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Topic: The Rise of American Pianists  (Read 1358 times)

Offline rubinsteinmad

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The Rise of American Pianists
on: December 05, 2015, 08:01:23 PM
WHAT'S HAPPENING? WHAT ABSURDITY IS THIS???!!!!!


So, who are your favorite American classical pianists?

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Re: The Rise of American Pianists
Reply #1 on: December 05, 2015, 08:05:30 PM
Some of mine are (not in order, and the list is incomplete):

Simone Dinnerstein
Murray Perahia
Eric Lu
Kate Liu
Claire Huangci
Eric Zuber or George Li or Josh Wright
Daniel Hsu
Leon Fleisher
Steven Lin
James Barbagallo

Offline thalbergmad

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Re: The Rise of American Pianists
Reply #2 on: December 05, 2015, 08:57:48 PM
Julius Katchen. He accually made Brahms interesting.

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Re: The Rise of American Pianists
Reply #3 on: December 05, 2015, 10:22:59 PM
Some of mine are (not in order, and the list is incomplete):

Simone Dinnerstein
Murray Perahia
Eric Lu
Kate Liu
Claire Huangci
Eric Zuber or George Li or Josh Wright
Daniel Hsu
Leon Fleisher
Steven Lin
James Barbagallo

I like Richard Kastle.

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Re: The Rise of American Pianists
Reply #4 on: December 06, 2015, 07:54:04 AM
Good old Murray made the bach partitas interesting for me.

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Re: The Rise of American Pianists
Reply #5 on: December 06, 2015, 05:25:07 PM
Oh, and I also like Peter Klimo. I cant beleieve I forgot 'im!
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