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| New York Times, 22.07.2011 | Anthony Tommasini [...] pianistic magic. classicalmusicguide.com, 21.07.2011 | Donald Isler It is a pleasure to see someone who is as comfortable appearing before audience as is Mr. Katsaris (...) loves playing the piano. He is an exuberant but sensitive performer with a big technique, and he never plays a note without a musical idea and context behind it. Grammophone | Jed Distler, 02.06.2011 An intimate evening in the grand manner A rare Manhattan treat to hear Cyprien Katsaris (...) It was an idiosyncratic recital from a programming standpoint, but it completely typified the pianist’s long-standing reputation for colossal pyrotechnics and fierce individuality (...) the Allegretto from the Beethoven/Liszt Seventh Symphony stood out for Katsaris’ superbly varied articulation and subtle control of dynamics (...) South Florida Classical Review | Lawrence Budman, 19 May 2011 "Katsaris brings poetry and Lisztian fireworks to wide-ranging program" Tthe French-Cypriot pianist exhibited rock-solid dexterity, a larger-than-life artistic personality and an individualistic interpretive streak...The wild leaps and clusters held no terrors for the pianist, his big-boned virtuosity at full throttle...Katsaris’ wide-ranging color palette brought poetry to music that can seem repetitive in less gifted hands...Katsaris is a born Chopin player...the sheer generosity of Katsaris’ keyboard fireworks was exhilarating, earning a well deserved standing ovation. Pianiste, Juillet-août 2010 | B.A. Katsaris est impressionnant de concentration, de virtuosité brute, d'humour, et de classe souveraine. L'ovation immense est méritée. (CD: Live à Shanghai, 04 Octobre 2005) Pizzicato, June 2010 | RéF Un agréable programme de miniatures, très divertissant et magnifiquement bien joué par Katsaris qui a un feeling bien particulier pour ce genre de musique qu'il aime et chérit. (CD: Album d'un voyageur, 2008) Diapason, March 2010 | Etienne Morea ***** […] un disque pensé et réalisé avec un soin méticuleux. Pianiste, March-April 2010 | B.B. Un disque passionnant. www.musicalcriticism.com, 8.3.2009 | Hugo Shirley The final disc of the concertos is a real delight. Maxim Vengerov is the soloist in the Violin Concerto, turning in a beautifully played account, while Cyprien Katsaris has just the quicksilver virtuosity and mischief to make the piano concertos skip along irresistibly. Adelaidenow.com.au, 13.11.2008 | Stephen Whittington […] it was more than sufficient to demonstrate that Katsaris is an absolute master of the intrument. […] He also displays a wonderful ability to elicit colours from the instrument, from the softest shades to vibrant fortissimo. […] one could detect Katsaris unique artistic personality, which combines the utmost seriousness with an impish sense of humour. Nordbayerischer Kurier, 26./27.7.2008 | Roman Kocholl Katsaris celebrated playful levity particularly in the first section of the program, where the audience was treated to music by three generations of the Mozart family. The line extended from Leopold to Wolfgang Amadeus to Franz Xaver Mozart. [...] Bach’s famous D minor Toccata and Fugue for organ, in the pianist’s own arrangement, closed the programme. The opening motif thundered through the Markgräfliche Opernhaus as though it were being chiselled out of the piano: Katsaris began the Fuge section magnificently, almost “music box like”. But the sound expanded as the piece went on, and Katsaris’ playing became increasingly dramatic. [...] Rapturous applause and three encores. Fanfare Magazine, November/December 2008 […] extraordinary piano virtuoso […] Nordbayerischer Kurier, 26./27.7.2008 | Roman Kocholl Vieles an seinem Klavierspiel ist bewundernswert: Die Leichtigkeit, mit der er auch virtuose Passagen aus dem Ärmel schüttelt, das Gespür, große Bögen zu gestalten und der Musik Raum zum Nachwirken zu geben. [...] Begeisterter Beifall und drei Zugaben. International Piano, May/June 2008 | Julian Haylock [Bach piano transcriptions] Katsaris's jaw-dropping virtuosity comes thrillingly to life, [...] what impresses most is his sensitivity to atmosphere and liquid phrasing [...] BBC Music Magazine, May 2008 [French Music Vol. 2] Katsaris is a most persuasive guide through this fascinating musical journey, the barnstorming Liszt/Katsaris arrangement of the Marseillaise being an obvious highlight. Performance **** BBC Music Magazine, May 2008 [Grieg Piano Concerto] With his almost Mozartian conception of the Concerto, and his fabulously crystal-clear articulation in the Lyric Pieces, Katsaris manages to make these well-worn favourites sound really fresh and spontaneous. Concertonnet.com, May 2008 | Harry Rolnick [...]the man’s fingers are so fast, so dizzying, such a whirlwind of sound, that they make the recently acclaimed Lang Lang seem like “Linus” from Peanuts. [...] International Record Review, April 2008 | Robert Matthew-Walker [Complete Mozart Piano Concertos] I urge you to hear these discs - there is excellent Mozart playing here, the dedicated musicianship of the artist is self-evident and the chance of hearing ver rare additional music is not to be ignored. Gramophone, April 2008 | Jeremy Nicholas [Grieg Piano Concerto] [...] a (live) spirited, fresh account of the Concerto - the slow movement is spellbinding [...] International Piano, March/April 2008 | Julian Haylock [Grieg Piano Concerto] [...] a remarkable 'live' account of the Concerto [...] Göttinger Tageblatt, 26.2.2007, Michael Schäfer |
| […] Zentrales Werk des Abends war Liszts zweites Klavierkonzert mit dem Solisten Cyprien Katsaris. Virtuose Musik ist die Domäne des Pianisten – das zeigt sein kraftvolles, brillantes Spiel eindrucksvoll. An die leichten Reibungen zwischen der Stimmung des Flügels und der Bläser hatte man sich bald ein wenig gewöhnt. Und ohnehin ließ das Staunen über die enormen technischen Fähigkeiten des Solisten andere Eindrücke verblassen: Da prasselten die Oktaven, da wirbelten die Finger über die Tasten, als gäbe es keine Grenzen des Machbaren. Dazu bewies Katsaris auch in den kräftezehrendsten Momenten immer Sinn für Eleganz und Klangfarbe. Das Orchester unter Schmid-Gartenbach war dem Solisten ein aufmerksamer Stichwortgeber. Für den begeisterten Beifall dankte Katsaris mit einem Chopin-Nocturne und einem zärtlich vorgetragenen „Adios“ des mexikanischen Komponisten Alfredo Carrasco. […] |
