Prokofiev’s Piano Sonatas – A Guide for the Listener and the Performer
“This new book by Boris Berman is a must read for those who care about the music of Prokofiev. It is a very in-depth guide by someone who has obviously spent many years thinking about and playing the music of this great genius. Bravo to Boris Berman!” – Yefim Bronfman Boris Berman, renowned concert pianist and teacher, is one of […]
Yuja Wang and Maestro Abbado in Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto
Chinese pianist, 22-year-old Yuja Wang thrilled international audiences with her opening performance alongside conductor Claudio Abbado at the Lucerne Festival on August 12. Unique Webcast from Lucerne in August 2009: http://www.medici.tv/#/performance/613/ (free sign up) “Last year, when Claudio Abbado saw me playing Franz Liszt´s Sonata on French television, he compared me to talented female pianist Martha Argerich and then sent […]
Prokofiev: Sarcasms and Visions Fugitives
“In every fugitive vision I see worlds, full of the changing play of rainbow hues…” Konstantin Balmont Visions Fugitives (fleeting visions) by Sergey Prokofiev is a set of pieces based on a poem written by Russian poet Konstantin Balmont. They were composed between 1915 and 1917 and premiered by Prokofiev on April 15, 1918 in Petrograd, Soviet Union. The pieces, […]
Adam Gyorgy Plays Prokofiev’s Scherzo
Igor Stravinsky characterized Prokofiev as the greatest Russian composer of his day. Prokofiev was also an excellent pianist, and often performed his own works. Some of his solo piano music performances were recorded for HMV in Paris in 1935, and he was also soloist with the London Symphony Orchestra in the first recording of his third piano concerto, recorded in […]
Pompa-Baldi Adjusts the Height for Prokofiev
Born and raised in Foggia, Italy, Antonio Pompa-Baldi first came to the U.S. in 1999 to participate in the Cleveland International Piano Competition. He won First Prize and settled down there with his family. A top prize winner at the 1998 Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud Competition in Paris, Antonio Pompa-Baldi also won both a silver medal and the Award for the […]
Prokofiev Sonatas 1-4
The Piano Sonatas number 1-4 have been added to our sheet music library. http://www.pianostreet.com/search/searchcollection.php?id=187