By Elyse Mach
ISBN-10: 0486266958
ISBN-13: 9780486266954
"Mach has produced a publication of unusual interest." — Washington Post.
"Mach's interviews will increase the excitement of any concertgoer." — People.
In this wealthy choice of attention-grabbing interviews with 25 of the world's maximum pianists of the modern period, Elyse Mach has selected to allow the artists communicate freely and advance their techniques approximately song, their lives, and their careers with no less than interruption. the result's a treasury of memories and reflections that aren't simply remarkably candid and revealing yet pleasing and thought-provoking to boot. in the course of the eyes of those encouraged musicians, we get an intimate examine the live performance scene and the lifetime of the live performance pianist, in addition to insights into the artists' emotions approximately their paintings, their functionality anxieties, the track they play, and lots of different themes. more desirable with 50 pictures, this booklet can be welcomed via someone with an curiosity in severe track and piano artistry.
Pianists interviewed during this quantity comprise Claudio Arrau, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Alfred Brendel, John Browning, Alicia de Larrocha, Misha Dichter, Rudolf Firkušný, Glenn Gould, Vladimir Horowitz, Byron Janis, Lili Kraus, Rosalyn Tureck, André Watts, Paul Badura-Skoda, Jorge Bolet, Youri Egorov, Janina Fialkowsha, Leon Fleischer, Emil Gilels, Stephen Hough, Zoltán Kocsis, Garrick Ohlsson, Cécile Ousset, Murray Perahia, and Ivo Pogorelich.
"The attention-grabbing international at the back of the glamour of the live performance platform comes alive in very fluid and readable style." — Rosalyn Tureck.
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