Is Vitalij Kuprij Classical or Rock?

[polymath]

Has anyone ever heard of Vitalij Kuprij and whether or not if he is primarily devoted to Classical or Rock music?

Is he any good as a Classical musician?

[Derek]

I suppose his cds are usually marketed in the rock/metal section of stores, but the one cd by him I have has the winter wind etude and ocean etude by chopin, and 32 variations in c minor by beethoven. It also has him improvising on chromatic fantasia by bach, but on a synth. My favorite tracks by far on that cd are the few classical performances. I think they're really good--but that's coming from an amateur so for all I know he's terrible.

[presto agitato]

Mr Kubrij is a fully classical pianist.

I met him once and he is a great guy as well.
He has played piano concertos (Lisz´st num 1, Rach 2 etc) with several orchestras around the world. He won piano competitions and He has performed at Carnegie Hall.

I own his classical cd and his playing of Liszt´s sonata is great. His solo repertoire is huge (Chopin, Brahms, Liszt, Stravinsky etc).

Heavy Metal is his second passion ˇˇ