Extractions: Paul Badura-Skoda recital in Calgary The eminent Viennese pianist and scholar is currently on a wide ranging tour of North America. His stop-over in Calgary coincided with a ferocious cold snap (minus 29C) but this hardly daunted the seventy-five year old master pianist. A part of a symposium on Schubert held at the University of Calgary, Paul Badura-Skoda gave a brief lecture outlining some connections between Schubert's songs and instrumental works. His observations reminded us that it is crucial and also valuable to study the songs. They provide important insights into instrumental music as well. For all that, far more significant was the superb recital played the following night. The first half of the concert was played upon an 1822 Broadwood and Sons piano provided by the Cantos Music Foundation. In almost original condition the instrument was both visually beautiful and aurally satisfying. The second half of the concert was performed upon a modern Yamaha concert grand. It may be thought that Paul Badura-Skoda, long associated with period performance, period instruments and the Classical era is 'merely' a fortepianist. Nothing could be further from the truth. Indeed, I think that for all of the interest in the Classical masters (and I consider his recording of the Op 106
A Portrait Of Pianist Clara Rodriguez, By Bill Newman This whole business of placing a concert pianist in a special category may spelltaboo The idea of playing became easier when I met paul baduraskoda. http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/2005/04/rodriguez1.htm
Extractions: by BILL NEWMAN This whole business of placing a concert pianist in a special category may spell taboo to piano buffs, but the thoroughly vivacious Venezuelan-born Clara Rodriguez has several unusual slants to her artistry. And a growing number of appetizing programmes, all containing intriguing titles to whet people's appetites and dissuade them from returning home afterwards. The desirable alternative is to camp out in the precincts of London's Bolivar Hall, adjacent to Tottenham Court Road and its constant flow of traffic leading down from Warren Street Tube Station! Her Liszt was persuasively different to other artists' unleashing of tonal forces with portentious architectural exaggerations pummeling the listener's senses into a state of nullified submission. It was reflective and tender, each new subject and harmonic strand treated with natural respect, and a visionary understanding of their correct place within the whole. One didn't require to express plaudits following it, but just to give thanks for revealing the music's inner message. Meanwhile, Clara's investigations into new repertoire and ideas grew along with the tours abroad. The Latin American continent features strongly in the music of Ernesto Lecuona, recorded for Meridian
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Extractions: Piano Paul Badura-Skoda is one of the most important pianists of our time. He is a legendary artist who has been heard in all the world's greatest concert halls, and for years was the pianist who had the largest number of recordings available on the market. His musical personality is characterized by complete immersion in music, a passionate search for the essential, and a sense of artistic responsibility. It soon becomes evident to any listener that he loves music with every part of his being. In 1945, Badura-Skoda entered the Vienna Conservatory, and two years later won first prize in the Austrian Music Competition and a scholarship which allowed him to study with Edwin Fischer. These years laid the foundation for Badura-Skoda's artistic future. In 1949, Wilhelm Furtwangler and Herbert von Karajan became aware of Badura-Skoda's outstanding talent, and invited him to play concerts. Practically overnight the young Viennese pianist became a world-famous artist.
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Extractions: Pianist Paul Badura-Skoda Fresno StateUniversity Paul Badura-Skoda Lays on the Charm by Lyn Bronson A living legend came to Fresno State University on Wednesday, October 14, as world-renowned Austrian pianist Paul Badura-Skoda appeared in recital on the Philip Lorenz Memorial Keyboard Concerts series. Now in his seventies, Badura-Skodas skills and prolific memory seemed to be undimmed by time, He managed to perform a gigantic program consisting of Mozarts Fantasie in C Minor, K. 475, Haydns Sonata No. 46 in A-flat, Frank Martins Fantasie sur des rhythmes flamenco and Beethovens Op. 111. This is a program that would be daunting to someone half his age. Also, he managed to charm his audience with generous and entertaining remarks about the music he was performing. This is the first time I had ever heard his speaking voice, and I am pleased to report that he has a perfect command of the English language (unlike that other Austrian, our new State Governor, who has a perfect command of broken English). It was interesting that his Mozart and Haydn playing seemed more in the style of Beethoven than Mozart and Haydn, but this was Badura-Skoda making a valid point here that these works do contain the aggressive boldness that we associate with Beethoven.
