Word: pianist
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...difficult to imagine that the Evgeny Kissin who performed to a packed audience at Symphony Hall the other night was the same pianist who wowed audiences 17 years ago at the age of 12 with his performances of the Chopin concerti. Child prodigies burn out, fail to live up to the impossible standards set for them and become unmarketable. Kissin, however, has emerged as an artist of incredible maturity who also happens to possess a technique of such polish and precision it makes one want to either practice 10 times harder or give up the piano entirely. Presented as part...
Other recipients this year included a concert pianist, a papyrologist, and several other artists and scientists...
...artistic rebuilding, like the one taking place on October 20th at Madison Square Garden, where former Beatle Paul McCartney will headline "The Concert for New York City," an all-star musical celebration of the city (Elton John, Mick Jagger, Marc Anthony and David Bowie are also scheduled to perform). Pianist Thelonious Monk once said "Jazz is New York. You can feel it in the air." But there are also many other kinds of music gusting through the streets of New York beyond jazz and rock; this weekend?s megaconcert is something that?s part of a much longer tradition...
...Eulogy By EMANUEL AX, concert pianist...
...first met ISAAC STERN when I was a young pianist just beginning to perform. I was so bowled over by the force of his personality and reputation that it was many years before I realized he was not 7 ft. tall. One of the thrills of being on stage with him was the feeling of belonging he exuded. Once, after a concert in which he had played particularly brilliantly, he said to the rest of us, "You know, I'm just a stage animal." It was that quality that gave us the feeling that there was no need...