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| February 02, 2002 | Stewart, Andrew | COPYRIGHT 2002 UBM Information Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Described by the Independent on Sunday as "the greatest pianist of our time", Evgeny Kissin (pictured) has the charismatic combination of musical and technical qualities required to draw capacity audiences to his concert performances. The 30-year-old Russian artist, among a handful of world-class classical musicians to retain an exclusive contract with the prestigious RCA Red Seal label, will spend the first half of this year touring Europe and promoting his latest release. Kissin's first recording of Mussorgsky's evergreen Pictures At An Exhibition, presented in company with Busoni's transcription of Bach's Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C and Balakirev's little-known arrangement of Glinka's song The Lark, is set to roll out on February 4. A second disc of Schumann piano works will be released in time for Kissin's appearance at the BBC Proms on August 5.

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