I am so happy because of my Volga tour! Yesterday in Nizhny Novgorod I played one of the most incredible concertos, Brahms piano concerto no.1, together with maestro Alexander Skulsky for the first time. Follow this link to watch the video from Nizhny Novgorod. Now we are sailing on the Volga, the sun is shining, we are looking forward to Kazan, Samara and Astrakhan. See you in the concert halls!
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St. Petersburg Phil/Temirkanov in BARBICAN
25.11.2005
It can be an interesting prospect when a visiting orchestra brings a repertoire that is not normally considered to be within its core. Brahms from St. Petersburg? He’s mainstream for all orchestras, of course, but it was always going to be worth hearing how the prime Romantic classicist fared in the hands of one of the world’s most volatile collections of musicians, alongside the more familiar exports of their fellow Russians.
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