Welcome To The Florida State University Alumni Association Major commissions have included a piano concert for the BBC Proms, Hilliard Ensemble, pianist stephen kovacevich, percussionist Evelyn Glennie, http://www.fsu.edu/~FSUAlum/distinguished/M/MontagueStephen.html
Extractions: Tell me more privacy The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra presents the world premiere performance of New Zealand composer; Jack Body's commission dedicated to Carmen Rupe. This tribute to the life and personality of Carmen, transgender pioneer, featuring Australian guitarist, Slava Gregoryian, will be performed in Wellington and Auckland only as part of the final NZSO subscription nation-wide tour during October and November.
NZSO Plays Up A Storm In 2004 the NZSO in 1994, stephen kovacevich, who took New Zealand by storm in 2002, pianist stephen Gosling, will premiere John Psathas Piano Concerto, http://www.artscalendar.co.nz/article/435/
Extractions: season with a mix of music from the 18th to the 21st century, plus a new look. It embraces some of the world's best including, fast-rising New Zealand singer Jonathan Lemalu Lang Lang , one of the most exciting pianists of our time, and Hilary Hahn who has recently been hailed as 'America's Best Young Classical Musician'.
Reviews In September 1996 stephen Bishop kovacevich, pianist / London Symphony Orchestra (Nos. 1,3) / BBC Symphony Orchestra (No.2) / Sir Colin Davis, conductor (Philips 426 6602) http://web.singnet.com.sg/~lionelc/sept96.htm
Extractions: Piano Concerto No.1; Piano Concerto No.2; Piano Concerto No.3 Stephen Bishop Kovacevich, pianist / London Symphony Orchestra (Nos. 1,3) / BBC Symphony Orchestra (No.2) / Sir Colin Davis, conductor (Philips 426 660-2) Bishop Kovacevich, who is perhaps best known for his recordings of the Beethoven, Grieg and Schumann piano concertos, proves that he is equally adept in the modern arena. These are biting and brilliant performances of difficult works, moody and pensive in the middle movements and bristling with quicksilver virtuosity in the final movements. I especially liked the Allegro molto from the first piano concerto and the Allegro from the second piano concerto, with the pianist hammering angrily at the keyboard with loud and sympathetic noises from the orchestra. Written by Melvin Yap Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Sonata in E flat, Hob. XVI:52; Sonata in G, Hob. XVI: 40; Sonata in D, Hob. XVI: 37; Andante con variazioni in F minor, Hob. XVII: 6 Alfred Brendel, pianist (Philips 416 365 - 2) Written by Melvin Yap Angela Gheorghiu, soprano / Roberto Alagna, tenor / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Richard Armstrong (EMI CDC7243 5 56117 - 2)
Gramophone - Forum - The World's Best Classical Music Magazine Could we claim stephen kovacevich on the grounds of residency, If we did claim kovacevich then I d say that the greatest pianist ever is British! http://www.gramophone.co.uk/mainforum.asp?messageSectionID=35&threadID=29666&typ
Gramophone - Forum - The World's Best Classical Music Magazine As you may gather from this list, my very favourite pianist of all time is Claudio Arrau wonderful 3 5) with stephen kovacevich and Colin Davis. http://www.gramophone.co.uk/mainforum.asp?messageSectionID=35&threadID=29787&typ
Live Music Review Performers stephen kovacevich (piano); Scottish Chamber Orchestra, By November 1792, however, the formidably multitalented young pianist was in Vienna, http://www.edinburghguide.com/aande/music/review.shtml?03_10/sco_beethovenseries
WGBH Programs American pianist stephen kovacevich (shown) last appeared with the BSO in 1972, with Colin Davis conducting. He makes his muchanticipated return, http://www.wgbh.org/schedules/program-info?episode_id=2216039&program_id=52748
Pacific Symphony Orchestra - Press Room Brilliant Beethoven interpreter stephen kovacevich embraces its Setting the music world afire at the age of 16, pianist André Watts has become one of http://www.pacificsymphony.org/inside_pso/media_release.asp?file=press_room/2002
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association - Performer Details Since then, Argerich has performed as a concert pianist with the worlds have been Nelson Freire, stephen kovacevich, Mischa Maisky, and Gidon Kremer. http://www.laphil.org/resources/performer_detail.cfm?id=893
French Culture | Music : People : Emmanuel Pahud: Discography Prokofiev and Ravel with pianist stephen kovacevich, mezzosoprano Katerina With stephen kovacevich, piano; Truls Mørk, cello; Katarina Karnéus, http://www.frenchculture.org/music/people/pahud/disco.html
