Valentina Lisitsa

[maarvel]

the best pianist for me!
what do you think aobut her, she's just amazing

 

[communist]

her technique is very good as well as her musicality but there is nothing in her playing that really captures me.

[trish89]

I agree with communist. She has perfect technique, but I saw much better musicians....

[amanfang]

I heard her and her husband perform a duo recital several years ago.  It was fantastic.  They were very warm with the audience and the playing was great. 

[csharp_minor]

her technique is very good as well as her musicality but there is nothing in her playing that really captures me.

Also agree, she just 'does the job' and thats it, its done IMO.

[arumih]

Well seems to be a job well done to me on some pieces...her Ondine and La Campanella I think are excellent both technically and musically. Her Rach Op 39 no. 6 is absolutely ridiculously to watch too...On some of the other pieces though, something does seem to lack something...great examples are on Op. 10 no. 1 and Op 25 no 12 (especially this one)...but for the most part I still think she's pretty good.

[nanabush]

Her Rachmaninoff is intense.  I don't think she misses a note and she plays it so damn fast!  The only thing that doesn't sound the way I imagine is the B section where it slows down a bit.  I like how Ashkenazy takes it down slightly, but she completely goes to a largo at the beginning there.  It gets fierce like 20 measures later, but she just slows it down a little too much right at the start.

[gerryjay]

hi, there!
i really like her, but i must agree with something said: the sensation that something is lacking. this is overwealming now-a-days, and the single most difficult challenge to a new (and even to a not-so-new) performer: it's almost impossible to stand aside from the crowd in the traditional repertory.

take chopin's etudes as an example. how many models are there? you have horowitz, pollini, cortot...well, the list would be actually long. i would say that until the early 80s, almost anything of the traditional repertory was recorded as many times as we could need. it makes me think indeed if new recordings of that have any use (what is an endless debate). anyway (useful or useless), it's such a challenge to a new recording of the old repertory to have any "something". it can be perfect, fast, well-balanced, articulated, precise (you can put whatever adjective you like), but 99% of the time, it will sound as something previously done.

best!

[scottical]

Valentina Lisitsa is an exceptionally gifted and inspirtational musician.  I really enjoy hearing her interpretations, and I would absolutely die to hear her perform one day!

[russda_man]

her technique is very good as well as her musicality but there is nothing in her playing that really captures me.

I agree. Just seems to be doing the job, like Argerich, of whom I am a non believer.

[mrba1979]

I must say that I disagree with the general consesus here.  The first piece I saw her play was Rach etude 39#6:

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Since then I have to admitt I have been quite smitten with her style of playing.  She is going to be playing in Washington DC this May and I am hoping I will be able to find a way to attend.  Of course not easy to do with children.  I just love watching her hands.  In any case to each their own I suppose.

[tds]

her technique kicks all a**

[point of grace]

i like her tough i think she's not a very musical pianist