The music of Nikolay Medtner (1880-1951) takes on a particularly impressive dimension when championed by a pianist of the calibre of Steven Osborne. Nourished by the same Russian roots as Rachmaninov, ...
Nicolai Medtner is scarcely a household name. A revered friend of Rachmaninov, the composer-pianist Medtner (1880-1951) is today an obscure figure. But one of our most enterprising virtuosi, ...
The 1938 Third Violin Sonata, Sonata Epica, by Russian composer Nikolai Medtner is one of those pieces which determinedly takes you on an absorbing, extended journey but which, in spite of the ...
Steven Osborne, who has just turned 50, has a scope that stretches from Schubert and Stravinsky to Crumb and Feldman, and he is celebrated for his super-refined Debussy and Ravel. He brings that ...
It's tempting to dismiss Nikolai Medtner without having heard a note of his music. Those who dismiss him as a less flamboyant Rachmaninov contemporary are making a huge mistake. Prokofiev enjoyed ...
Melvin Chen, faculty pianist at the School of Music, will explore memory through a program of Medtner, Wu, Schumann and Grieg in the fourth concert of the Horowitz Piano Series. School of Music ...
Vadym Kholodenko, 26, of Ukraine hoists the cup after winning the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition at Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Sunday, June 9, 2013. FORT WORTH — The powers that ...
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Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The reputation of Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951) is still open to question. Russian by birth and education but subject ...