July 23, 2018

Profile: Leon Fleisher at 90

July 23, 2018/ Elijah Ho

Click here for our KQED interview with legendary pianist Leon Fleisher on the occasion of his 90th birthday. Additional remarks by Gary Graffman, Garrick Ohlsson, Jerome Lowenthal, Robert McDonald and Jonathan Biss.

May 24, 2018

Profile: Korean wunderkind pianist ready to dazzle in San Jose

May 24, 2018/ Elijah Ho

Click here for our Mercury News interview with pianist Seong-Jin Cho, gold medalist of the 2015 International Fryderyk Chopin Piano competition in Warsaw. Additional remarks by Alessio Bax and Dang Thai Son.

October 27, 2017

Profile: Wunderkind Daniil Trifonov Takes Classical Music World by Storm

October 27, 2017/ Elijah Ho

Click here for our KQED conversation with pianist Daniil Trifonov: on realizing his potential, devotion to composition, and the importance of rest. Additional comments by Sergei Babayan and Zsolt Bognar.

October 04, 2017

Profile: Superstar Korean pianist, modest as ever, comes to Bay Area recital

October 04, 2017/ Elijah Ho

Click here for our Mercury News interview with pianist Yekwon Sunwoo, winner of the 2017 Van Cliburn competition: on love of classical music in South Korea, his early training regimen, and comments from his Juilliard professor, Robert McDonald, and President and CEO of the Cliburn, Jacques Marquis.

February 09, 2017

Profile: Meet Lucas Debargue, the Young Pianist Breaking All the Rules

February 09, 2017/ Elijah Ho

Click here for our KQED conversation with pianist Lucas Debargue: on his musical training, jazz musicians, the limitations of classical musicians, and more.

October 23, 2016

Review: Demidenko, Symphony Silicon Valley give Scriabin his overdue place in the musical pantheon

October 23, 2016/ Elijah Ho

Click here for our San Jose Mercury News review of Nicholas Demidenko's performance of the Scriabin Concerto with Symphony Silicon Valley.

October 20, 2016

Profile: 'Insanely Beautiful' Scriabin Concerto Gets Rare Performance in San Jose

October 20, 2016/ Elijah Ho

Click here for our KQED conversation with pianists Garrick Ohlsson, Kirill Gerstein and Nikolai Demidenko: on Alexander Scriabin and why his ravishing Piano Concerto Op. 20 is underplayed.

June 06, 2016

Profile: 'What's Wrong With Mozart ? Pianist, Jan Lisiecki, 21, Asks The Same Question'

June 06, 2016/ Elijah Ho

Click here for our KQED conversation with pianist Jan Lisiecki and his teacher, Marc Durand, before his San Francisco Symphony debut: on Mozart, piano competitions, and talent.

March 10, 2016

Profile: 'What's between the notes': Jeremy Denk's Boundary-Pushing Recital

March 10, 2016/ Elijah Ho

Click here for our KQED conversation with pianist Jeremy Denk: on Jazz, Art Tatum, Conlon Nancarrow, and the effects of pop music on classical performers.

August 01, 2015

1924 Review: Vladimir Horowitz in recital, Tiflis, Georgia

August 01, 2015/ Elijah Ho

A review from 1924 in the “Zarya Vostoka” Russian newspaper covers three Horowitz recitals that took place in the Small Hall of the Conservatory in Tbilisi (formerly Tiflis), Georgia...

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Profile: Leon Fleisher at 90

Profile: Korean wunderkind pianist ready to dazzle in San Jose

Profile: Wunderkind Daniil Trifonov Takes Classical Music World by Storm

Profile: Superstar Korean pianist, modest as ever, comes to Bay Area recital

Profile: Meet Lucas Debargue, the Young Pianist Breaking All the Rules

Review: Demidenko, Symphony Silicon Valley give Scriabin his overdue place in the musical pantheon

Profile: 'Insanely Beautiful' Scriabin Concerto Gets Rare Performance in San Jose

Profile: 'What's Wrong With Mozart ? Pianist, Jan Lisiecki, 21, Asks The Same Question'

Profile: 'What's between the notes': Jeremy Denk's Boundary-Pushing Recital

1924 Review: Vladimir Horowitz in recital, Tiflis, Georgia

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