Ivan Moravec Performs At Symphony Hall It is the pianists task to explain the repetitiveness to us, rather than For IvanMoravec, the Ballade seems to tell a dialectical story in which the theme http://maroon.uchicago.edu/voices/articles/2002/11/26/ivan_moravec_perform.php
Extractions: Advanced Search / Archives Preferences Ivan Moravec, piano Schumann, Scenes from Childhood Chopin, Fantasie in F minor, Ballade No 4 Brahms, Piano Pieces (Selection) Debussy, Pour le Piano Symphony Hall, November 24, 2002 It begins with a few tender but full-voiced introductory bars. Those measures are already strange. The piece seems to have no definite beginning, it ushers itself into our world, as if its opening were the conclusion of things that came before. Chopin introduces his opening theme, a theme of elegiac nobility, made up of only a small number of motifs that are repeated, it seems, incessantly. Indeed, not only is the melodic shape of the theme circular, but the opening phrase itself is played again and again, with little alteration, always expressing the same sort of melancholy sentiment, until we wonder whether Chopin, so early in the piece, has run out of ideas. E-mail this article Permanent URL: http://maroon.uchicago.edu/voices/articles/2002/11/26/ivan_moravec_perform.php
Articles Written By Christian Kraus pianist Uchida interprets alliterative trio of composers. February 14, 2003 inVoices. ivan moravec performs at Symphony Hall. November 26, 2002 in Voices. http://maroon.uchicago.edu/archives/writer/christian_kraus/
Extractions: Alfred Brendel is more than a pianist. Perhaps calling him a historical monument would go further in capturing his significancehowever ordinary he may appear on stage and very much alive he still is. Brendels performances have not only enchanted audiences... In Chicago, this spring is the season of the great pianists. In the next six weeks, Alfred Brendel, András Schiff, Krystian Zimerman, Mitsuko Uchida, and Pierre-Laurent Aimard will all offer the latest results of their musical research, and just now,... March 9, 2004 in
Pianist - Reference Library A performing classical pianist usually starts playing piano at a very young HephzibahMenuhin; ivan moravec; Benno Moiseiwitsch; John Nakamatsu; John Ogdon; Garrick http://www.campusprogram.com/reference/en/wikipedia/p/pi/pianist.html
Extractions: Main Page See live article Alphabetical index 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 Wilhelm Backhaus Daniel Barenboim Simon Barere Bart Berman Boris Berman Idil Biret Jorge Bolet Alfred Brendel Bruno Canino Robert Casadesus Shura Cherkassky Dino Ciani Aldo Ciccolini Van Cliburn Harriet Cohen Jean-Philippe Collard Alfred Cortot Clifford Curzon Bella Davidovich Alicia de Larrocha Vasso Devetsi Peter Donohoe Barry Douglas Hans Eijsackers Vladimir Feltsmann Annie Fischer Edwin Fischer Leon Fleischer Walter Gieseking Emil Gilels Jacob Gimpel Katrine Gislinge Misha Goldstein Richard Goode Glenn Gould Lola Graham Gary Graffman
More Great Pianist Rachmaninov was championed by Horowitz and others as a great pianist. Hope thishelps, Regards, Iian Neill. ivan moravec may be the greatest living pianist. http://www.pianoworld.com/pianist2.htm
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Extractions: November in New York saw two unusual recitals by two unusual pianists: Alicia de Larrocha and Ivan Moravec. Each has been performing for as long as most concertgoers can remember. Each is an example of "supreme individuality"-to use a critic's cliche-at the keyboard. Each plays the general repertory, while placing special emphasis on the music of his own country. Each has a multitude of fans, who amount to a cult following. To hear them both, in the space of about a week, was to be reminded, indeed, of an age of "supreme individuality," before the cookie cutters got to work. You can turn on the radio these days and not be able to tell one pianist from the next; but de Larrocha and Moravec-for better or worse (and generally better)-are recognizable in the first few bars. De Larrocha has had the "bigger" career: Her fame is wider, she has made many more recordings, and she has slogged through many, many more tours. In fact, de Larrocha is one of the hardest-working people in the business, a tour-oholic, someone who seems to have spent as much time on stage as off. Her career has been devised and managed by the legendary and notorious Herbert Breslin, who has also "agented" Luciano Pavarotti.
