Unlike many younger musicians these days, Leonard Gilbert doesn’t go in for a lot of demonstrative behavior at the keyboard. The 19-year-old Canadian pianist, who recently won first place in his country’s Chopin Piano Competition, shows admirable form at the instrument, letting his fingers and arms do the bulk of the work as he plays. And as his recital Saturday night at the … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: June 5-8
Music: Earlier this year, the Chopin Foundation of Miami held its quinquennial competition, which was won by the American pianist Claire Huangci. But that February event wasn’t the last in the foundation’s series of concerts, and this weekend, the young Canadian pianist Leonard Gilbert offers an all-Chopin program in performances in Fort Lauderdale and Coral Gables. Gilbert, … [Read more...]
Pianist Ahn impressive in solo, duo recital
Although it was billed as a solo recital, pianist Hyojin Ahn’s concert Wednesday afternoon at the Duncan Theatre’s Stage West also featured a violinist in a major modernist work from the 1920s, and that piece as much as anything else Ahn did helped make this musical event a memorable one. Ahn, 32, a South Korea-born musician who is a piano fellow at Miami Beach’s New World … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: March 26-31
Music: The Cleveland Orchestra wraps up its third and final week of residency in Miami with two performances by the fine Argentine pianist Ingrid Fliter, who will perform the Chopin Concerto No. 2 (in F minor, Op. 21) with conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy. Also on the program is the Romeo and Juliet suite from Prokofiev’s ballet score. 8 p.m. tonight and Saturday night. Tickets: … [Read more...]
Pianist Baczewska enlightens in Bach-Chopin recital
FORT LAUDERDALE -- One of the great ironies of the reception that has been given to the work of Frederic Chopin is that it often is founded on the belief that here was a composer who was content to sing out pretty melodies and leave the density of counterpoint to other people. But Chopin's great idol was J.S. Bach (he also idolized Mozart and admired Bellini), and there are … [Read more...]
Prima Trio revelatory in Flagler concert
PALM BEACH --- Chamber music has its origins in pieces written for intimate spaces, and that can mean a sedate concertgoing experience even when the art form leaves home to mingle with a larger crowd. But take that same kind of music and give it to three young, supremely talented, enthusiastic people, and you have a recital that's anything but a sonic substitute for Ambien. … [Read more...]