POLL: 5 Pianists you like the most (140 famous pianists listed)

[stevie]

have they made any recordings?

YES!!!!!!

and steven turnbull should surely be among these great names, a glaring omission

[stevie]

and duchable?

[alhimia]

I would like to vote for Frederic Meinders too, he is very unknown, but he is incredible, as far as I know the best Dutch pianist ever.

[Jacey1973]

Freddy Kempf? He's one of my favourites...Imogen Cooper, Barry Douglas?

[piazzo23]

I can´t add pianists anymore   
Nils told me there seems to be a bug that resets the "remove vote" link to off whenever I modify the poll.

[la_leggierezza]

Artur Pizarro

[musicsdarkangel]

Dmitri Alexeyev is an incredible pianist!

[musicsdarkangel]

and yeah, if Garrik Ohlsson was on there, i would have voted for him.

[joachimf]

Please add Sigurd Slåttebrekk =) He is incredible...

[shasta]

Names to add:

Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Pascal Roge
Ian Hobson

[sevencircles]

The Swedish players are missing.

Peter Jablonski and Per Tengstrand are both very good but I don´t think you have to go outside Sweden to find better pianists then them.

Fredrik Uhlén is working as a brainscientist (don´t ask me to explain any further) and in his sparetime he also plays the piano and does it so well that 99,999% of the pro:s have to look over their shoulder.

You don´t have to ask where I´m from 

[pianoperfmajor]

Shasta.. do you go to U of I?  Otherwise, how do you know Ian Hobson?

[piazzo23]

and yeah, if Garrik Ohlsson was on there, i would have voted for him.

Ohlsson IS there.

[piazzo23]

I said I can´t add more pianists because of a bug.
Anyway, all those that were asked to be added weren´t voted even by the requester.

[piazzo23]

Until now:

1. Horowitz
2. Richter
3. Rachmaninov
4. Argerich-Ashkenazy
5. Cziffra

Quality or popularity?

[bmn3]

How about Howard Shelly? His complete Rachmaninov is really good, Imho. 

I voted Shelly however, I think his name is spelt Shelley.

[cabbynum]

Can you add Daniil Trifonov?

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Can you add Daniil Trifonov?

That guy is a freaking boss!

[cabbynum]

I got the pleasure of meeting him here one time, he is a super nice guy and very polite. His English could use a bit of work but he is able to express what he wants expressed

[chopinfrederic]

Umm... what about Paul Barton and Lisitsa?

[pencilart3]

Hey so I know this is an old post but could you please add Mr. Rafal Blechacz to the list? He's my favorite by FAARRR and since he's close(r) to my age he's also an inspiration! I've also had a master class with Sean Chen and one with Vadym Kholodenko. THEY ARE BOTH FANTASTIC!! Does anyone else know who they are? Have you seen them live?  Thanks

[stevensk]

Where is:

1) Yeol Eum Son
2) Augustin Anievas
3) HJ Lim
4) Sa Chen
5) Anna Fedorova
6) Khatia Buniatishvili

[michael_sayers]

1) Franz Liszt
2) Ervin Nyiregyhazi
3) Anton Rubinstein
4) Josef Hofmann
5) Sigismund Thalberg or Adolf von Henselt


Mvh,
Michael