Kempf, Freddy Review Freddy Kempf Trio's Beethoven "Archduke" and Op. 1 3 trios. " represents its pianist's finest playing on disc to date http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126
Freddy Kempf - Tchaikovsky Competition Impact YOUNG PIANIST CONQUERS MOSCOW. By George W. Loomis. Moscow A young musician has won the hearts of Muscovites. The British pianist Freddy Kempf http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126
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Rachmaninov Piano Sonata No.2 - Freddy Kempf, Sergei Rachmaninov The brilliant young British pianist Freddy Kempf, who played a Mozart piano concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra aged 8, is a great http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126
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Classical Piano Links Nina Kavtaradze Pianist (RU) Freddy Kempf Pianist (UK) Irina Khovanskaya Pianist (RU/US) SungIm Kim Pianist (KR) http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126
Celtic Music Freddy Kempf Plays Rachmaninov At An Irish Rating Another winner from the young English Pianist, Freddy Kempf Freddy Kempf made his CD debut on the BIS label with an all Schumann http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126
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Freddy Kempf - Tchaikovsky Competition Impact The British pianist freddy kempf came to prominence here last summer at theInternational Tchaikovsky Competition, perhaps the world s best known musical http://www.andrys.com/ftchai.html
Freddy Kempf In Interview With Marc Bridle Interview with freddy kempf and Marc Bridle April 2000 Not yet 23, he isalready well on his way to becoming a pianist of considerable greatness (his http://www.musicweb-international.com/performers/kempf.html
Extractions: This leads us onto contemporary music. Kempf would love to play more of this, but is both aware of his age and what the markets need to achieve sales. "It is a case of what is in demand. A lot of promoters, even if you offer Prokofiev - I'm getting feedback saying 'can you change that for something more popular'- don't want this. At my age I can't veto everyone, I have to fit in with what others want. You'd probably be surprised ( I'm not, unfortunately ) at how conservative people's tastes are, especially when it comes to recording. People say, well Rachmaninov sells so I just have to fit in with the markets. I don't really know that many twentieth century works, but I'd be interested to see what becomes great in the future". Although he likes the works of the Second Viennese School, he again feels unable to record Berg or Webern at present, but hopes at least one of his future BIS discs might be of Bartok or Debussy. He continues, "It's sort of in-between. Playing for a symphony orchestra you have so many people on a stage and you're bonding with a conductor and the orchestral players. Sometimes there is so much going on it's not easy to get agreement and inspiration from each other. With chamber music you have two or three people you are working very closely with - when you are accompanying them you can almost sit back like a member of the audience and appreciate what they're doing and when you're playing you can feel them responding to you. For me its one of the most fulfilling mediums to play in. Especially with the piano trio you can be as selfish as you want with each instrument treated as a solo."
Extractions: BIS CD 1042 Following the acclaim of his first disc, Freddy Kempf plays Schumann , the young British pianist has now turned his attention to Rachmaninov. This is in many ways a finer disc, displaying a touch that is mercurial and a tone that gleams like a golden fleece. The sonorities are as fiery as the Phlegethon as Kempf steers a course through Rachmaninov's opulent sound-world. These are performances that float notes as gracefully as any and mix dizzying virtuosity with tempered poetry. The Second Sonata is extremely fine, and Kempf is quite incandescent in his handling of the glittering figuration. The opening chords are volcanic, erupting with a chaotic cloak of colour that mixes vermilion's with scorched yellows. The colours do not so much collide, as coalesce, as the densely chromatic decoration moves almost laterally into passages of the most intimate beauty. This is first and foremost a kaleidoscopic interpretation, one that, whilst perhaps lacking the monumental scale that Horowitz brought to the work, seeks refuge in the lyricism of the Rachmaninov of the Second Concerto. In fact, although Kempf plays the original 1913 version one is constantly aware of him looking back farther to the beginning of the century, and the Second Concerto of 1901, rather than the more contemporaneous Third Concerto from 1909.