Klassik-CD Des Monats: Ivan Moravec, Live In Prag Translate this page moravec ist der pianist, der mühelos eine Diminuendo-Vorschrift im Pianissimo hörbarmacht. Und vieles mehr. ivan moravec spielt unfasslich schön Klavier. http://www.rondomagazin.de/klassik/cddesmonats/016.htm
Extractions: Im Nebel, Sonate es-Moll E s wird der CD oft unterstellt, sie lasse den Klavierton "kalt" erscheinen, "unpersönlich". Ich habe das auch schon geschrieben. Aber wenn man Ivan Moravecs Klavierabend vom Prager Frühling 2000 hört, befällt einen der Verdacht, es könnte doch an den Pianisten liegen. So herrlich, warm und persönlich hat das Instrument seit langem nicht mehr gesungen. Man wird das ganze Wunder dieses kostbaren Klavierspiels erst nach und nach fassen können. Vielleicht sollten Sie (ausnahmsweise!) einmal zur ersten der drei Zugaben springen, zur "Ondine", nicht zur ravelschen, sondern zu Debussys spröderer Nixen-Schwester aus Préludes II. So gesättigt mit Farbe und doch transparent konnte auch Michelangeli, Moravecs Mentor, die "Ondine" nicht spielen. Noch den geringsten pp-Anschlag eines Arpeggios reiht er, wie eine ebenmäßige opalisierende Perle, auf die Schnur. Das eigentlich Unbeschreibliche aber ist diese fast greifbare Spannung - fast eine Art Muskeltonus - die die Klanggesten dieses schwierigen Préludes in eine lebendige Bewegungsfolge bringt. Moravec ist kein anämischer Ästhetizist. Klavierwerke Janáceks standen im Zentrum des Prager Abends. Moravec rückt die vier Stücke "Im Nebel" nicht in die impressionistische Welt. Er gibt dem Zyklus ein zartes, doch plastisch modelliertes Gesicht. Der Adagio-Choral und die Arpeggien am Schluss der Nr. 1, die gezackten Presto 32-tel, die so geheimnisvoll aus dem Nebel hervorzutreten scheinen in der Nr. 2, Moravec hört diese melodischen Splitter als noch im dreifachen Piano tragende Klangreden auf vertauchenden Bässen. Man denkt an Spitzenmuster auf mattblauem Grund.
Detailansicht Klavier-Festival 2003 Translate this page Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli einmal Martha Argerich und ivan moravec. Seinenweltweiten Ruhm begründete der 1930 geborene tschechische pianist vor allem http://www.klavierfestival.de/cgi-bin/detail.php3?id=19
Mazurka For Piano In A Minor, Op. 68/2, CT. 97 Michalowski the pianist Featuring Michalowski, Aleksander. Release 1998.Label Selene. ivan moravec Featuring moravec, ivan. Release 1998. http://www.mmguide.musicmatch.com/album/work_classical.cgi?WORKID=082941&TMPL=lo
Ivan Moravec Symphony with Randall Craig Fleisher. She will also appear in recitalwith pianist/violinist Melvin Chen. During the 20012002 season http://www.santarosasymphony.com/bio03_Ngwenyama.html
Cliburn Concerts 2004-2005 Season Announced individuality that keeps his world lively. (The New York Times) Known for his refinedand illuminating interpretations, Czech pianist ivan moravec has been a http://www.cliburn.org/page/346/1
Extractions: SEASON TICKETS ON SALE NOW! CALL 817.335.9000. The Van Cliburn Foundation has announced its 2004-2005 Cliburn Concerts season at Bass Performance Hall, featuring some of classical musics biggest stars. The season also leads up to the Twelfth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, for which Cliburn Concerts season ticket holders will receive priority status. The 2004-2005 season consists of seven performances: the superstar duo of pianist Emanuel Ax and cellist Yo-Yo Ma , todays most acclaimed American diva Renée Fleming , the Grammy Award-winning Takács Quartet , the brilliant Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes , legendary pianists Ivan Moravec and Nelson Freire , and 2001 Cliburn Competition Silver Medalist Antonio Pompa-Baldi
New Release Highlights Piano Concerto Here is the latest creative project presenting to the public the artof the internationally best known presenttime Czech pianist, ivan moravec. http://www.hbdirect.com/May/4keyboards.cfm
Münchner Kultur GmbH - Münchner Osteuropa Woche 2.-9. Mai 2004 Translate this page ivan moravec Der tschechische pianist ivan moravec zählt zur vordersten Reiheder international renommierten Inte mehr, 20.00 Uhr, zum Programmauszug http://www.muenchner.de/mow/thema.php4?thema=m
Extractions: This is was the first Moravec recording that I purchased. I bought it despite some reservations by a friend who had heard the Vox LPs and whose opinions on music I take very seriously. He changed his tune when he heard this recording. Where should I begin? Moravecs technique is fabulous. His articulation is crisp, and his tone is gorgeous. Whats more, his personality is expressed here not by showboating but by his unerring ability to bring out the characteristics of Debussy and Chopin. With Debussy, the shocking dissonances are made clear but, at the same time, are sweetened by a lucious tone and a sensitivity to Debussys underappreciated tunefulness. In the Chopin, Moravecs precise technique is coupled with his sensitivity to rhythm so that the different types of pieces (mazurkas, waltzes, polonaises) are indeed unmistakably different, each type pleasing in very different way.
