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Charisma and Other Facts.
The young Russian violinist Maxim Vengerov is undertaking an unusual concert tour. When he shows up, he brings only his violin. There's no piano, no accompanist. Vengerov does have a stool and a microphone. He likes to banter with his audience between "sets," if you will, introducing pieces and telling jokes. He's half concert artist, half Yakov Smirnov (the "What a country!" comedian).
Over these concerts hangs the spirit of Eugene Ysaye. Who he? Every violinist would know the answer to that question. Ysaye was a Belgian violin master who lived from 1858 to 1931. Like most big musicians of his day, he was a composer as well as a performer, and he gave himself ...
- Perahia, Murray
- Reference information from: Contemporary Musicians Wolf, Gillian January 1, 1994 700+ words
...music lovers who rate Perahia as one of today...steadily since his Carnegie Hall recital debut in 1966...Lewisohn Stadium, Perahia impressed his parents...1968 appearance as a Carnegie Hall soloist, Perahia finally decided that...
- PIANO MAN.(Murray Perahia )
- Magazine article from: WWD Edgar, Michelle October 2, 2007 700+ words
...note on the piano, Murray Perahia worried a few years ago...comeback and will open Carnegie Hall's fall season Wednesday night. Perahia will perform Beethoven...The Opening Night Gala of Carnegie Hall's 117th Season with the...
- Pianist Murray Perahia plays the role of reluctant cult star
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Wynne Delacoma November 23, 1986 700+ words
...the piano came from opera," Perahia said. "My father liked to...symphonies, the Verdi operas." Perahia made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1968 and won awards...In 1972, the 25-year-old Perahia became the first American to...
- Perahia's progress.(pianist Murray Perahia)(Brief Article)(Interview)
- Magazine article from: Newsweek Chang, Yahlin January 12, 1998 700+ words
Pianist Murray Perahia was devastated by a hand injury. Now...him the thumbs-up. IN 1991, MURRAY PERAHIA WAS HAILED as the "poet priest" of...failed operations and aborted comebacks. Perahia couldn't sleep, much less play. He...
- Perahia's Recital Crystal Clear
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Torey Malatia March 21, 1994 700+ words
Murray Perahia's recital Sunday at Orchestra Hall brought...appreciative audience. Throughout the concert, Perahia performed very much in the manner of structuralists...Brendel, Alexis Weissenberg, and others. Perahia sought to illuminate the music's architecture...
- A GREAT PIANIST IS BACK MURRAY PERAHIA THE MUSIC IS DEEPER: 'SUFFERING DOES...
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Campbell, R.M. November 22, 1997 700+ words
The best present pianist Murray Perahia must have received last spring on his...several operations, to heal the thumb. Perahia maintained a schedule so limited, he...circulated in the music world because Perahia played only now and then, occasionally...
- Pianist Perahia returns with the 'Goldbergs'.(Arts and Lifestyle)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Medrek, T.J. October 29, 2000 700+ words
...bad. That's what happened when Murray Perahia, one of the world's greatest pianists...I needed music." Happily, the music Perahia turned to most was by J.S. Bach...the piano, and got immersed in it," Perahia said - something he'd never have been...
- Perahia plays on technique rather than true emotion
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Robert C. Marsh November 24, 1986 700+ words
Murray Perahia, pianist, at Orchestra Hall Sunday...No. 3, Op. 58, Chopin. Is Murray Perahia a hype or a musical phenomenon? On the...quotations from critics in major cities that Perahia now offers, he is a singularly unsatisfying...
Source: HighBeam Research, Charisma and Other Facts.