Paul Lewis

[ignaceii]

Hello,
I am gonna keep this short.
I just want to point that pianist Paul Lewis seems to be crowned as a big star of the present generation.
The name Lewis immediately recalls mastership and great pianistic talents.

I don’t really agree with this axiom.
As for Lang, Lewis not really showed his broad talents in any of the major competitions. Ok. I know, this is not a must, but the big names all scored in the top 3 of any of the big 5 competitions.
The demands there are sometimes supernatural.

Mr. Lewis just won London international, and got name and fame under the wings of Brendel.
His repertoire as I see it, is fairly limited to german mainstream masterpieces.
But also here , he sounds to me like a Brendel copy.
Hearing JM Pires play Schubert, it reminds me of the rather cold Brendel approach Lewis takes.
Pires a poetic master for Schubert. Needed. Not Lewis.

He is next, far from bringing russian repertoire, or even French.
His fellow Grosnevor and older English masters like Stephen Hpugh achieve greater hights.
Not to mention HoWard Shelley playing practically all concertos, known and unknown.

Lewis has still a long way to walk. It will be a Winterreise I think.

Now artistic director of the Leeds competion, as Lang. How cynical

[dogperson]

You posted  basically the same thing in August 2017. Quite frankly, it’s starting to look like you have a personal ax to grind.

https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=64079.msg680277#msg680277

[visitor]

I drank a not so cold soda this afternoon. it was super fizzy

[outin]

I too am sometimes annoyed by undeserved fame...like composers whose music is everywhere even though it totally sucks. Mozart comes to mind...

[ignaceii]

Beginning of mental demention, when one repeats himself ☠️😄.
On the other hand, some do agree.
As with composers. Over a century now we only hear the big names. The Mozart piano concertos blow my brain.
Never ever somebody thought there might be more composers. Ooosh. Ssshhhhht. Not too loud.
Ok.
Lewis. Good guy. Copy cat. But a nice cat.
If I repeat myself is because I come here once every six months or more perhaps.
Not a forum "fighter". Ok, can be intresting. But not so for me. Too fragmentaric...
So, my apologies.
See you in 1 year with Lewis 🤡 Or Lang 😄.

Andras Schiff was also a german territory pianist, still is, but on another level. With a superindividual vision, coming from his master Bach.
Schiff also proved himself lot more in his younger years.
As the Great Radu Lupu.
Same story. But got 2nd or 3rd Leeds prize. Chose to stay in the classical era. But can play anything.

Bye then.

I.