahl, George Barth, Ben Simon, Goodwin Sammel. Favorite Composers: 1) Brahms, 2) Rachmaninoff, 3) Beethoven 4) Bach, 5) Prokofiev, 6) Mahler, 7) Debussy, 8) Schubert, 9) R. Strauss, 10) Wagner

54. Index1 Ruth (poet, librettist) – 1, 2, 3, 4; Falkovsky, Vladimir (pianist) – 1, 2,; Kotov,Valerij (composer) – 1, 2,; kovacevich, stephen (piano) – J1, 2, J3, J4 http://www.smirnov.fsworld.co.uk/index1.html

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55. Pianist : Essential Information, Explanation, Recent Texts, Monographs, And Rele A performing classical pianist usually starts playing piano at a very Wilhelm Kempff;Olga Kern; Evgeny Kissin; Zoltán Kocsis; stephen kovacevich; Katia Labèque; http://essential-facts.com/primary/review/Pianist.html

Pianist Pianist A pianist is a person who plays the piano . A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an orchestra or smaller ensemble , or accompany one or more singers or solo instrumentalists . A performing classical pianist usually starts playing piano at a very young age, some as early as three years old. Many well-known classical composers were able pianists themselves; for example, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ludwig van Beethoven Franz Liszt Frederic Chopin ... Robert Schumann , and Sergei Rachmaninov were all virtuoso pianists. Some pianists have special preferences as to which composer's music they play. Most western forms of music can make use of the piano. Consequently, pianists have a wide variety of forms and styles to choose from, including jazz classical music , and all sorts of popular music . Well-known or influential classical pianists: Martha Argerich Claudio Arrau Vladimir Ashkenazy Gina Bachauer ... Rosalyn Tureck (also famous for her harpsichord playing) Fou Tsong Mitsuko Uchida Arcadi Volodos André Watts ... Krystian Zimerman Well known popular music pianists : Tori Amos Oksana Kolesnikova Vanessa Carlton Russ Conway ... Barry Manilow See List of jazz pianists Well known blues pianists include: Ray Charles also jazz, and

56. Classical 89.3 | Backstage Pass Audio Archives April 29 pianist stephen kovacevich, author Sheila O Connor, and dancers WynnFricke and Leah Nelson. April 22 - Conductor Helmuth Rilling leads the St. http://www.wcal.org/archives/audio/backstage.html

CLASSICAL 89.3 ARCHIVES -Backstage Pass -Interviews ... Classical 89.3 Audio Archives: Backstage Pass with Karl Gehrke BACKSTAGE PASS is heard Thursdays at 6 p.m. and again Saturdays at noon. Click on the program date to listen to the archived programs listed below (Real Audio format). Individual interviews from BACKSTAGE PASS can be found here . Recent features may also be found on our Audio Gems page Need information on how to get the free RealPlayer download? Visit our Listen Here page May 27 - Choral conductor Dale Warland, Penumbra Theater's On the Open Road , and countertenor Brian Asawa. May 20 - Cellist Pieter Wispelwey, Children's Theatre Company's production of The Magic Mrs. Piggle Wiggle , and Hardcover Theater's adaptation of Jules Verne's novella, Dr. Ox's Experiment

57. Classical 89.3 | Audio Archives pianist stephen kovacevich performs with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; WynnFricke and Leah Nelson are among the six dancers performing in the Southern http://www.wcal.org/archives/audio/interviews.html

CLASSICAL 89.3 ARCHIVES -Backstage Pass -Interviews ... Classical 89.3 Audio Archives: Arts Features and Artist Interviews Audio archives are available for the following recent interviews and special features (RealAudio format). Click on the heading to listen. Need information on how to get the free RealPlayer download? Visit our Listen Here page Hardcover Theater Artistic Director Steve Schroer talks about his stage adaptation of Jules Verne's novella, Dr. Ox's Experiment. Angela Timberman plays the title character in the Children's Theatre Company's production of The Magic Mrs. Piggle Wiggle Cellist Pieter Wispelwey performs Bach's Cello Suite in C, No. 3, with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Pianist Stephen Kovacevich performs with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Wynn Fricke and Leah Nelson are among the six dancers performing in the Southern Theatre's Solo show featuring recipients of the 2002 and 2003 McKnight Dancer Fellowships.

58. : Beethoven: Bagatellen I m afraid the American pianist stephen B. kovacevich at least underestimatedthese Bagatellen and put somewhat too much of his own philosophy in his http://uk-classical.lotsofgoodmusic.com/B00000E4BJ/Beethoven_Bagatellen.html

: Beethoven: Bagatellen In association with Amazon.co.uk All Products Classical Music Chamber Music Classical for Beginners Compilations Composers Occasions Orchestral Solo Instrumental Top Selling by: Ludwig van Beethoven See Larger Image Amazon.co.uk's Price: Prices subject to change. Third Party New Price: £6.88 Not currently available for purchase. Sales Rank: Release Date: 22 May, 2000 Media: Audio CD Manufacturer: Philips Product Description: The three sets of bagatelles cover an extraordinary range of music. The op.33 set are playful, light-hearted miniatures. Beethoven was writing the last three piano sonatas at the time of the later op.119 and op.126 sets, and it shows. Some of these pieces could well hold up their heads in that company. Stephen Bishop Kovacevich tackles these pieces with relish. He gives the performance some 'welly' when it needs it, but where he really scores is in his light-fingered approach, sprinkling grace notes delightfully and perfectly capturing this music whose easy-going nature completely belies the reality of the composer's life. (He was profoundly deaf by the time he wrote the later sets of bagatelles.) The variety in the music is astonishing. Listen to how Beethoven cooks up a storm at the end of the seventh bagatelle of op.119 before relaxing completely in the eighth. And he makes his point in these pieces in as little as nine secondsonly the last number of op.126 plays for longer than four minutes. Bishop Kovacevich has some stiff competition for these pieces in Alfred Brendel, but has something very much his own to say about this enjoyable and fairly neglected repertoire.

59. NPR : Performance Today For Wednesday, August 27, 2003 . Schubert Dances. pianist stephen kovacevich plays a set of German Dancesby Franz Schubert (17971828). » Biography of stephen kovacevich. ». http://www.npr.org/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=4&prgDate=27-Aug-2003

60. NPR : Performance Today For Sunday, July 15, 2001 10 in G, performed by pianist stephen kovacevich (kohVAH-seh-vich). We ll heara rousing concert performance by American pianist stephen kovacevich http://www.npr.org/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=4&prgDate=15-Jul-2001

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