Tag: 2026

• Lang Lang Land

  

  Truly our day’s Pavarotti-turned-pianist, as Pavarotti himself told Lang Lang, so many years ago.  For myself, I have absolutely nothing wrong with him. Play as fast you want, Lang Lang. I love it. I love whenever I get the chance to go on a vacation to Lang Lang Land!  It’s such beautiful place!

  S.E. Barcus

  Music, Piano

  2026, 2026 tour, American tour, Benaroya Hall, classical music, Lang, Lang Lang, Lang Lang Land, music, pianist, piano, Piano recital, reviews, Seattle

• 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

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