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Extractions: http://www.BronsonPianoStudio.com/reviews.htm Archived Reviews Date Review Organization Gordon Studios Candlelight Concert No. 3 - Elizabeth Wallfisch Carmel Bach Festival Final Student Concert California Summer Music Family Concert No. 2 - Young Artist Concert Carmel Bach Festival Students in Concert California Summer Music Students in Concert California Summer Music Joan Behrens Berman Piano Master Class California Summer Music Student Recital California Summer Music Jerome Lowenthal Piano Master Class California Summer Music Family Concert No. 1 - Youth Chorus Carmel Bach Festival Friday Evening Concert - Beethoven's Ninth Carmel Bach Festival Thursday Evening Concert - Brandenburg Concerti Carmel Bach Festival Tuesday Evening Concert - Symphony Night Carmel Bach Festival Carmel Bach Festival Monday Intermezzo Recital - Yuko Tanaka and Friends Carmel Bach Festival Virginia Best Adams Vocal Master Class - David Gordon Carmel Bach Festival Violinist Emlyn Ngai in Recital Carmel Bach Festival Mass in B Minor Carmel Bach Festival Opening Concert - Saturday Evening Carmel Bach Festival Students in Concert California Summer Music Faculty Concert California Summer Music 29th Annual Competition (Instrumental ) Carmel Music Society Competition Winner Pianist Judy Huang Carmel Music Society David Gordon & Melinda Coffey "Un-concert"
Extractions: E ach month we feature the personal experiences and insights of a noteworthy artist/educator on various aspects of piano performance and education. You may not always agree with the opinions expressed, but we think you will find them interesting and informative. The opinions offered here are those of the interviewee and do not necessarily represent those of the West Mesa Music Teachers Association, its officers, or members. (We have attorneys, too!). At the end of the interview, you'll find hypertext links to the interviewee's e-mail and Web sites (where available), so you can learn more if you're interested. This Month's Interview Other Interviews Return to the Piano Education Home Page Born in Cagliari, Italy, and now residing in Vienna, Roberta Pili had her first piano lesson when she was seven. At the age of eleven, after winning several national piano competitions, she entered the Conservatory of her home town and began her formal musical education. She completed her studies in Italy with honours at the age of seventeen. Masterclasses with Joaquin Achucarro and Paul Badura-Skoda in Siena led to further studies at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna. In 1994 she graduated from the masterclass of Hans Petermandl, awarded with the concert diploma and Master of Arts.
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Extractions: Paul BADURA-SKODA OVERALL NOISE RATING: Appreciative audience) The Noise Rating Index is a partially-objective measurement of pager and handphone blasts, 9pm and 10pm watch beeps, coughing-during-the-pianissimo-bits, intra-audience conversation and other mind-bogglingly inept noises emitted in the concert hall during actual performance of music. It is measured on a scale of to 5, in increasing annoyance. This review has been kindly sponsored by the Singapore International Piano Festival Read reviews for all 4 nights! First Night Second Night Third Night Fourth Night by Derek Lim Paul From the Haydn Variations to the Sonata, to the Fantasies, there seemed to be a lack of consideration for the tone. In particular, the left hand figures often predominated so much so that the right hand was obscured. The F minor variations by Haydn did otherwise have an elegance and refinement of phrasing, but on the other hand suffered from a kind of tonal monotony, with little attempt to bring out the character of the different variations. The
Extractions: CHOO Hoey conductor OVERALL NOISE RATING: (As usual, respiratory interjections from the audience during pianist's encores.) The Noise Rating Index is a partially objective measurement of pager blasts, 9pm and 10pm watch beeps, coughing-during-the-pianissimo-bits and other really inapt noises emitted in the concert hall during the music itself. It is measured on a scale of to 5, in increasing annoyance. This review has been kindly sponsored by Singapore Symphonia Company. by Chia Han-Leon I decided to attend this concert to hear the considerably-lauded Concerto for Orchestra by Lutoslawski, who died only three years ago. Born in 1913, here is a man who lived through some of the most jolting years of human existence, an experience which, I must admit, I'm not extremely keen to share. I also admit that I've never heard the work, so this review is more of a review of a first-time encounter with Lutoslawski and "one of [his] most accessible works" (according to the programme notes). The dark, pounding beginning reminded me of Brahms's first, with a forbidding theme on the celli, interspersed with flashes of light as the music climbs its way through the higher strings. What struck me as interesting were these "flashes of light" among the darker strains of the score these form a shifting wave of light and dark modes, constantly modulating. The movement builds up its material to several climaxes before ending quietly with the chiming "ding... ding..." of bells. Whizzing, insect-buzz like string writing begins the next movement; the composer's bold orchestration returning via the brass before the movement ends with strings
