Now I'm in Israel already, in the anticipation of a new performance with the genius world known conductor Kurt Masur and the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra. We will perform Piano concerto No.1 of J. Brahms. Eighteen months ago we were performing a concert of Prokofiev in Paris and right after the concert he personally asked me to learn Piano concerto No.1 of J. Brahms. During the last year I have performed it very often in many cities. For today it is one of my favorite concerts. I am looking forward to our performances in Israel. Performance of Piano concerto No.1 of J. Brahms with Kurt Masur, an expert in German music, one of the greatest conductors of our time, of course, is a significant event for me. ...

Denis Matsuev and Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra with V. Gergiev live from Salle Pleyel, Paris today at 20:00 on mezzo.tv ...

I would like to congratulate one of the greatest composers of our time on his anniversary. A composer with unique, original style of composing. I was lucky enough to know him for the last ten years. I performed his Piano concerto №5 and recorded it twice, once with the Bavarian Radio Orchestra with Mariss Jansons and the second time not long ago with Valery Gergiev. These records have a great success all over the world, like all his work, that, in my opinion, because of his genius. They are simply destined for success. My Congratulations to Rodion Konstantinovich and his muse, Maya Plisetskaya. This is a unique couple that proves that so talented, ambitious persons, like Rodion Konstantinovich and Maya Michailovna, can live happily together in one family. ...

Vishnevskaya was a stunning example for young people. That’s amazing how much she did for the young, for opera as a performing art. She created the Opera Center, where master classes and performances took place. She understood that Russia needed such centers. Many talented people were leaving the country at that time. It was extremely important to keep them here, to open talents who were born here. Best professors, best performers, best conductors come to the Center to give master classes to share their experiences with audience. The main goal of the Center’s activities was to show that we have continuity in the opera school, because there was the impression that our Russian vocal school was dying. She proved that it is not. ...

The second Brahms program by Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra was at once more challenging and more satisfying. The choice of repertoire was less popularly appealing, more demanding, and much darker in palette. The choice of soloist — Russian pianist Denis Matsuev — in the titanic first piano concerto was much more felicitous, insofar as there was a greater sense of coherence and unity of interpretation between solo and orchestra than had been the case with the violin concerto. ...

Here is 20th-century Russian music at its most charismatic. The two piano concertos of Shostakovich contrast the expansive grin of a 27-year-old composer in the flush of his first fame with the jaded smile of a 51-year-old. Young Russian pianist Denis Matsuev is masterful at overcoming the works’ many technical demands. He lends the piano forward-moving power while giving his overall interpretation smoothly rounded corners. Conductor Valery Gergiev and his Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra are magnificent in achieving the same kind of balance, giving the music weight without ever making it ponderous. The slow movements in both concertos are magical as they waft gently by. ...

His build is blocky like the hockey defense-man he once was, but Denis Matsuev’s fingers can touch piano keys lightly as butterflies landing on begonias. The mood of his solo recital opened blissfully, like the January night by the fireplace described in Puskin’s poem “By the Hearth” which inspired the first of the twelve monthly miniatures Tchaikovsky published as The Seasons, Op. 37b. These are lyrical works that sing in folk and popular dance idioms of love and nostalgia for times gone by. Languid and energetic by turns, the disarming simplicity of these pieces reveal the underpinnings of Matsuev’s virtuosity: his fine control of tempo and dynamics, his subtle rubato, and the magical display of orchestral colours he can conjure from the simple chords and melodies of Tchaikovsky’s score. These abilities, and Matsuev’s sure sense of narrative, make this rather long, shallow, technically unambitious work entertaining enough to occupy the entire first half of his recital. ...

The most dazzling thing about the dazzling recital Russian pianist Denis Matsuev gave at Koerner Hall on Sunday evening was how he managed to be an artist for every sort of audience member. ...

Shostakovich Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 and Shchedrin Piano Concerto No 5 has been nominated for an International Classical Music Award (ICMA) in the Concerto category. The Award Ceremony and Gala concert will take place in Milan, 18 March 2013. ...

This morning in Oslo turns out to be very unfortunate. All troubles during our attempts with Valery Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra at first, and then the Orchestra of Mariinsky Theatre, to escape from Hurricane Sandy are nothing in comparison with the news that came just an hour ago. ...

From 24 to 29 October 2012 four concerts of Denis Matsuev as a soloist will take place in the U.S. The concert tour program includes works by Brahms and Shostakovich. On October 24th Denis Matsuev with the London Symphony Orchestra  will perform the Piano Concerto № 1 by Brahms in Avery Fisher Hall (Lincoln Center, New York) as a part of a concert cycle "Lincoln Center presents great performers". On October 27th the Orchestra and Denis Matsuev will perform in the Concert hall of the University of Michigan (Ann-Arbor, Michigan). Program: Piano Concerto № 1 by D. ...

International classic music stars will come to us more frequently. The governor, a famous and popular acoustician and a people's artist walked around the center of Irkutsk. ...

The interview of Denis Matsuev for The White Studio Show (10/20/12)  ...

The Council meeting with the President and a concert with Valery Gergiev. Dinamic and eventful day.  ...

Today the decree of the President of Russia V. Putin about the composition   ...

The Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra performed at the music festival "Stars on Baikal" for the first time. Before the concert, Maestro Valery Gergiev met with reporters, where he thanked Denis Matsuev, the artistic director of the Festival, for the invitation. See video at "News of culture. ...

The evening's splashy soloist was Denis Matsuev in Prokofiev's splashy First Piano Concerto. Winner of the 1998 Tchaikovsky competition, Matsuev has been nicknamed "the Siberian bear." Slightly bear-like he may be, but one with the fastest paws in the Arctic and maybe anywhere else. ...

Right now I'm on the plane, after a while we fly to Irkutsk, my home town for the festival. I always have a special feeling, when I fly to this city. And twenty years passed but nothing has changed - there is a nostalgic feeling in my heart every time I go there. ...