Volodos - whatever happened to him? he is an alcoholic?!

[stevie]

his career seems to be a bit....funked

is he going to make a comeback? will he ever be as good as he was?

will he randomly die?

discuss

[quasimodo]

will he randomly die?

That's the only point we can assess for sho...

[freakofnature]

discuss

Uhhmm, no!

[stevie]

Uhhmm, no!

eat my shorts

[brewtality]

his career seems to be a bit....funked

is he going to make a comeback? will he ever be as good as he was?

will he randomly die?

discuss

He is alcoholic. He will go into rehab fail. Hit the sauce again, die, then make a comeback playing Yundi Li's recital programmes.

[quasimodo]

Where did you find the info about his alcoholism, stevie and brewtality ?

[brewtality]

Where did you find the info about his alcoholism, stevie and brewtality ?

I was joking. Sevencircles is the one who claims he is alco. I hadn't heard of this.

[nsvppp]

On June 18th, this year, Volodos performed in the Masterpianist series of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. He played well, very well indeed. And his encores were astonishingly good.

The only "conspicuous" thing was, that he used a chair instead of a stool.
 

[freakofnature]

eat my shorts

not whithout a good spicey sauce...

[quasimodo]

not whithout a good spicey sauce...

That sounds gay 

[freakofnature]

That sounds gay 

I haven't talked about the contents of his shorts, have I??? 

[mephisto]

On June 18th, this year, Volodos performed in the Masterpianist series of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. He played well, very well indeed. And his encores were astonishingly good.

The only "conspicuous" thing was, that he used a chair instead of a stool.
 

What did he play?

[nsvppp]

   
Programme Arkadi Volodos in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw on June 18th

Schubert
6 Moments musicaux, D 780 (nrs. 1, 2 and 5)
Sonata in f kl.t., D 625
 
Liszt
Vallée d'Obermann (from 'Années de Pèlerinage, First year, Switzerland')
Sposalizio (from 'Années de Pèlerinage, Second year, Italy')
St François d'Assise "La prédication aux oiseaux" (nr. 1 from 'Deux Légendes')
Funerailles
 
Encores:   
Liszt Nocturne 'En rêve'
 
'Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen', prelude after J.S. Bach
 
J.S. Bach Adagio from Concerto nr. 3 in d kl.t., BWV 974 (based on a oboe concerto of A. Marcello)
 

[sevencircles]

I was joking. Sevencircles is the one who claims he is alco. I hadn't heard of this.

There are always  rumours that you hear.

Both Barere and Hofmann became alcoholics and they played great despite this.

Sloppier then before but still very good.

The only "conspicuous" thing was, that he used a chair instead of a stool.

Many pianists prefer a chair during long concerts.

[stevie]

well, his website stated no concert dates, and he hasnt done a cd for ages

[sevencircles]

Anyone posted this clip already?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJabzkmFMkg

Great stuff!

[arbisley]

I haven't heard anything about that, but then, I didn't know how famous he was until a few weeks ago. I personally hate rumours, and a decrease in activity might not be an indicator of alcoholism or any other problems, but maybe of a "rest" in his career. Dying prematurely is unfortunately a habit in performers, although conductors are the only ones to escape this generalisation.

I think alcoholism is an extremely unlikely condition for him the get in, except if he started associating with the wrong type of Russian comrade back home....

[rob47]

n.

I think alcoholism is an extremely unlikely condition for him the get in, except if he started associating with the wrong type of Russian comrade back home....

The Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey, undertaken regularly since 1992, contains data on between 10 and 12 thousand people (Zohoori, 1996Go). In the round undertaken in 1995, 70–80% of males aged 20–55 years and 50–60% of females aged 20–50 years drank regularly, with 5–10% in all age groups drinking the equivalent of over 100 g per day. It seems reasonable to assume that some of those who drank most heavily were less likely to be included in the survey, so these figures may have been underestimates.

https://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/34/6/824

[hodi]

What are you talking about?
Volodos has just released a new cd "volodos plays liszt"
look here:
https://www.sonybmgclassical.de/artists2.php?iA=1&artist=40271&product=82876873802

[arbisley]

And he played in Paris on the 21st of may and I couldn't go because I was doing a Mozart concerto!

And his parents visited me last week, but they didn't talk about their son at all...