Extractions: Hall, 1992. Ardley, Neil. Music . New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1989. (4 copies) Autexier, Philippe A. Beethoven: The Composer as Hero . New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1992. (2 copies) Badura-Skoda, Paul. Interpreting Bach at the Keyboard . New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. Boyd, Malcom. Bach . New York: Vintage Books, 1987. Cooper, Barry. Beethoven and the Creative Process . New York: Clarendon Press, 1995. Davies, Laurence. Paths to Modern Music . New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971. Delone, Richard. Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music . Englewood Cliffs, NJ:
Classical Net - Beethoven Piano Sonatas: Overview Of Recordings He was the first pianist to record all 32 sonatas, back in the 1930s. I havemixed feelings about paul baduraskoda s cycle on Astree - a sign in its http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/articles/beethoven/psonatas.html
Extractions: Piano Sonatas: An Overview of Selected Recordings By Ron Drummond [The following survey of Beethoven sonata recordings, written in 1996, was never intended to be comprehensive. It was meant as a survey of selected recordings. There were numerous famous recordings that I deliberately chose not to include, some because they were already known quantities and others because at the time I was not yet sufficiently familiar with them to comment. The recordings I did survey struck me then, and still strike me now, as being important and significant and worthy of your consideration. Ron Drummond, 9/23/04] Any complete recording of a cycle as diverse as Beethoven's is going to be uneven, period. You will not find a be-all end-all. Nevertheless, I do think it's useful to have a complete recording by one artist, for the insights a single, refined sensibility can bring to Beethoven across the full range of his sonatas. But one should also consider supplementing a complete recording with additional recordings of individual sonatas by various performers. Of complete sets, I highly recommend Richard Goode on Elektra/Nonesuch. Goode has been praised in almost all quarters as perhaps the finest surveyor of Beethoven's sonatas since Schnabel. He has all the chops and a wealth of feeling and insight to convey. The recording is state of the art. Though superb throughout, Goode is at his best in Sonatas 12-18.
Baron Artists - Badura-Skoda In either words, paul baduraskoda is one of the most important pianists of ourtime. A few years later the young pianist became Fischer s assistant, http://www.baronartists.com/baduraskoda.htm
Extractions: INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS MANAGEMENT HOME INSTRUMENTALISTS CONDUCTORS ENSEMBLES ... CONTACT P A U L B A D U R A - S K O D A Originally he wanted to become an engineer but luckily he changed his mind. Nowadays, he is applauded in all the world´s great concert halls, from Carnegie Hall in New York to the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna. He makes extensive concert tours on all continents, plays with leading orchestras and can be found in the recording studios of the celebrated record companies. In either words, Paul Badura-Skoda is one of the most important pianists of our time. One thing has remained with him from his early professional interests - the desire to 'look behind the scenes', to understand the functioning and the impact of great musical works and, in playing them, to make the preception accessible to others. In this critical appraisal first editions and autographs are compared, the text deviations investigated and historical instruments are used. Not only does he play music, he also reflects on it, producing numerous cadenzas to Mozart concerti and style-sensitive completions of unfinished works by Mozart and Schubert. The musical personality of Badura-Skoda is characterized by complete immersion in music, a passionate search for the essential and a sense of artistic responsibility, but not in a technical or academical sense. 'Paul Badura-Skoda makes us feel something which is rare in a professional musician - that he loves music with every part of his being', a critic once said.
Dino Mastroyiannis - Greek Pianist Dino Mastroyiannis is a famous pianist from Volos, who possesses a very special paul baduraskoda (14/8/91). Dino Mastroyiannis is a first-class http://www.musiciansgallery.com/start/keyboards/pianists/mastroyiannis(dino).htm
Extractions: Fax: +30 421 39420 EMAIL-1 EMAIL-2 WEBSITE Dino Mastroyiannis is a famous pianist from Volos, who possesses a very special position among to the Greek pianists in the latest years. Dino Mastroyiannis has given recitals and chamber-music recitals in various towns of Greece and abroad. He has cooperated as a soloist with many orchestras, such as the Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra Kosice (Slovak Republic), the Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra (Republic of Macedonia), the State Philharmonic Orchestra "Oltenia" (Romania), the Plovdiv Philharmonic and the Vratca Philharmonic Orchestra (Bulgaria), the Thessaloniki State Orchestra (Greece), the Volos Symphony Orchestra (Greece) etc., always extracted flattering reviews from the press and also from famous pianists and musicologists of international reputation, such as Paul Badura-Skoda, Roberto Szidon, Konstantin Ganev, George Hadjinikos etc. He has recorded many times for the Greek Broadcasting (ERA) and performed for the Greek Television (ET3). Among his best collaborations are counting two great concerts as a soloist with the Skopje Philharmonic Orchestra, after which he came to terms with the most flattering criticisms from the critics and the audience. The orchestra was conducted by Angel Shurev (Director of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, Yugoslav F.R.) and by Vladimir Altschuler (Conductor of the St.-Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Russia).
