Word: pianists
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...consistent musical accompaniment, under the direction of Randall Eng, gave the production a professional aura. Pianist David Stu, drummer Rob Zwiebach and harpist Irene Lusztig should be commended for sustaining the enthusiastic spirit of the play...
Quartet by Alexandros Kalogeras creates an engaging atmosphere of flute, bass clarinet, percussion and piano (keys and strings). The piece begins with a ringing pulse of percussion played by the pianist and flutist and soft, lush bass clarinet. Such stylized, ritualistic moments are followed by dramatic rushes of flute, clarinet, piano strings and swirling, pounding percussion. It is wonderful to listen to and a pleasure to watch...
...does about getting down with Charlie Parker, says, "I wanted to pass along the feeling of standing in Philip Marlowe's office looking out at the neon lights blinking off and on in the night." Haunted Heart's 12 pieces range from new compositions by Haden and pianist Alan Broadbent to reworkings of standards by Parker, Bud Powell and Glenn Miller to -- most surprisingly and, perhaps, most inventively -- three period vocals by Billie Holiday, Jeri Southern and Jo Stafford, copied straight from Haden's 5,000-volume record collection. The songs flow seamlessly out of Quartet West's instrumental excursions...
Here is a pianist who can cater to the individual piece's character: He plays Stravinsky with the crystalline hammering technique of Horowitz and caresses the largo expressivity of Fur Elise with the softness of Gilels...
When Heinrich Neuhaus the great piano teacher of Gilels and Richter, heard Ugorski play at the age of 17 he said, "Not talented as a pupil, does not absorb influences. But a gifted pianist." Ugorski worked his way up to an appointment as a professor at the Leningrad Conservatory. He worked there until 1990, when he finally emigrated to Germany...