R. Schumann: Three Fantasy Pieces, Op.111; Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op.26 Chopin: Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op.60; ...

There is a satisfying breadth of phrasing to Lugansky’s Fantasie, along with a volatility that fits Schumann’s conception well. In the first movement his sound expands naturally into the most ...

Music by Beethoven, Schumann, Debussy, Wagner in the recital by Russian pianist Nikolai Lugansky, expected in Naples, on Thursday, November 20 (8:30 PM) at Teatro Sannazaro, for the music season ...

In the noumenal sphere, both pianists reach for the "thing in itself", Ding an sich, chose en soi – choose your language – and avoid the slightest hint of what Ingmar Bergman called "whoring after the ...

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Piano lovers in Washington have had a number of opportunities to hear Nikolai Lugansky in recent years — he's played here with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra, and with the ...

Immaculate technique trumped charm in the pianist’s reading of Tchaikovsky’s musical year, though the second-half Chopin shone Selections from Tchaikovsky’s The Seasons crop up regularly in recitals, ...

Russian pianist Nikolai Lugansky, acclaimed for his disciplined and unsentimental interpretations of Chopin, will reunite with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra for the first time in seven years. The ...

Nikolai Lugansky is hailed all over the world as the latest in a long line of great Russian pianists, yet in this country he is barely known. But that is about to change. He talks to Geoffrey Norris ...