Photo credit: Alexei Kuznetsoff
Courtesy of Columbia Artists Managment
James Bash reviews the recital of Valentina Lisitsa, who is now best known around Portland as the last-minute reliever who saves the day when artists cancel or have visa problems (as with Rachel Cheung, whose problems with an artist visa have more to do with her parents than the US Government, as David Stabler reported). She should also be known as a pianist who should be getting first-call gigs as well (a situation which I have the feeling some Local Arts Organization(s) will soon rectify).
Read about last night’s recital on the Portland Piano Series at James’ blog.
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Valentina is our favourite pianist. We (self, wife) watched her at the Wigmore Hall, London because we just had to – after exposure to all her Youtube videos we realised this was no ordinary pianist, no ordinary artist. We traveled from Scotland and it was worth it.
On Youtube we had watched her Rachmaninoff, Liszt and Beethoven (especially Emperor – over & over – which in Valentina’s hands is like surfing the crest of an eternal wave) and concluded no other pianist had stirred us so much over such a wide range of composers and genres.
To sum up our feelings about her Wigmore recital, we quote our friend (also present) : “I was mesmerised !”.
Valentina is my favorite pianist too……..Really, I believe she is the best pianist in the history of civilization.