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Prima Donnas, all around.(Obsessions; Please Welcome ... Matt Haimovitz; recording by pianist Evgeny Kissin)(Sound Recording Review)
DEBORAH VOIGT made a little news last March, and not just musical news: Word leaked that she'd been sacked from a production of Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos at Covent Garden. The casting director, we learned, had decided that he wanted his soprano in a little black cocktail dress--and Voigt doesn't have the kind of figure that accommodates such a garment. Who cared that she is probably the best Strauss singer in the world, and that she owns the role in question?
Dressgate was a story worldwide, and Voigt responded with her typical aplomb, joking, deflecting. She is a magnificent personality, this 40-something American, as well as a magnificent singer. If ...
- Yevgeny Kissin is the world's hottest pianist at age 25.(Originated from...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Roos, James January 24, 1996 700+ words
...studying piano in his native Russia, Yevgeny Kissin tackled Schumann's ``Symphonic Etudes...Wait until you are 11.'' At 25 now, Kissin is a musical Methuselah _ and the world...the greatest pianist in history! ``Kissin appears to have totally mastered the art...
- Evgeny Kissin and the great Russian piano tradition
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Richard Dyer, Globe Staff October 1, 1995 700+ words
...spent convincing the public that Evgeny Kissin is the greatest pianist of his generation...dark soulful eyes), and he's hot." Kissin made his debut in Moscow when he was 11...Now having reached the age of 23, Kissin has recorded 185 compositions, according...
- Evgeny Kissin's tours de force.(Arts)(Music)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Ponick, T.L. May 3, 1998 700+ words
Not yet 27, Russian pianist Evgeny Kissin has been performing to the almost embarrassing...a huge shock of wavy black hair, Mr. Kissin bears an almost uncanny resemblance to...pianist did some 40 years ago. But Mr. Kissin has not made Mr. Cliburn's mistake...
- Kissin': sometimes it's all it takes to turn a frog into a Prince.(CAMPFIRE...
- Magazine article from: Guns Magazine Taffin, John December 1, 2007 700+ words
...they encouraged me to be one also. Frog kissin' can be rewarding or disappointing...princess or handsome prince. In my frog kissin' career, it was very rare to find a...just came by and visited. Sadly, frog kissin' is pretty much banished from what was...
- Evgeny Kissin Wins His First Grammy Award for His RCA Red Seal Recording of...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 9, 2006 700+ words
...Duo Piano Recital with James Levine is Kissin's Latest Acclaimed Release on RCA Red...9 /PRNewswire/ -- Pianist Evgeny Kissin won the first Grammy of his recording...cgi-bin/prnh/20060209/NYTH191 ) Kissin had previously been nominated 10 times...
- Kissin on CD.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Roos, James January 24, 1996 700+ words
An assessment of some of Yevgeny Kissin's CDs: _``The Legendary 1984 Moscow...feeling, the spectacular gift for the piano Kissin was born with _ these are all in evidence...Sony Classics. This disc, recorded when Kissin was just 15, features playing with the...
- RISING RUSSIAN STAR WOWS 'EM AT MEANY KISSIN'S PIANO RECITAL A LESSON IN...
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Kiraly, Philippa October 5, 1996 700+ words
...classical music audience as pianist Evgeny Kissin, 25 this month, came out to play his...Piano Series. The praise is deserved. Kissin chose to play a program of mainstream...palettes of tone colors and dynamics had Kissin painting the first Ballade in dreamy introspection...
- Kissin's wunderkind days give way to a maturing artist.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) April 24, 2007 700+ words
...Byline: John Von Rhein Apr. 24--Evgeny Kissin, who packed Orchestra Hall for his solo...fingers. In Brahms' Opus 118 piano pieces Kissin's painstaking attention to detail made...The final two movements were better as Kissin's sensitive touch brought out their...
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