Polina Osetinskaya discusses Baroque Music from the Greatest Movies of All Time on The Oasis The sublime virtuoso pianist and human rights advocate Polina Osetinskaya returns to Toronto for her Canadian solo debut featuring music from some of the greatest films of all time.   It’s no secret that music by Bach, Handel, Purcell, and Rameau […]

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 -1750) The Talented Mr. Ripley, 1999; dir. Anthony Minghella  Italian Concerto in F Major, BWV 971 Spanning four volumes, the Clavier-Übung traversed every style and skill set a keyboardist would need to know. Published over a ten year period between 1731-41, it contains some of the most widely known and well-loved […]

Maxim Vengerov, violinist; Polina Osetinskaya, pianist. Bach; Beethoven; Shostakovich; Tchaikovsky.  January 15, 2023, Koerner Hall, Toronto. When I first heard Maxim Vengerov in recital over 20 years ago, I came away very impressed by the Russia-born Israeli violinist’s dazzling technical virtuosity, but little else. So I was unprepared for the warmth and expressivity he brought […]

Вся жизнь – музыка    Я играю для вас… . Пожалуй, среди выходцев из бывшей «страны великой», рассеявшихся по всему белому свету, трудно найти человека, который бы не знал этого имени – Левон Оганезов. Блестящий музыкант, пианист, композитор, сатирик, конферансье, телеведущий, каждое появление которого на сцене или телеэкране дает зрителям и слушателям мощный заряд позитива и […]

Pianist Debargue shows world-class skills in Carnegie recital By David Wright Lucas Debargue performed a recital Saturday night at Carnegie Hall. Photo: Pavel Antonov Judging from his recital Saturday night at Carnegie Hall, Lucas Debargue is not a very accomplished pianist. He is a transcendently accomplished pianist. So much about Debargue—the shy platform manner, the bountiful imagination, and […]

Lucas Debargue: The future of classical music French pianist and composer Lucas Debargue infused classic composition with his own emotive interpretation during his Carnegie Hall solo debut. French pianist and composer Lucas Debargue made his debut at Carnegie Hall on Nov. 6. (Courtesy photo by Pavel Antonov) Carnegie Hall has never felt more intimate than […]