Extractions: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has been one of my favorite composers for years, especially after I watched Milos Foremans brilliant film Amadeus, a wonderful adaptation of Peter Shaffers stage play. While the story and the performances by F. Murray Abraham (Antonio Salieri) and Tom Hulce (W. A. Mozart) were enthralling, the true star of the movie was, of course, Mozarts beautiful and timeless music, and no wonder, for the music supervisor (and conductor) for Amadeus was none other than one of the best interpreters of Mozarts compositions, Sir Neville Marriner.
SoundBoard Buttons - March 2004 When the Czech pianist ivan moravec visited New York before the start of his currenttour, one of his first stops was at Steinway Hall, on West 57th Street, to http://www.pressenter.com/~trps/sbbmarch04.html
Extractions: CHEAP-PRICE.NET's Cheap Price Usually ships within 2 to 3 days These two CDs were digitally recorded for LP release in 1982-83, and thus add up to just under 95 minutes. With playing on this level, though, they'd still be a bargain at almost any price. The color, shading, and imagination Ivan Moravec applies to Debussy makes the music glow and shimmer. His Chopin playing is some of the best in the business; sample the idiomatic rhythms of the Mazurkas, or the memorable journey he makes out of the Polonaise- Fantaisie . As it happens, the discs sell for a very low price (less than that of a standard full-price single disc), making this set a major bargain. Leslie Gerber ARTIST Claude Debussy, Fryderyk Chopin, Ivan Moravec CATEGORY Music MANUFACTURER Vox (Classical) MEDIA Audio CD TRACKS Images (Book 1): Reflets dans L'eau, Images (Book 1): Hommage a Rameau, Images (Book 1): Mouvement, Images (Book 2): Cloches a travers les feuilles, Images (Book 2): Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut, Images (Book 2): Poissons d'or, Prelude (Book 1, No. 6): Des pas sur la neige, Estampes: Pagodes, Estampes: Soiree dans Grenade, Estampes: Jardins sous la pluie, Mazurka: F Minor, Op. 63, No. 2, Mazurka: A Minor, Op. 68, No. 2, Mazurka: B-Flat Major, Op. 7 No. 1, C-Sharp Minor, Op. 30, No. 4, Mazurka: B Minor, Op. 33, No. 4, Waltz: A Minor, Op. 34, No. 2, Waltz: C - Sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2, Waltz: E Minor, Op. Posth, Polonaises: C-Sharp Minor, Op. 26, No. 1, Polonaises: Polonaise Fantasie In A-flat major, Op. 61
Stuttgarter Nachrichten Online - Da Singt Der Klimperkasten Translate this page Konzert tatsächlich stattgefunden hat, kürzlich in München, der pianist sich mit72 Vision von Schönheit und Perfektion gewidmet hat ivan moravec, 1930 in http://www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/stn/page/detail.php/170538
Extractions: Es ist weiter nichts dabei, wenn ein junger Pianist irgendwo auf der Welt sein Debüt gibt. Man geht hin, hört sich in Ruhe an, was er zu sagen hat, und am nächsten Tag stellt man fest, dass das Konzert des neuen Helden spurlos an einem vorübergegangen ist und mal wieder maßlos übertrieben wurde von Leuten, die besser Waschmittel verkaufen sollten als mit Künstlern zu handeln. Es ist allerdings etwas dabei, wenn ein Pianist, der nicht mehr ganz jung ist, sein Solodebüt in einer Stadt nur gibt, weil er für einen jungen Kollegen einspringt, und dann schöner Klavier spielt, als man es sich je erträumt und man sich am Tag danach fragt, ob man dies alles nur geträumt hat oder vielleicht doch ein Traum wahr geworden ist. Das Besondere daran ist, dass dieses Konzert tatsächlich stattgefunden hat, kürzlich in München, der Pianist sich mit 72 Jahren schon im großväterlichen Alter befindet und ihn offenbar kaum einer kennt, auch nicht in München, obwohl er sein Leben lang nichts anderes getan hat als so schön wie irgend möglich Klavier zu spielen und sich ganz seiner Vision von Schönheit und Perfektion gewidmet hat: Ivan Moravec, 1930 in Prag geboren.