Extractions: Discography Introduction Emmanuel Pahud has an exclusive contract with EMI Classics covering concerto, recital, chamber, and cross-over projects. He has made recordings of repertoire ranging from Haydn to Dutilleux and Messiaen. Mr. Pahud's first disk for EMI Classics, which features the two Mozart flute concertos and the composer's Concerto for Flute, Harp and Orchestra with Claudio Abbado and the Berlin Philharmonic, received the Diapason d'Or "CD of the Year," a Fono-Forum award, and the "Gaijitsu" award from the Japanese recording industry as the year's favorite recording. The disk was also voted the favorite recording in a 1997 Radio France listeners' poll His other EMI recordings include "Paris!", a collection of twentieth-century French works by Poulenc, Dutilleux, Ibert, Milhaud, Messiaen, Sancan and Jolivet, with pianist Eric Le Sage, and a disk of flute concertos and scherzandos by Joseph and Michael Haydn with the Haydn-Ensemble Berlin. Mr. Pahud has also recorded several tracks on a Teldec disk of Brazilian music "Brazilian Rhapsody" with pianist Daniel Barenboim and several Brazilian musicians, which was released in May 2000. In autumn 2000, he will be recording works by J.S. Bach with the Berliner Barock Solisten.
April 2, 2001 MIDDLEBURY, Vt.stephen kovacevichs interpretations of Beethoven are worldrenowned A concert pianist with a reputation for radical interpretations of http://www.middlebury.edu/about/pubaff/news_releases/news_2001/Kovacevich.htm
Extractions: Search Directory Calendars Admissions ... 2001 News Beethoven to be interpreted by a master at Middlebury College After a recital in Kansas City a year ago, a Kansas City Star reviewer said Kovacevich "played so spontaneously that the piece sounded as if it were being composed before us." Kovacevich records exclusively for EMI International and recently recorded the complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas. He has won prizes and received award nominations for his studio work, including a Grammy Award nomination for a Brahms recording and several Gramophone Awards. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $8 for senior citizens. A pre-performance dinner will be held at 6 p.m. in Rehearsals Cafe in the Center for the Arts. For tickets or dinner reservations, call the College box office at 802-443-6433. end My Midd Experience Quick Facts Middlebury Campus Public Affairs ... Privacy 2001 News April 11, 2001 April 12, 2001 April 12, 2001 April 12, 2001 ... April 17, 2001 April 2, 2001 April 23, 2001 April 24, 2001 April 25, 2001 April 3, 2001 ... September 25, 2001 Students Parents Alumni Donors College Store Library Job Seekers Directions ... Banner Web Middlebury Vermont 05753 802-443-5000
Venezuelan Embassy - Newsletter No.29 Venezuelan pianist Luis Parés and violinist Giovanni Guzzo concert in masterclasses including those by stephen kovacevich and Leif Ove Andsnes. http://www.venezlon.co.uk/newsletter/05/may/may/events2.htm
Extractions: 1998) and first prize at the Silvia Eisenstein National Piano Competition (Venezuela, 2001). He has won important chamber music prizes including Third Prize at the Maria Canals International Music Competition, Branch Duo Sonatas (Barcelona, 2004), the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe Gwyneth George Prize (London, 2003) and the XIV Paper de Musica Competition (Catalonia, 2003) as well as many internal competitions at the RCM including the Concerto Competition, Kathleen Turner Piano Chamber Music Prize and Second Prize at the Beethoven Piano Competition. He has also performed in masterclasses including those by Stephen Kovacevich and Leif Ove Andsnes. Giovanni Guzzo was born in Margarita, Venezuela, in 1986, Giovanni Guzzo started his Music studies with the Piano at the age of five and started his Violin studies at the age of six. From 1996 he was a pupil of Emil Friedman and Luis Miguel Gonzales. Since then he has performed as soloist in various venues in Venezuela, Italy, Spain and the UK. He has participated in masterclasses given by Jean Jacques Kantorow, Virginie Robilliard, Lenuta Ciulei, Raphael Quartet, Norbert Brainin, Andres Cardenes, Mauricio Fuks, Zvi Zeitlin, Tasmin Little and Stoika Milanova. He attended The Meadowmount School of Music, New York where he studied with Sally Thomas from the Juilliard Music School, New York. He was awarded First Prize in the XII National Violin Competition Juan Bautista Plaza in 1999 in Venezuela. Since then, he has performed as soloist with important Venezuelan Orchestras such as the Venezuelan Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfonica Municipal of Caracas, Aragua Symphony Orchestra, giving concerts in many Venezuelan Cities. He is currently a student of Maurice Hasson at the Royal Academy of Music in London where he has worked with prestigious musicians such as Sir Colin Davis, Hugo Wolf, Mats Lidstrom and Colin Carr, among others. Giovanni Guzzo plays a Spiritus Sorsana Violin, on loan from the Royal Academy of Music. He has recently been awarded with a MBF String Award (MBF Music Education Award 2004) and he is currently a finalist in the YCAT (Young Concert Artists Trust) to take place in May 2005 at the Wigmore Hall.