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Extractions: A Flying Inkpot special courtesy of our UK Inkpotter Marc Bridle This article first appeared in MusicWeb (April 2000) Meeting Freddy Kempf can be a humbling experience. Not yet 23, he is already well on his way to becoming a pianist of considerable greatness (his new Rachmaninov disc is very fine indeed). The paradox is that he is also so incredibly normal and charming, at least by the standards we have come to expect of our musicians. I arrive early for our interview (which overruns) - enough for other artists to throw a tantram or otherwise. Not Freddy, who is happy to start early and carry on. He makes coffee, and slides around the sitting room in socks. His mobile rings, he apologises. He hates hotels and flying, and likes nothing more than driving back from a concert late at night - even if it is several hundred miles away from his North London home. Home is where he loves to be. And he now has a parking space for his car, a passion he mentions often (even if his motor insurance is staggeringly expensive - "It's because musicians work where drinks are sold"). Nowadays he prefers to have the TV on as background music, and relaxes by playing computer games (strategy and role play mostly). Gadgets and the Internet (where he has recently started using Tesco's internet service when he fell ill) are much more his métier nowadays. Just normal, even if his pianism isn't. His love affair with Russia is well known (his young wife is Russian), and his Rachmaninov disc is in part a reflection of this. The opening work is the great Second Sonata, a titanic piece that Kempf has recorded in the original 1913 version. He has played both the 1913 version and the 1931 rewrite in near equal measure, but his views on the merits of the original are compelling.
Extractions: OVERALL NOISE RATING: 5 Dismal- watches and alarms going off repeatedly, child making noise- this is the same kid that has haunted the audience for the past 4 days. Bronchial spasms from the crowd were rather exaggerated in between movements.) 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 Symphonia Co. Ltd
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Extractions: PCA Great Performances brings another badass to the Merrill Auditorium stage in Freddy Kempf, a fabulous pianist performing a concert of Beethoven and Mussorgsky on Wednesday, November 17. Hes your typical young gun: Born in 1977, in England, Kempf made his debut with the Royal Philharmonic at age 8 (ho hum), and in 1992 (at 15) he was named BBC Young Musician of the Year. Up until the 1998 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition, Kempf remained a solely English phenomenon. However, after a dazzling performance in Moscow, he burst onto the international stage. The audience went wild at the end of his set, but, despite the unprecedented audience reaction, Kempf placed third, behind two Russian-trained pianists. Whispers speak to it having been a fixed competition; either way, it was a large stepping stone for Kempf. In the six years since the competition, Kempf has recorded seven albums with BIS Records and has been giving concerts all around the globe. Snippets of many Beethoven compositions have worked their way into mainstream culture in America. But hardly ever are the whole pieces recognized. Cellphones and movie scores alike use motives from his 5th symphony for impending doom, his 9th for glorious rejoicing, and
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Extractions: Autumn is my favorite season of the year (I have dedicated much time to finding any discernable difference between Autumn and Fall and have found none): changing leaves, crisp air, apple cider, and the absence of tourists. What do I miss of the summer? Chamber music and a plethora of free outdoor culturally varied concerts. Wait, the latter was in Chicago, where I spent much of my summer. Not in Portland. And the chamber music that was in Maine has all left. Gone the way of the Summerfolk. It will be back next summer to Vacationland, to bolster the economy and to create traffic jams along Route One. So what do to in the meantime? I think there are two general responses to this. A: You didnt go to any classical concerts over the summer and the fall is most likely not going to be any different. Or B: You know the PSO begins their season soon and have already bought your tickets thinking thats the only way to indulge in your love for classical music. Okay . . . or C: Youve done all the same research I have and know theres lots more going on in Maine, and therefore have no use for the rest of what Ill write.
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Extractions: Accueil Instrumentistes - Liste des pianistes et de leurs agents. Sites en Français Amoyel, Pascal - Pianiste concertiste. Chaplin, François - Pianiste concertiste. Biographie, discographie, extraits, contacts. Courvoisier, Sylvie - Musique contemporaine, musique de ballet, de théâtre. Del Rio, Monika - Présente son récital de piano incluant les meilleures pages du compositeur polonais Frédéric Chopin. Fazil, Say - Portrait, répertoire et concert. Françaix, Jean - Biographie, oeuvres et concerts. Godart, Pascal - Pianiste concertiste. Gould, Glenn - Fonds d'archives de la Bibliothèque nationale du Canada. Exposition virtuelle, sons (RealAudio), outils de recherche, événements, écrits, etc. Heisser, Jean-François - Portrait du pianiste. Jacquon, Alain - Concerts, discographie, biographie et sa boîte à musique (ressources). Papadiamandis, Matthieu - Pianiste concertiste. Roth, Véronique - Cours d'improvisation individuels et sous forme de stages. Tharaud, Alexandre