Miriam Gómez-Moran - Spanish Pianist pianist. Miriam GómezMorán Barry Snyder, László Dobszay, Mária Eckhardt,paul badura-skoda, Charles Rosen, paul Roberts, László Somfai, Ferenc Rados, http://www.musiciansgallery.com/start/keyboards/pianists/gomez-moran(miriam).htm
Pianist: Definition And Much More From Answers.com A performing classical pianist usually starts playing piano at a very young age Vladimir Ashkenazy Gina Bachauer Wilhelm Backhaus; paul baduraskoda http://www.answers.com/topic/pianist
Extractions: Wikipedia pianist A pianist is a person who plays the piano A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an orchestra or smaller ensemble , or accompany one or more singers or solo instrumentalists A performing classical pianist usually starts playing piano at a very young age, some as early as three years old. Many well-known classical composers were able pianists themselves; for example, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ludwig van Beethoven Franz Liszt Johannes Brahms ... Robert Schumann , and Sergei Rachmaninoff were all virtuoso pianists. Most pianists specialize in certain composer(s)'s music or a certain period to some extent.
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Extractions: CLARA RODRIGUEZ Pianist Clara Rodriguez has performed highly- acclaimed solo recitals and concertos around the world. Her busy career has included many radio and TV broadcasts, from the BBC and Classic FM to stations in America, China, Europe, Australia and the Far East. She began her piano studies at the Conservatorio Juan Jose Landaeta of Caracas with Guiomar Narvaez. At the age of sixteen she won a scholarship from the Venezuelan Arts Council to study at the Junior and then at the Senior Departments of the Royal College of Music of London under Phyllis Sellick. There, she was the recipient of many prizes and awards including the Scarlatti, Mozart and the Percy Buck Award, and played with the RCM Orchestras concertos by De Falla and Gershwhin. Whilst still at College she gave a very successful performance of the Ravel Concerto in G at St. John's Smith Square in London. Clara Rodriguez has also studied with Paul Badura-Skoda and with Niel Immelman. Her large repertoire encompasses the traditional and contemporary piano literature as well as pieces by Latin American and Spanish composers. Included among the many works dedicated to her are Vista Clara by Lawrence Casserley, Nocturno, Triptico Tropical and Concerto #2 by Federico Ruiz and Sin Manija by Michael Rosas-Cobian. In 1993 she founded the Teatro San Martin de Caracas Music Festival, which she directed during five years. She plays regularly at the Purcell Room of The Royal Festival Hall in London and is also noted for devising and producing performances that combine music with drama and visual effects. These include Con-cierto humor and the sell-out events at the London South Bank Centre, Liszt in petticoats and Gypsy Ballad.
Paul Badura-Skoda Translate this page paul badura-skoda ist einer der bedeutendsten pianisten unserer Zeit, Der junge pianist wurde Fischers Assistent und führte nach dessen Tod die http://www.tobconcert.de/Konzertdirektion/Badura-Skoda.htm
Extractions: 1976 wurde Paul Badura-Skoda das Österreichische Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst verliehen und 1978 erhielt er den Bösendorfer-Ring, welchen vor ihm nur Wilhelm Backhaus trug. 1993 wurde der Künstler zum Ritter der Ehrenlegion ernannt und 1997 zum "Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres ". Haydns As-Dur-Sonate stürmte konturenreich wie wohl nur in der Paarung Schantz Jg. 1790 & Badura-Skoda Jg. 1927 möglich. Brahms und vor allem Ravel zeigten prächtig die klangfarblichen Varianten des Bösendorfer "Imperial" Jg. 1923: "Gaspard de la Nuit" mit Scarbo, dem wild wirbelnden Zwerg - mitreißend. Wie der Zugabe-Schubert, der schon zuvor das brandneue Modell 280 als samtig-warm leuchtend empfohlen hatte.
Soloists paul baduraskoda, pianist He is applauded in all the world s great concert halls,from Carnegie Hall in New York to the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in http://www.tobconcert.de/Soloists.htm
Extractions: The artist's intensive concert activities take him regularly to the world's musical centres (Vi-enna, Paris, Rome, Madrid, Milan, Tokyo, Prague, Chicago, New York, Buenos Aires etc) and to the most important festivals, such as Chopin Festival Warsaw, Carinthian Summer Fes-tival, George Enescu Festival, Estoril Festival, Dubrovnik Festival and Schleswig-Holstein Festival. Jeffrey Biegel, pianist Mr. Biegel has performed new works composed for him such as the World Premiere of the "Millennium Fantasy" by E.T. Zwilich with the Cincinnati Symphony, the World Premiere of "Concerto America" by Ch. Strouse with the Boston Pops, and the New York Premiere of Gershwin's restored "Rhapsody in Blue" with the American Symphony in Avery Fisher Hall. Boris Bloch, pianist