Extractions: Stephen Kovacevich wurde 1940 in Los Angeles geboren und debütierte mit 11 Jahren als Pianist. Mit 18 Jahren ging er zum Studium bei der legendären Myra Hess nach England, wo er zur Zeit auch lebt. Er kann bereits auf eine lange, erfolgreiche Karriere als Konzertpianist zurückblicken und ist vor allem für seine hervorragenden Interpretationen der Klassiker des Klavier-Repertoires bekannt. Bild vergrößern [Artikel ausdrucken] Stephen Kovacevich hat einen Exklusivvertrag mit EMI Classics und spielt zur Zeit den gesamten Zyklus der Klaviersonaten von Beethoven ein. Seine Aufnahme der Sonaten op. 31 wurde von Robert Layton so kommentiert: "... wenn das so weitergeht, wird der Kovacevich-Zyklus einen ähnlichen Referenzcharakter erreichen wie die Aufnahmen von Schnabel in der Glanzzeit der 78er Schallplatte oder die von Kempff in den frühen Jahren der LP."
Interartists De Amerikaanse pianist kovacevich, beroemd voor zijn vertolkingen van de stephen kovacevich trad recentelijk op in om Australie en New Zealand, http://www.dutchapproach.nl/interartists/index.php?id=38
PIANOnews Leseprobe Translate this page stephen kovacevich Nein, nur als Zugaben. Ich würde sie auch nicht alle hören Sie sind virtuos, denn Beethoven war ein großartiger pianist zu dieser http://www.pianonews.de/leseprobeaktuell19.htm
Extractions: Stephen Kovacevich Als Schüler von Dame Myra Hess ist es klar, dass Stephen Kovachevich schon lange auf den Podien dieser Welt zu Hause ist. Allerdings war der in Los Angeles geborene Kovachevich noch jung, als er nach London kam, um bei der großen britischen Dame des Klaviers zu studieren. Seither ist er in London geblieben, spielte weltweit mit allen namhaften Orchestern, kammermusikalischen Partnern und auf allen bekannten Podien. Vor allem das Spiel der Kompositionen der Klassik und Romantik scheins sein innerstes Wesen zu berühren. Warum dies so ist und wie seine Entwicklung insgesamt verlief, verriet uns der sympathische Pianist in einem Gespräch. PIANONews: Herr Kovacevich, dass Sie bei Dame Myra Hess in London studiert haben, ist allgemein bekannt. Doch wie, wann und bei wem haben Sie überhaupt begonnen, Klavier zu spielen? Stephen Kovacevich: Ich habe ungefähr mit sieben Jahren begonnen, Klavier zu spielen. Ich hatte einen Klavierlehrer in Los Angeles für kurze Zeit. Dann ging ich bald nach San Francisco, um dort bis zu meinem 18. Lebensjahr bei Lev Shor, einem Russen, zu studieren. Er hat auch Leon Fleisher unterrichtet. Und dann ging ich halt nach London, um bei Myra Hess zu lernen. Und das ist es schon gewesen.
