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"suddenly we were in the
unmistakable presence of greatness. He was no longer playing the
piano; the music was playing him, and we rode the wave too."
The Globe & Mail,
Toronto
"In the second-movement aria, Kuerti shaped the
melody with a manifold palette of articulation, innumerable
precisely-cut facets, but also deployed an uncanny consistency of tone
to give Beethoven’s more obsessive, repeated patterns a slow-burning
intensity. An occasional delicate staccato and a touch of melting
rubato emphasized the off-balance polyrhythms at the finale’s outset,
making the movement’s thumping peroration all the more triumphant.
After orchestra and soloist brought the music to a near-inaudible
stillness, the piano positively detonated the blazing coda."
[Beethoven 'Emporer' Concerto with
the Boston Symphony] The Boston Globe
"Kuerti was meticulous in laying out a
distinctive, tonally gleaming interpretation...His playing had a
remarkable consistency. Runs, trills,
chords -- all had impeccable weight, color, balance, etc....His work
was thus constantly fascinating, including even the unexpected notes
and motifs he chose to accentuate."
Houston Chronicle
"His aura of intensity, a probing musical
intelligence, and utter disdain for theatrics makes him among the
most enjoyable of serious musicians before today’s public."
Boston Musical Intelligencer
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Anton Kuerti, piano
NEWS ITEMS
FANFARE:
Without rehearsal and on just two hours notice, Anton Kuerti stepped
in for an indisposed soloist to perform the Beethoven 5th Piano
Concerto ("Emperor") with the Boston Symphony on March 12th. And the
next morning, at a press conference in Montreal, Mr. Kuerti was honored as a 2008 recipient of the
prestigious Governor General's Performing Arts Awards (GGPAA) for
Lifetime Artistic Achievement, the most illustrious artistic honor
conferred upon Canada's performing artists.
Read the Boston Globe review.
AT THE CONCERTGEBOUW:
Anton Kuerti returned to the Concertgebouw in
November 2009, to a sold-out house.
Read More At his June 2008 all-Beethoven program
he performed Beethoven's Diabelli Variations, and
two of Beethoven's most famous sonatas, "Les Adieux", and the "Appassionata".
The press turned out in force, and the superlatives include: “The miracle occurred when Anton Kuerti began his superior
interpretation of the ‘Diabelli Variations’.... this work is
considered an unconquerable fortress by many a pianist. Not by Kuerti
whose performance was flawless, dazzling, lively and analytical, with
an unparalleled ability to link the 33 variations with each other." Trouw
2010 SEASON UPDATE:
Anton Kuerti’s busy spring included performances of the Beethoven 4th concerto
with the Detroit Symphony -- "Kuerti tapped into the music's poetry with playing
of originality, ease and sparkle'' says the Detroit News -- and Mendelssohn with
the Toronto Symphony, both with Peter Oundjian on the podium. He toured the
Beethoven 4th concerto with the Budafest Festival Orchestra and conductor Ivan
Fischer just after a return to the Concertgebouw Master Pianist Series. His
2010/2011 schedule includes appearances with the symphonies of Montréal,
Newfoundland, Quebec, Thunder Bay and Winnipeg -- and the complete Beethoven
Concerto Cycle with the Santa Fe Symphony. Kuerti also fits in a residency at
The Banff Centre, a recital tour of Germany, festival appearances in Orford,
Calgary and Ottawa, and a recital for the Chopin Society in Minneapolis.
This has been a season of trans-continental touring, with Kuerti recitals at
Yale, Duke, the University of Texas in Austin, a five-city China tour and
concerto appearances include the National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Victoria
Symphony, Orchestre Symphonique de Laval, Symphony Nova Scotia and the
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
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