Great interview! Now would you believe that this outstanding pianist is so rarely invited to Russia...All of us adore the "russian school" of various musicians long before we were born - but something must have changed if they don't invite the best musicians to play in Russia...
How strange. If I would live in Russia I would write to the orchestras to invite Lilya Zilberstein - a live performance is lightyears ahead of the best youtube videos (with a kind of overcompressed sound, sometimes^^).
@Klemperer I can and do believe it - it's all politics these days and you have to promote and push yourself just like it is everywhere else. And I would guess, Lilya probably spends her time practising and playing rather than promoting herself. And thank god for that!...
@vova47 That's exactly right - I even wrote to her (she is very friendly) - and you wouldn't believe it, she answered nearly what you wrote^^. It makes no sense writing to russian organizations. They - at the moment - simply ignore her.
By the way, I saw her life September 18 in Hamburg, with Tanja Becker-Bender. It was magnificent!! Feinberg, Prokoffiev and more - outstanding.
Great interview! Now would you believe that this outstanding pianist is so rarely invited to Russia...All of us adore the "russian school" of various musicians long before we were born - but something must have changed if they don't invite the best musicians to play in Russia...
How strange. If I would live in Russia I would write to the orchestras to invite Lilya Zilberstein - a live performance is lightyears ahead of the best youtube videos (with a kind of overcompressed sound, sometimes^^).
Klemperer 8 months ago
@Klemperer I can and do believe it - it's all politics these days and you have to promote and push yourself just like it is everywhere else. And I would guess, Lilya probably spends her time practising and playing rather than promoting herself. And thank god for that!...
vova47 4 months ago
@vova47 That's exactly right - I even wrote to her (she is very friendly) - and you wouldn't believe it, she answered nearly what you wrote^^. It makes no sense writing to russian organizations. They - at the moment - simply ignore her.
By the way, I saw her life September 18 in Hamburg, with Tanja Becker-Bender. It was magnificent!! Feinberg, Prokoffiev and more - outstanding.
Klemperer 4 months ago