Reissue CDs SEP02, Pt. 1 - AUDIOPHILE AUDITION The two cello sonatas with stephen kovacevich (aka stephen Bishop) are The pianist maintains a deft, light hand for the Grieg, aiming more for its http://www.audaud.com/audaud/SEP02/REISSUES/recds1SEP02.html
Extractions: Annie Fischer: BRAHMS: Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 5/BARTOK: 15 Hungarian Peasant Tunes/LISZT: 2 Etudes/DOHNANYI: Rhapsody No. 3in C Annie Fischer, piano BBC Legends BBCL 4054-2 64:13 (Distrib. Koch): Annie Fischer (1914-1995) remains a personal favorite among pianists, not for her technical prowess, which was somewhat constrained and undependable, but for her innate poetry and natural affinity for musical style. The present recital derives from Edinburgh August 27, 1961, and though brief, displays her penchant for the big forms and the big ideas. Most impressive is her Brahms F Minor, whose bulky, often percussive fist movement can prove unconvincing in some hands. The Andante has the right application of touch and tempo to indebt its sequences to Schumann. A good sense of restrained pedal marks the Scherzo, which far too many pianists over-touch dynamically. The remainder of the recital is clearly an homage a Budapest , a paean to Liszt, Bartok and Dohnanyi, including loving renditions of Liszt's "Un Sospiro" Etude and the sixth of the etudes after Paganini. The Bartok folk tunes are bouncy, ripe, and individually colored. The Dohnanyi Rhapsody in C does not get the mileage it used to, so even with an occasional finger slip and missed upbeat, Fischer makes it an 'orchestral' event with vibrant flair. I suspect the recital was longer: the audience is certainly revved-up for more. I, too, would like BBC to offer more of this unique artist.
Kulturspeilet Great pianists of the 20th Century stephen kovacevich kovacevich is a pianist virtuoso, a possessor of real technique, combined with a mature artistic http://www.pluto.no/KulturSpeilet/faste/cd/Pianists_Kovacevich.html
Extractions: Martha Argerich I Martha Argerich II ... Van Cliburn Stephen Kovacevich Lev Schorr Stephen Kovacevich 1959 London og ble en av de "utvalgte" stipendiater hos pianistinnen Dame Myra Hess . Her kunne Stephen Kovacevich tilegne seg alt fra en som han senere har kalt "a virtuoso in sound" I 1961 - ved sin sensasjonelle debut i Wigmore Hall i London - skapte Stephen Kovacevich furore da han spilte A. Bergs sonate, tre Bach-preludier og fuger samt Beethovens " Diabelli Stephen Kovacevich Dette var ikke noe lettvekterprogram, og Stephen Kovacevich viste tydelig at han var heller ingen lettvekterpianist. Senere gjentok Stephen Kovacevich suksessen med " Diabelli "-variasjonene i Royal Festival Hall, og atter en gang etterlot han et uutslettelig inntrykk som kunstner. Stephen Kovacevich Los Angeles Philharmonic i Hollywood Bowl, da han dirigerte to Mozart-programmer fra klaveret.
Kulturspeilet I stephen kovacevich finner vi en pianist av i dag, en utøver som står midt oppe i dagerns musikkliv og som konserter nær sagt i alle verdenshjørner. http://www.pluto.no/KulturSpeilet/faste/cd/Pianists_Kovacevich2.html
Extractions: I Stephen Kovacevich Kovacevich Kovacevich Kovacevich Hans tolkninger av klassikerne bygger seg opp mot det som er det virkelig pianistiske sjokket: Bela Bartoks Out of Doors Avec tambours et fifres Om du ikke blir rystet, blir du i hver fall fjetret over denne pianistiske galskapen hos Bartok som Kovacevich Kovacevich Kovacevich Kovacevich Summary in English Go also to: Our article about the first release of Stephen Kovacevich in this series. Pianists_Kovacevich.html#English On his second album we meet an artist living in the centre of today's musical life. The performance of Rodney Bennett's Piano Concerto - dedicated to and first performed by Kovacevich - is the main attraction on these two CD's, a work full of Bartok'ian vividness. It leads directly into an interpretation of Bartok's second concerto - and you can easily see the connections between the two composers. On the same CD we hear a version of Stravinsky's Concerto for Winds and Piano. Here we have Kovacevich, right in the centre of today'd musical life. Even if he also performs Beethoven, Chopin and Brahms on this compilation, it is his playing of Bartok's Out of Doors that makes the most powerful impressions: wild, direct, provocing and no 'taste-of-salon'. Here we see the connections between his Beethoven - the composer the occupies Kovacevich more than anyone else - and this century's Bartok and Bennett.
