Tag: 2026

• Venezuela, Fidelio, and Minneapolis walk into a bar….

  

  Gustavo Dudamel in his last season (literally passing the baton) with LA Phil, conducting a Ricardo Lorenz world premiere; followed by hot pianist Yunchan Lim performing Schumann’s piano concerto; and Tar — er, Kate Blanchett — performing as Goethe’s and Beethoven’s Narrator in Egmont’s incidental music, all with the fabulous LA Phil.  (Holy mackerel, man,…

  S.E. Barcus

  Music, Performing Arts, Piano, Symphony, Theater

  2026, Beethoven, Cate Blanchett, Dudamel, Egmont, Humboldt’s Nature, LA Phil, Lim, Lorenz, Ricardo Lorenz, Schumann, Yunchan Lim

• Alexander Malofeev, the Golden Boy Pianist

  

  Overall, watch out for this fellow Malofeev.  He’s quite good, and it is slightly scary that he is not satisfied with “just” the piano.  In that recent interview, mentioned above, he revealed that he thinks symphonies are better (!) than piano because they are “bigger.”  Do I see a future where Malofeev is the next…

  S.E. Barcus

  Music, Piano

  2026, Alexander Malofeev, Grieg, Lourie, Malofeev, piano, Prokofiev, Rautavaara, Scriabin, Stravinsky, Vienna